@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864imagemessage-square17arrow-up1148arrow-down15cross-posted to: forgottenweapons
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square17cross-posted to: forgottenweapons
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•3 months agoIt doesn’t look like it. They did sometimes use a kind of turntable to allow regular cannons to easily change direction, but I don’t think the same was done with these.
minus-squareraoullinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoMaybe it’s because of the recoil? Having the canon alligned with the track allows it to move with the recoil while having it slightly angled may make it derail 🤷♂️
It doesn’t look like it. They did sometimes use a kind of turntable to allow regular cannons to easily change direction, but I don’t think the same was done with these.
Maybe it’s because of the recoil?
Having the canon alligned with the track allows it to move with the recoil while having it slightly angled may make it derail 🤷♂️