Railway Guns of World War II

Steven J. Zaloga (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

48 Seiten

2016
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-1068-7 (ISBN)

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Packed with information, this authoritative and detailed history of World War II's largest and most powerful railway guns is ideal for modellers, reenactors, wargamers, and anyone interested in military technology.

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development.

Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany's ambitious development programme saw the introduction of a number of new classes, including the world's largest, the 80cm-calibre Schwerer Gustav and Schwerer Dora guns, which weighed in at 1,350 tons and fired a huge 7-ton shell.

This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service during World War II, with a special focus on the German railway artillery used in France, Italy and on the Eastern Front, and analyzes why railway guns largely disappeared from use following the end of the war.

Steven J. Zaloga 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. 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.

Introduction
French Railway Artillery
Belgian Railway Artillery
German Railway Artillery
Italian Railway Artillery
Soviet Railway Artillery
Finnish Railway Artillery
Japanese Railway Artillery
British Railway Artillery
US Railway Artillery
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.2.2016
Reihe/Serie	New Vanguard
Illustrationen	Peter Dennis
Zusatzinfo	40 b/w; 7 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	182 x 246 mm
Gewicht	185 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4728-1068-6 / 1472810686
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-1068-7 / 9781472810687
Zustand	Neuware