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Are Railway Guns Still Used. Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. The krupp k5 nicknamed robert was captured at civitavecchia on june 9, 1944. It was developed in the late 1930s by krupp in. They have been obsolete since. It had a frame surrounding the gun that was used. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. Even in the war’s waning days, the germans still used their remaining railroad guns: The largest gun in world history, germany's schwerer gustav railway gun was 150 feet long, weighed 1,500 tons, and fired the biggest artillery shells of world war ii. After decades of research and development, railguns are still very much in the research stage, and it’s still unclear if they will ever be used as real military weapons.

The largest gun in world history, germany's schwerer gustav railway gun was 150 feet long, weighed 1,500 tons, and fired the biggest artillery shells of world war ii. Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. After decades of research and development, railguns are still very much in the research stage, and it’s still unclear if they will ever be used as real military weapons. The krupp k5 nicknamed robert was captured at civitavecchia on june 9, 1944. It had a frame surrounding the gun that was used. They have been obsolete since. It was developed in the late 1930s by krupp in. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. Even in the war’s waning days, the germans still used their remaining railroad guns:

[Petersburg, Va. Railroad gun and crew] Library of Congress

Are Railway Guns Still Used The krupp k5 nicknamed robert was captured at civitavecchia on june 9, 1944. The krupp k5 nicknamed robert was captured at civitavecchia on june 9, 1944. Even in the war’s waning days, the germans still used their remaining railroad guns: They have been obsolete since. The largest gun in world history, germany's schwerer gustav railway gun was 150 feet long, weighed 1,500 tons, and fired the biggest artillery shells of world war ii. It was developed in the late 1930s by krupp in. Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. It had a frame surrounding the gun that was used. After decades of research and development, railguns are still very much in the research stage, and it’s still unclear if they will ever be used as real military weapons.