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Railway Guns of World War I
Marc Romanych
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Description for Railway Guns of World War I
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defence, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. As the war dragged on, railway artillery development shifted to longer range guns that could shell targets deep behind enemy lines. ... Read more
World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defence, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. As the war dragged on, railway artillery development shifted to longer range guns that could shell targets deep behind enemy lines. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
New Vanguard
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472816399
SKU
V9781472816399
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Ref
99-10
About Marc Romanych
Marc Romanych is a retired US Army combat arms officer, and the author of several books for Osprey on World War I artillery and fortifications. He has a BA in History from the University of Maryland and an MA in International Relations from St Mary's University. Interested in the Maginot Line since 1995, Marc has extensively explored its fortifications. He ... Read more
Reviews for Railway Guns of World War I
The photographs and full color renderings between the covers of this book are quite nice, the photo captions and text is very well done. The amount and quality of information presented by the authors is impressive. - AMPS This book does provide an excellent overall view of the development and use of railway artillery in ... Read more