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railway guns
of world war ii
sTeVen J. Zaloga
Illustrated By Peter deNNIs
Author
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College
and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an
analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades,
covering missile systems and the international arms trade,
and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a
federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on
military technology and military history, with an accent on
the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former
Soviet Union.
Illustrator
Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary
magazines such as
Look and Learn
he studied illustration at
Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds
of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many
Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based
in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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NEW VANGUARD 231
RAILWAY GUNS OF
WORLD WAR II
STEVEN J. ZALOGA
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,
PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UK
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Print ISBN: 978 1 4728 1068 7
PDF ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1069 4
ePub ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1070 0
Index by Mark Swift
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would especially like to thank Lee Ness for his extensive help
with reference material and photos.
Title page image: The 400mm modèle 1916 à berceau used a St Chamond
carriage. Eight of these were used by the Germans as the 40cm H(E) 752(f )
with batteries E.686 and E.693.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FRENCH RAILWAY GUNS
• French World War II Railway Guns Technical Characteristics
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BELGIUM
GERMANY
• German World War I Railway Guns Retained after 1920
• German Railway Gun Modernization 1936–1939
• German Railway Gun Production 1939–1944
• German World War II Railway Guns Technical Characteristics
• German Railway Artillery in Combat
ITALIAN RAILWAY GUNS
SOVIET RAILWAY GUNS
• Soviet World War II Railway Guns Technical Characteristics
• Soviet Navy Coastal Defense Railway Batteries in 1941
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FINLAND
JAPANESE RAILWAY GUNS
BRITISH RAILWAY GUNS
US RAILWAY GUNS
RAILWAY GUNS IN RETROSPECT
FURTHER READING
INDEX
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