PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt doesn’t look like it. They did sometimes use a kind of turntable to allow regular cannons to easily change direction, but I don’t think the same was done with these.
It doesn’t look like it. They did sometimes use a kind of turntable to allow regular cannons to easily change direction, but I don’t think the same was done with these.