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Re: Amiens rail gun
- Subject: Re: Amiens rail gun
- From: "Ken Neate" <kenneate@tig.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:38:43 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.europe
- Organization: The Internet Group (Sydney)
- References: <39D449DB.69177A34@omni.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:19998
"David Bromage" <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote in message
39D449DB.69177A34@omni.com.au">news:39D449DB.69177A34@omni.com.au...
> Australian troops captured the "Amiens gun", a 280mm rail gun, near
> Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918. It was used by the Germans for
> shelling Amiens. It was dismantled and brought to Australia after the war.
>
> The gun was reassembled and on display in Sydney in 1920. It was taken
> to Canberra soon after, then dismantled. The barrel is preserved at the
> Australian War Memorial, but the gun cradle, frame and bogies were taken
> to the artillery proving ground in South Australia. It was still intact
> at Port Wakefield as recently as 1963, but was sadly scrapped. The
> bogies are reportedly still intact, possibly in storage at an army base
> in Victoria.
>
> Does anybody know of any photos of the gun either in Sydney, Canberra or
> the frame in SA?
ARHS Bulletin July 1978
Can anybody confirm the existence of the 8-wheel bogies?
>
> Cheers
> David