Railway Guns: British and German Guns at War

by John Goodwin

Book Overview

In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warships with the biggest guns. Private initiatives to mount a gun on a railway truck pulled by a steam engine were demonstrated before military chiefs in the Southern Counties, but not taken up. However, the development of longer-range guns, weighing up to 250 tons, to smash through the massive armies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473854113
• ISBN13: 9781473854116
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"