FRA - Canon de 340 mm sur affut Mle 1912

340 mm železniční dělo
Canon de 340 mm sur affut Mle 1912

The French cannon of 340mm. Used by France and the Allies. Shots were fired he shells weighing 429 kg at a distance of 36 km.

France had in the warehouses of a large number of discarded naval guns. Since the beginning of the First world war had developed but alas. guns, had been assembled older weapons into a simple steel "boxes" placed rail chassis.

As soon as the modified Mle 1912 drove to the place of firing, the chassis is removed and the "box cannon" rested on the tracks. Because she didn't have zákluzný system, simply pushed at each shot on a piece backward along the rails. After a couple of shots to ložiště "the box" again picked up on wheels and moved to its original location and re-launched the barrage.

This gun was originally vyprojektováno for the battleship Bretagne and sřílel with him, e.g. 35.the coast artillery regiment at Nixeville, where successfully intruded targets at a distance of 30 km..
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