02-02-2012, 11:03 AM
BR60103 Wrote:Latest Trains has a picture of Anzio Annie, used by the Axis in Italy. Mounted on a railcar and aimed by driving it around a curve.
Anzio Annie was a purpose built 28cm K series railgun. The Germans used them extensively as mobile artillery, and of course, they built the biggest railway gun in history, Schwere (Heavy) Gustav , an 800mm monster that took 1200 troops under a Major General six weeks to set up. The locomotives were incorporated into base of the cannon to provide motive power.
K5 28 cm railgun:
![[Image: l-1.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/l-1.jpg)
Schwere Gustav:
![[Image: tmb_weapon_80cmgustav2.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/tmb_weapon_80cmgustav2.jpg)
![[Image: retyeryetrer.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/retyeryetrer.jpg)
Armored Railway Patrol vehicle:
![[Image: german-armored-railroad-patrol-car.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/german-armored-railroad-patrol-car.jpg)
German Armored train:
![[Image: pp51_BEPO_b.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/pp51_BEPO_b.jpg)