Not to be confused with Railgun, a weapon that propels projectiles by means of an electromagnetic field.
See also: Armoured train
French 370 mm railway howitzer of World War I
A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best-known are the large Krupp-built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Smaller guns were often part of an armoured train. Only able to be moved where there were good tracks, which could be destroyed by artillery bombardment or airstrike, railway guns were phased out after World War II.
A railwaygun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially...
Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railwaygun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery...
a heavy railwaygun used by Nazi Germany throughout World War II. Krupp's K5 series were consistent in mounting a 21.5 metres (71 ft) long gun barrel in...
The Paris Gun (German: Paris-Geschütz / Pariser Kanone) was the name given to a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard...
batteries. Some of the largest guns deployed were the Railwayguns, there were sixteen of the smaller BL 9.2-inch RailwayGuns in service by the end of the...
Railwayguns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. They have been obsolete since World War II and...
Krasnaya Gorka fort TM-1-180 RailwayGun, Krasnaya Gorka fort TM-3-12 RailwayGun, Krasnaya Gorka fort TM-3-12 RailwayGun, Krasnaya Gorka fort Fort Ino...
The Type 90 240 mm railwaygun (九〇式二十四糎列車加農, Kyūrei-shiki nijyūyon-miri Resshahō) was a large caliber railroad gun acquired by the Imperial Japanese Army...
A field gun is a field artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat...
without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars. Early firearms had smoothly bored barrels that...
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