Railway Guns of World War II

Name: Railway Guns of World War II
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781472810687
Price: 16.65 EUR
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English

By (author): Steven J. Zaloga

Illustrated by: Peter Dennis

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. See more

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Weight: 167g
Dimensions: 184 x 248mm
Publication Date: 25 Feb 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781472810687

About Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He 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 with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. 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.