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 HQ Batallón) June 21, 2017

How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII - One Of The Two Surviving Guns

Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees.

A K5(E) is preserved at the United States Army Ordnance Museum in Fort Lee (Petersburg, Virginia). Leopold...read more

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 Lieutenant) May 17, 2017

Impressive German K5 Railways Guns firing against British Convoys! The Best Railway Guns Ever Made!

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Once France was occupied in 1940, Hitler begun quickly  the preparatives to invade Great Britain, this plan would be code named "Operation Sea Lion". Nevertheless, it never was carried out. As a precondition, Hitler specified the achievement of both air...read more

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