File:One of the five 14-inch guns sent by the Navy for service in WWI fires at a target from Thierville, France, in early fall 1918. Note the ammunition car attached to the gun car. (50375230011).jpg
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| Description | Artillery dominated the battlefields of Europe throughout World War I. Advances in artillery technology and design in the later 19th century had created a new generation of guns and howitzers with enhanced range and accuracy. At the outbreak of the war, however, none of the armies possessed railway guns, the idea for which was relatively new. As the fighting on the Western Front solidified in the fall of 1914, military leaders realized the importance of mobile, long-range, heavy artillery for striking targets deep behind enemy lines. Constructed by the French army in late 1914, the first railway guns of the war were makeshift designs created by mounting older coastal defense guns and naval warship guns onto commercial railway wagons. British and German forces fielded railway guns in 1915 and 1916, respectively, increasing the range and firepower of their artillery. The U.S. Navy deployed five purpose-built railway guns in France during the final stages of the war, firing nearly 800 rounds in support of advancing American and Allied forces. |
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| Source | One of the five 14-inch guns sent by the Navy for service in WWI fires at a target from Thierville, France, in early fall 1918. Note the ammunition car attached to the gun car. |
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