WW1 US railway gun - photo

American soldiers posing on a 14-inch railway gun in France. c. 1918.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...528#post162470
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...566#post158971
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...5803#post82569
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...551#post128152
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...863#post144397
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...791#post152291

More on this weapon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

There doesn't seem to be any way to train the gun in azimuth, only elevation. How was that handled?

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Originally Posted by mklotz

More on this weapon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=161&v=X1qWVjtDn9I&feature=emb_logo

There doesn't seem to be any way to train the gun in azimuth, only elevation. How was that handled?

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They would lay a switch sidling in the direction of the town they wanted to bombard . There might also be a curve laid in to the rail so they cold adjust the direction slightly byt moving the gun forward or back A 14" gun would be similar to that of a main gun on a battle ship so the target could be of some distance away by moving a few moments of a degree they projectile could strike a target to either side of a single target