PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down15cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 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.
minus-squareraoul@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoMaybe it’s because of the recoil? Having the canon alligned with the track allows it to move with the recoil while having it slightly angled may make it derail 🤷♂️
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.
Maybe it’s because of the recoil?
Having the canon alligned with the track allows it to move with the recoil while having it slightly angled may make it derail 🤷♂️