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  • 14"/50 caliber railway gun
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  • The 14"/50 caliber railway guns were spare US Navy Mk 4 14 inch/50 caliber guns mounted on railway cars and operated by US Navy crews in France in the closing months of World War I.
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Number
  • Mk I : 11
  • Mk II : 2
is explosive
  • yes
Origin
  • United States
Service
  • 1920.0
Name
  • 14
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • Firing from Thierville-sur-Meuse, NW of Verdun
traverse
  • 2.500000
Max range
  • @ 43°
Wars
Carriage
  • railway truck, 12 or 20 axles
Manufacturer
is ranged
  • yes
production date
  • 1918
Recoil
  • hydro - pneumatic + spring,
design date
  • 1917
Variants
  • Mk I, Mk II
Elevation
  • 0
abstract
  • The 14"/50 caliber railway guns were spare US Navy Mk 4 14 inch/50 caliber guns mounted on railway cars and operated by US Navy crews in France in the closing months of World War I.