List of railway artillery

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BL 9.2 inch (233 mm) Railway Gun c 1900

Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. They have been obsolete since World War II and have been superseded by tactical surface-to-surface missiles, multiple rocket launchers, and bomber aircraft.

Caliber (mm)  | Weapon name  | Country of origin  | Period

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120  | Canon de 120 L mle 1878 sur affût-truc Peigné-Canet-Schneider mle 1897  |  France  | World War I
138.6  | Canon de 140 sur affût-truc mle 1884  |  France  | World War I
149.1  | 15 cm SK "Nathan"  |  German Empire  | World War I
149.3  | 15 cm K (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
155  | Materiel de 155 sur affût-truc Schneider  |  France  | World War I
155  | Obusier de 155 C mle 1881 sur affût-truc Peigné-Canet-Schneider mle 1897  |  France  | World War I
164  | Canon de 164 modèle 1893/96 TAZ  |  France  | World War I
172.6  | 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen "Samuel"  |  German Empire  | World War I
173  | 17 cm K (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
180  | TM-1-180  |  Soviet Union  | World War II
194  | 19 cm Canon G modèle 1916/1917  |  France  | World War I
194  | Canon de 19 modèle 1870/93 TAZ  |  France  | World War I, World War II
200  | Obusier de 200 "Pérou" sur affût-truck TAZ Schneider  |  France  | World War I
203  | 20.3 cm K (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
203  | 8-inch M1888 gun  |  United States  | World War I, World War II
203  | 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun (aka M3A2)  |  United States  | World War II
209.3  | 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert"  |  German Empire  | World War I
210  | 21 cm K12 (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
233  | BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun  |  United Kingdom  | World War I, World War II
238  | 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto"  |  German Empire  | World War I
238  | 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl"  |  German Empire  | World War I
238  | 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
238  | 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
240  | 24 cm Canon G modèle 1916  |  France  | World War I
240  | Canon de 240 L Mle 1884  |  France  | World War I
240  | Canon de 240 TR Mle 1903  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
240  | Canon de 240 modèle 93/96 TAZ  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
240  | Type 90 240 mm railway gun  |  Japan  | World War II
274  | Mortier de 274 Mle 1870/81  |  France  | World War I
274  | Canon de 274 modèle 93/96 Berceau  |  France  | World War I
274  | Canon de 274 modèle 87/93 Glissement  |  France  | World War I, World War II
283  | 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"  |  German Empire  | World War I
283  | 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst"  |  German Empire  | World War I
283  | 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
283  | 28 cm K5 railway gun  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
293  | Mortier de 293 Danois sur affut-truck modèle 1914  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
305  | Canon de 305 modèle 93/96 TAZ  |  France  | World War I
305  | Canon de 305 modèle 1893/96 à berceau  |  France  | World War I
305  | Canon de 305 modèle 1893/96 à glissement  |  France  | World War I
305  | Canon de 305 modèle 1906/10 à glissement  |  France  | World War II
305  | BL 12 inch Mk IX Railway Gun  |  United Kingdom  | World War I
305  | BL 12 inch Railway Howitzer Mk I, III, V  |  United Kingdom  | World War I, World War II
305  | TM-3-12  |  Soviet Union  | World War II \- 1991
305  | 12-inch coast defense mortar  |  United States  | World War I \- World War II
305  | 12-inch Bethlehem Model 1918 railway gun  |  United States  | World War I
320  | Canon de 32 modèle 1870/81 à glissement  |  France  | World War I
320  | Canon de 32 modèle 1870/84 à glissement  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
320  | Canon de 32 modèle 1870/93 à glissement  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
320  | Canon de 320 modèle 1917 à glissement  |  France  | World War II
340  | Canon de 340 modèle 1893 à glissement  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
340  | Canon de 340 modèle 1912 à berceau  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
340  | Canon de 340 modèle 1912 à glissement  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
343  | BL 13.5 inch Railway Gun  |  United Kingdom  | World War II
356  | BL 14 inch Railway Gun  |  United Kingdom  | World War I
356  | USN 14 inch/50 Railway Gun  |  United States  | World War I
356  | 14-inch M1920 railway gun  |  United States  | 1920s - World War II
356  | TM-1-14  |  Soviet Union  | 1930s - World War II
370  | Mortier de 370 mm Modèle 1887  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
370  | Obusier de 370 modèle 1915  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
370  | Canon de 370 modèle 75/79 Glissement  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
370  | Mortier de 370 modèle 1914 Filloux  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
380  | 38 cm SK L/45 "Max"  |  German Empire  | World War I
380  | 38 cm Siegfried K (E)  |  Nazi Germany  | World War II
381  | Cannone da 381/40 AVS  |  Italy  | World War I
400  | Obusier de 400 Modèle 1915/1916  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
457  | BL 18 inch railway howitzer  |  United Kingdom  | World War II
520  | Obusier de 520 modèle 1916  |  France  | World War I \- World War II
800 | 80 cm Dora |  Nazi Germany | World War II
800 | 80 cm Schwerer Gustav |  Nazi Germany | World War II

## Notes and references

Hogg, Ian V. (1998). Allied Artillery of World War I. Ramsbury, Wiltshire, UK: The Crowood Press, Ltd.. pp. 113–148. ISBN 1-86126-104-7.

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