Railway guns WW2, uzbrojenie, artyleria etc
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//-->railway gunsof world war iisTeVen J. ZalogaIllustrated By Peter deNNIsAuthorSteven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union Collegeand his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as ananalyst 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, afederal think tank. He is the author of numerous books onmilitary technology and military history, with an accent onthe US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the formerSoviet Union.IllustratorPeter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporarymagazines such asLook and Learnhe studied illustration atLiverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundredsof books, predominantly on historical subjects, including manyOsprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is basedin Nottinghamshire, UK.Other titles in the seriesNVG No:46•ISBN:978 1 84176 341 5NVG No:82•ISBN:978 1 84176 541 9NVG No:106•ISBN:978 1 84176 791 8NVG No:140•ISBN:978 1 84603 242 4NVG No:205•ISBN:978 1 78096 017 3NVG No:216•ISBN:978 1 78200 383 0NEW VANGUARD 231RAILWAY GUNS OFWORLD WAR IISTEVEN J. ZALOGAILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNISThis electronic edition published in 2016 by BloomsburyPublishing PlcFirst published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UKPO Box 3985, New York, NY 10185-3985, USAE-mail:info@ospreypublishing.comOsprey Publishing, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc© 2016 Osprey Publishing Ltd.All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose ofprivate study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under theCopyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted inany form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical,mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, withoutthe prior written permission of the copyright owner. Inquiriesshould be addressed to the Publishers.A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British LibraryPrint ISBN: 978 1 4728 1068 7PDF ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1069 4ePub ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1070 0Index by Mark SwiftTypeset in Sabon and Myriad ProOriginated by PDQ Media, Bungay, UKTo find out more about our authors and books visitwww.bloomsbury.com.Here you will find extracts, authorinterviews, details of forthcoming events and the option to sign upfor ournewsletters.Osprey Publishing supports the Woodland Trust, the UK’s leadingwoodland conservation charity. Between 2014 and 2018 ourdonations are being spent on their Centenary Woods project inthe UK.www.ospreypublishing.comACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe author would especially like to thank Lee Ness for his extensive helpwith reference material and photos.Title page image: The 400mm modèle 1916 à berceau used a St Chamondcarriage. Eight of these were used by the Germans as the 40cm H(E) 752(f )with batteries E.686 and E.693.CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONFRENCH RAILWAY GUNS• French World War II Railway Guns Technical Characteristics4488BELGIUMGERMANY• 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 CombatITALIAN RAILWAY GUNSSOVIET RAILWAY GUNS• Soviet World War II Railway Guns Technical Characteristics• Soviet Navy Coastal Defense Railway Batteries in 19412731FINLANDJAPANESE RAILWAY GUNSBRITISH RAILWAY GUNSUS RAILWAY GUNSRAILWAY GUNS IN RETROSPECTFURTHER READINGINDEX41424344464748
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