WW1 German railway gun taken to Australia as a war trophy
The gun on display at the eastern end of Eddy Avenue, Sydney in 1920
The Amiens Gun is a German 28-centimetre (11 in) railway gun (originally mounted in the battleship SMS Hessen)[1][page needed] that was captured by the Australian Imperial Force during World War I and returned to Australia as a war trophy. The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK – Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L – Länge (with a 40-calibre barrel)) gun was placed on public display on 26 March 1920 adjacent to Central railway station, Sydney.[2] While the gun's carriage was scrapped during the 1960s, the gun barrel remains on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
^François, Guy (2006). Eisenbahnartillerie: Histoire de l'artillerie lourd sur voie ferrée allemande des origines à 1945 (in French). Histoire et Fortifications. ISBN 978-2-915767-08-7.
^New South Wales Railway & Tramway Magazine. May 1920. pp. 351–354. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[full citation needed]
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