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Ordnance Department Document No.2034: Railway Artillery. A report on the
charactertistics, scope of utility, etc. of railway artillery in two volumes.
Washington: Government Printing Office (1921)
Volume 1 (1921); 841 pages, 536 illus. Price 90.00 {Item No.1152}
- Preface
- Historical Introduction; 20 pages, 14 illus. Price 2.00 {Item
No.20001}
- Section 1. Classification of types of railway artillery; 51 pages,
47 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20002} [Includes: Introduction, Classification
according to method of traverse, Classification according to recoil system,
Classification according to method of anchorage]
- Section 2. Scope of utility of railway artillery; 12 pages, 1
illus.+ tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20003} [Includes: Introduction, Destruction,
Counter-battery work, Interdiction, Distant bombardment for moral effect,
Assignment of mounts to various duties, Assignment of calibers according to
resistance of targets, Assignment of types according to range, Relative wear of
guns, Assignment of type of mounts according to time available for emplacement,
Tabular classification of railway artillery, Relation of railway artillery to
other types, Utility in coast defense]
- Section 3. Characteristics of existing types of railway artillery;
548 pages, 200+ illus. Price 55.00 {Item No.20004} [Includes: No.1-22{Items
No.20005-20006}, the Table of Classified Data{Item No.20034}and Appendix III
{Item No.20037}]
- No.1 American 4.7 Howitzer on Railway Mount; 19 pages, 15 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.20005} [Includes: Description and history, Guns, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Top carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Armor, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00 {Item No.20034}]
- No.2 American 7-inch Gun on Railway Mount; 15 pages, 13 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.20006} [Includes: History and description, Guns, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition system, Maintenance, Merits and Demerits]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified
Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00 {Item
No.20034}]
- No.3 American 8-inch Gun on Railway Mount, Model 1918, M/I; 26
pages, 23 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20007} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Merits,
Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price
2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.4 American 10-inch Gun on Sliding Railway Mount; 27 pages, 21
illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20008} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties
involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.5 American 12-inch Mortar on Railway Mount; 15 pages, 11 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.20009} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved
in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.3 (American 8-inch
gun on railway mount, model 1918/M/I)] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery )of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.6 American 12-inch Guns on Batignolles Type of Railway Mount; 35
pages, 30 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20010} [Includes: Description, Guns,
Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties
involved in service, Merits, Demerit] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.7 American 12-inch 50-Caliber Gun on Railway Mount; 27 pages, 24
illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20011} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00 {Item No.20034}]
- No.8 American 12-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount; 37 pages, 32
illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20012} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Merits,
Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price
2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.9 American 14-inch Gun on Railway Mount, Model E; 42 pages, 36
illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.20013} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved
in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be
found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18
pages, Price 2.00 {Item No.20034}]
- No.10 American 14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I; 31 pages,
29 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20014} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage Anchorage,
Trucks, Ammunition supply service, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in
service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found
the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18
pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.11 American 14-inch Gun on Navy Railway Mount, Mark II; 9 pages,
8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20015} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved
in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.10 (American
14-inch gun, navy railway mount, mark I)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1
(this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.12 American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Railway Mount, Model of
1918; 34 pages, 31 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20016} [Requires information
from No.9 (American 14-inch Gun on Railway Mount Model E) and No.10 (American
American 14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I] [Includes: Description, Gun,
Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on
this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00 {Item No.20034}]
- No.13 American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Railway Mount, Model of
1919; 21 pages, 19 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20017} [Requires information
from No.4 (American 10-inch gun on sliding railway mount), No.10 (American
14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I), No.12 (American 14-inch Gun on
Sliding Type Railway Model of 1918] [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1
(this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00, 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.14 American 16-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount, Model E; 22
pages, 18 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20018} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties in
service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found
the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18
pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.15 American 16-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount, Model of 1918, Mark
I; 22 pages, 17 illus., Price 3.00 {Item No.20019} [Includes: Description,
Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage,
Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance,
Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Note that there appears to
be referencing mistakes in this section, but we provided the references to
reduce the uncertainly of the usefulness of the references] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery )of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.16 American 16-inch Gun on Railway Mount; 5 pages, 2 illus.+
large plate Price 2.00 {Item No.20020} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.5
(American 12-inch mortar on railway mount), No.12 (American 14-inch Gun on
Sliding Type Mount, Model of 1918), No.13 (American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type
Mount, Model of 1919)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages,
Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.17 German 170-millimeter Gun, Mount 1915, on Railway Mount; 11
pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20021} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties
involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.18 German 210-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount; 11 pages, 8
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20022} [Includes: Description, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved
in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.21(German
280-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.19 German 240-millimeter Howitzer on Railway Mount; 10 pages, 7
illus. Price 1.00{Item No.20023} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved
in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.18 (German
210-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.20 German 240-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount; 1 page, 1 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.20024} [Requires information from No.22 (German
380-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this
book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.21 German 280-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount; 21 pages, 18
illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20025} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties
involves in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.18 (German
210-millimeter gun on railway mount),and No.19 (German 240-millimeter howitzer
on railway mount)] [References Appendix III of this book] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item No.20034}]
- No.22 German 380-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount; 34 pages, 27
illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20026} [Includes: Description, Gun , Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties
involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [References Appendix III of this book]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified
Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book), 18 pages, Price 2.00{Item
No.20034}]
- Section 4. Practical qualifications of railway artillery for land
warfare and coast defense; 86 pages, 54 illus. Price 9.00 {Item No.20027}
[Includes: Introduction, Relative merits of design details: Gun, Elevating
mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage,
Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Special arrangements for coast defense.
Service required of railway artillery: Guns, Subdivision of range, Subdivision
of calibers, Subdivision based on requirements of service, Conclusions as to
guns, Mounts. Conclusions as to mounts: Twelve-inch 25-caliber howitzer,
Sixteen-inch 25-caliber howitzer, Fourteen-Inch, 50-caliber gun] [Requires
information from Section 2 of this book, and No.4 (American 10-inch gun on
sliding mount), No.8 (American 12-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.9
(American 14-inch gun on railway mount model E), No.14 (American 16-inch
howitzer on railway mount), No.15 (American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount,
model of 1918) also Appendix II of volume 1 (this book)]
- Section 5. Procedure in preparing for action in land warfare; 34
pages, 16 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20028} [Includes: Introduction,
Construction, Camouflage, Track work for Heavy Artillery, Track construction,
Track laying, EPIS, Sliding mounts (Materiels a Glisement), Mounts with
hydraulic recoil (Materiels a Frein), Camouflage of railways, Garages,
Maintenance of tracks, Deployment of railway artillery on the attacking front,
Supplement to track laying] [Requires information from Section 10 (Railway
Clearances) of volume 1 (this book)]
- Section 6. Preparation of firing data and scheme of fire control in land
warfare; 28 pages, 22 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20029} [Includes:
Introduction, Laying for direction, Application of finite and infinite
aiming-point methods to railway artillery]
- Section 7. Assembly, disposition, and maintenance of railway artillery
in land warfare; 20 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20030} [Includes:
Introduction, Assembly, Disposition, Inspection, Text and outline of railway
gun and mount service record, Maintenance, Cannon, Mounts, Organization and
arrangements for maintenance, Location and equipment of shops. Duties of the
railway artillery ordnance officer]
- Section 8. Equipment for railway artillery; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item
No.20031} [Includes: Tables of initial equipment, Depot and automatic supply.
Spare parts, tools, and accessories carried with the battery]
- Section 9. Summary of recommendations; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50
{Item No.20032} [Includes: Guns, Mounts, Equipment, Shops--Maintenance]
[Requires information from No.3 (American 8-inch gun of railway mount), No.4
(American 10-inch gun on railway mount), No.8 (American 12-inch howitzer on
railway mount), No.9 (American 14-inch gun on railway mount, model E), No.14
(American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.15 (American 16-inch howitzer
on railway mount, model of 1918), No.21 (German 380-millimeter gun on railway
mount), also Sections 7 and Section 8 of this book]
- Section 10. Railway clearances and tables of classified information
- Railway Clearances; 14 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20033}
[Includes: Railway clearances, Composite diagram for American railways, Method
of using American composite diagram, Composite diagrams A and B, French railway
diagrams, Curves--middle ordinate, Overhang, Super-elevation, Spread of rails,
Weight]
- Tables of classified information (Railway Artillery) (of vol.1) ;
18 pages of tables Price 2.00 {Item No.20034} [Long ago declassified detailed
data on American and German railway artillery]
- Appendix I. The German long-range gun and the bombardment of Paris;
41 pages, 24 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20035}[Includes: First day's
bombardment--First impressions, Details of the bombardment, Design of the gun,
carriage, and emplacement: Introduction, Gun, Cradle, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body, Anchorage,
Camouflage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Ammunition, Previous designs and
limits in design]
- Appendix II. Study of the relative efficiency of different calibers;
8 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20036}
- Appendix III. The German defenses on the coast of Belgium; 70 pages,
46 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.20037} [Includes: Purposes of investigation and
sources of information, History of installation, Geographical Plan of the
defense, scope of service, etc.. Discussion of the mechanisms: 38-centimeter
gun battery Pommern, 38-centimeter guns, battery Deutschland, 305-millimeter
gun, battery Kaiser Wilhelm II, 28-centimeter gun railway mount, battery
Preussen, 28-centimeter gun, battery Tirpitz, 28-centimeter mortar battery
Groden, 17-centimeter gun, battery Goeben, 15-centimeter gun, battery Irene.
Conclusions] [Requires information from No.21 (German 280-millimeter Gun on
Railway Mount)]
- Bibliography; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20038}
- Index; 23 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.20039}
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Document List
Volume 2 (1922); 196 pages, 142+ illus. Price 20.00 {Item No.1153}
- French Artillery
- No.1 French 120-millimeter gun on Schneider-Canet-Peigne railway
mount; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20040} [Includes: History,
Recoil mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Trucks] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.2 French 155-millimeter howitzer on Schneiger-Canet-Peigne railway
mount; 4 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20041} [Includes: History,
Railway car body, System of anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon
can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this
book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.3 French 155-millimeter gun on improvised mount; 3 pages, 2
illus. Price .50 {Item No.20042} [Includes: General description, System of
anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.4 French 164.7-millimeter gun on improvised mount; 3 pages, 3
illus. Price .50 {Item No.20043} [Includes: History and general description,
System of anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00{Item No.20090}]
- No.5 French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875-76 on improvised
mount; 10 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20044} [Includes: General
description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun
carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply
system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price
1.00{Item No.20090}]
- No.6 French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model of 1875-76, on carriage,
model 1917; 7 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20045} [Includes: General
description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun
carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Difficulties involved in
service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price
1.00{Item No.20090}]
- No.7 French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875, 1876, 1878, on three
axle mount; 9 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20046} [Requires
information from No.6 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model of 1875-76, on
carriage, model 1917)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.8 French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1887, 1893, 1896, 1902, on
improvised mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20047} [Additional
information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.9 French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893 on improvised
mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20048} [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.10 French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893 on three axle
mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20049} [Requires information
from other 194.7-millimeter gun articles: No.5, No.6, No.7, No.8, No.9, No.11]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.11 French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870 on double truck mount;
7 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20050} [Includes: General description,
Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage,
Railway car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system, Difficulties
involved in service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.12 French 200-millimeter howitzer on special mount; 8 pages, 10
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20051} [Includes: History, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, System of anchorage,
Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Merits] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery )of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.13 French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on improvised
mount; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20052} [Requires information
from article on No.6 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1917)]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.14 French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on railway mount,
Model 1917; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20053} [Requires
information from of other articles on No.13 (French 240-millimeter howitzer,
model 1876)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.15 French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on G.P.C. mount; 3
pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20054} [Includes: History, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
System of anchorage, Trucks] [Requires information from No.5 (French
194.4-millimeter howitzer, Model of 1875-76 on improvised mount) and No.20
(French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1903)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.16 French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond
mount; 13 pages, 9 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20055} [Includes: General
description, Gun , Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism,
Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply
system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service] [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.17 French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1884, on mount without
traverse; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20056} [Additional
information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.18 French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1884, on mount with traverse;
2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20057} [Requires information from No.9
(French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.19 French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1870, 1884, 1887; 2 pages, 2
illus. Price .50 {Item No.20058} [Includes: General description, Gun, Elevating
mechanism, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information
from No.11 (French 194-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893)] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.20 French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1903; 5 pages, 4 illus. Price
.50 {Item No.20059} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body, System of
anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Difficulties in service, Merits]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.21 French 274.4-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1881, 1870M; 3
pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20060} [Includes: General description, Gun,
Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body,
System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information
from No.5 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875-76, on improvised
mount) and No.22 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, on improvised
mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.22 French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, on improvised mount;
4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20061} [Includes: General description,
Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage,
Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system,
Maintenance] [Requires information from French 194.4-millimeter (No.6-11) and
240-millimeter howitzers (No.13-15)] [Additional information on this weapon can
be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book),
10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.23 French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on sliding type
mount; 7 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20062} [Includes: General
description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism,
Gun carriage and railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition
supply system, Maintenance] [Additional information on this weapon can be found
in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.24 French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, with recoil on
mount; 4 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20063} [Includes: General
description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism,
Gun carriage and railway car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply
system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.25 French 285-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896; 1 page, Price .50
{Item No.20064} [Requires information from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter Gun,
Model 1893, 1896, on Sliding Type Mount) and No.24 (French 274.4-millimeter
gun, model 1893, 1896, with recoil on mount)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.26 French 293-millimeter mortar, Model 1903; 3 pages, 3 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.20065} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.20 (French
240-millimeter gun, model 1903)] [Additional information on this weapon can be
found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10
pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.27 French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles
mount; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20066} [Includes: General
description and history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing
mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition
supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties in service, Merits and demerits]
[Requires information from Vol.1, No.6 (American 12-inch guns on Batignolles
type of railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.28 French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond
mount; 11 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20067} [Includes: General
description, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, System of anchorage,
Demerits] [Requires information from No.16 (French 240-millimeter gun, model
1893, 1896, on St.Chamond mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be
found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10
pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.29 French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on sliding type
mount; 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20068} [Requires information
from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type
mount, No.27 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles
mount), No.28 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond
mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.30 French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1906, 1910, on sliding type
mount; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20069} [Includes: General
description, Trucks] [Requires information from No.29 (French 305-millimeter
gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.31 French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding
type mount; 4 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20070} [Includes: General
description, Gun, Elevating mechanism] [Requires information from No.23 (French
274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount)] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.32 French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1881, on sliding type
mount; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20071} [Requires information
from No.31 (320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding type
mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.33 French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1881, 1884, on sliding type
mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20072} [Includes: General
description, Elevating mechanism] [Requires information from No.30 (French
305-millimeter gun, model 1906, 1910, on sliding type mount), No.31 (French
320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding type mount), No.32
(French 320-millimeter howitzer, model 1870, 1881, on sliding type mount)]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.34 French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1893, on sliding type mount;
1 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20073} [Requires information from No.33
and it's references, and No.30 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1906, 1910, on
sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in
Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.35 French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1912, on St.Chamond mount; 11
pages, 18 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20074} [Includes: General description,
Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance,
Difficulties in service] [Requires information from No.23 (French
274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount, No.27 (French
305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount)] [Additional
information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway
Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.36 French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1912, on sliding type mount;
1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20075} [Requires information from No.34
(French 340-millimeter, model 1893, on sliding type mount and No.35 (French
340-millimeter gun, model 1912, on St.Chamond mount)] [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.37 French 370-millimeter howitzer on Batignolles mount; 6 pages,
7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20076} [Requires information from No.27 (French
305-millimeter model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount)] [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.38 French 370-millimeter howitzer, Model 1875, 1879,on sliding type
mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20077} [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00{Item No.20090}]
- No.39 French 400-millimeter howitzer, on St.Chamond mount; 13 pages,
21 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20078} [Includes: General description, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Maintenance]
[Requires information from No.27 (French 305-millimeter, model 1893, 1896, on
Batignolles mount), No.35 (French 340-millimeter gun, model 1912, on St.Chamond
mount), No.37 (French 370-millimeter howitzer on Batignolles mount)]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.40 French 520-millimeter howitzer, on sliding-type mount; 6
pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20079} [Includes: General description and
history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism,
System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Merits, Demerits]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- British Artillery
- No.41 British 9.2-inch gun, Mark XIII on railway mount; 7 pages, 8
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20080} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Difficulties in
service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of
Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00
{Item No.20090}]
- No.42 British 9.2-inch guns, Marks X and XIV on railway mount; 1
page Price .50 {Item No.20081} [Requires information from No.41 (British
9.2-inch gun, Mark XIII on railway mount)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.43 British 9.2-inch guns, Marks III to VIc; 4 pages, 2 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.20082} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Additional information on
this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.44 British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II; 5 pages, 2 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.20083} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Requires information from
No.45 (British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II)] [Additional information on
this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.45 British 12-inch howitzers, Marks III and V; 6 pages, 4 illus.
Price 1.00 {Item No.20084} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car
body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Requires information from
No.44 (British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II)] [Additional information on
this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.46 British 12-inch gun, Mark IX; 6 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20085} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information
on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20090}]
- No.47 British 12-inch gun (Older Model); 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50
{Item No.20086} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism,
Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body,
System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information
from No.46 (British 12-inch gun, Mark IX)] [Additional information on this
weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2
(this book), 10 pages Price 1.00{Item No.20090}]
- No.48 British 14-inch gun, Mark III; 7 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20087} [Includes: General description and history, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance,
Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on
this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of
vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00{Item No.20090}]
- Italian Artillery
- No.49 Italian 381-millimeter gun, on sliding type mount; 8 pages, 7
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20088} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil
mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car
body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance]
[Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data
(Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book), 10 pages Price 1.00{Item No.20090}]
- American Artillery
- No.50 American 14-inch gun, on railway mount, Model 1920; 18 pages,
10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20089} [Includes: General description and
history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun
carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply
system] [Requires information from Vol.1, No.9 (American 14-inch on railway
mount, model E) and No.11 (American 14-inch gun on navy railway mount, mark
II)]
- Table of classified data (Railway Artillery) (of vol.2); 10 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.20090} [This table contains the details of many of the
weapons covered in volume 2] [Also this data has long ago been declassified]
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