@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 6 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864imagemessage-square17arrow-up1149arrow-down15cross-posted to: forgottenweapons
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square17cross-posted to: forgottenweapons
minus-square@thesporkeffectlinkEnglish7•6 months agoId expect it was intended to be operated on a curved section of tracks to allow it to aim and function as artillery. Similar concept as the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav
Id expect it was intended to be operated on a curved section of tracks to allow it to aim and function as artillery. Similar concept as the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav