Railway Guns of World War II (New Vanguard)

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World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Even though most of the railway guns to begin with deployed at the beginning of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany’s ambitious development program saw the introduction of plenty of new classes, including the world’s largest, the 80cm-caliber Schwerer Gustav and Schwerer Dora guns, which weighed in at 1,350 tons and fired an enormous 7-ton shell.

This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service all through World War II, with a special focal point at the German railway artillery used in France, Italy, and at the Eastern Front, analyzing why railway guns would in large part disappear from use following the end of the war.

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