leopold rail gun

[Stourbridge Lion]

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[Armourer]

Sorry to be joining this thread late, but in answer to your question, Yes I have. I am currently in the process of building another, a Railway Gun from the Boer War era, a 4.7 inch QF which was dismounted from naval cruisers and deployed to the land army in two forms, as a heavy field artillery piece, which the British forces in South Africa lacked at the time, and also as a Railway Gun. It is being constructed in 1:24 scale and will be non-firing.

[groundhogslayer]

Here is my gun so far, got a ways to go but I'm happy with it so far

[groundhogslayer]

Thanks for the freedom! I will load some pictures of my project and the real cannon and post them

[Major]

I am on Aberdeen frequently using the PX and Commisary but missed the move of the Railroad Gun Leopold.  You should post some Pictures of it. 

[Stourbridge Lion]

groundhogslayer

Why does every post I make have to be approved by a moderator before its made public?

All members are first placed in Moderator status until we have had a chance to review their initial posts to make sure you are not a spammer.  I think it's safe to say you not so I have released you from those bonds.  Enjoy!

[groundhogslayer]

I work on the proving grounds. I have plenty of pictures of when they dissassembled it. I have also sen the one in dc, leopold is still my favorite. There is another at dalgren in virginia I believe. Havnt been to see that one yet. This forum is driving me nuts. Why does every post I make have to be approved by a moderator before its made public?

[Major]

Just for your information there is an American Railroad gun on display at the Washington Naval Yard in Washington D.C.  It used a 14" Naval cannon and was designed for coast artillery.  The German Gun Leopold was recently moved from Aberdeen Proving grounds to Ft Lee VA since the Ordnance School relocated there and the museum is part of the school. 

[groundhogslayer]

I am having a really hard time with the forums and have found they are not mobile compatable. Settings have been changed by admin and I am giving it one more go. If this works I will upload some pictures of my railroad cannon.

[groundhogslayer]

As stated above, i am modeling "leopold" this particular cannon was assembled from 2guns captured at the end of WWII. the 2nd was named "robert" .  leopold resided at apg md up until this past summer when it moved to virginia.  it is a german, K5 series railroad cannon. a quick google search for "anzio annie" will link you to wikepedia for a good read.     i would consider my model between "Railking" and "Premier" size. its not a 100% perfect scale model as i am taking a few liberties so that it will actually manuever across my layout(something the real one couldnt do) i will have to upload my pics so far to my websots album so i can post a few pics for you. it is coming along nicely so far. i think i am going to change my trucks out for a different style but more on that after the pictures are up.   thanks for the interest!

[lionelsoni]

The two-track gun was the 80 centimeter, "Dora" or "Schwerer Gustav".  It could penetrate 30 meters of solid earth, 7 meters of concrete, or 1 meter of steel armor.  It saw its only action at Sevastopol, where it fired a total of 48 shells over 5 days.  It disappeared in 1944.

The "Leopold" was a 28 centimeter gun used at Anzio.  The allies called it "Anzio Annie".  It was repaired with parts from a companion gun and taken to Aberdeen Proving Ground.

[phillyreading]

I am not sure which railroad artillery gun you are talking about. However I do know that there was a very huge German rail-mounted artillery gun that needed to be hauled on two parallel sets of tracks because of size and weight, so you would need two engines to haul it. In my opion it was not very practicle because of its size.

[8ntruck]

If you tackle this project, there are lots of folks out here that would enjoy progress pictures.

Sounds like a very interesting project.  In strict O scale (1/48?), it would be a very impressive piece.

[groundhogslayer]

well aware of the differences, ive worked on both. i figured posting about the leopold (anzio annie) in a train forum would make sense that i was referring to the "railroad gun"    so has anyone mde one for their layout before or will i be the first to attempt it? i have plenty of details on the full size gun being lucky enough to put my own hands on it so im excited to tackle this build        

[lionelsoni]

I think you mean "railroad gun".  A rail gun is something entirely different.

Do you have German Railroad Guns in action?  If not, I recommend it:  http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=german+railroad+guns&x=71&y=10

[groundhogslayer]

has anyone on here built their own rail gun? i know they are not available and i am going to be scratch building one for my layout. i have it planned out but i am curious if anyone else has already undertook this task.