Trumpeter 00207 1/35 280mm K5(E) Leopold German Railroad Gun WWII 小號手  [TP00207]

Although from the mid-19th century people began considering imparting flexibility to large caliber artillery pieces by placing them on special railway mountings, it had been WWI that offered the impetus to making the railway weapon an important part of numerous European armories. The advantages of railway guns were to quickly concentrated and dispersed as necessary, by quick changes of position they could deliver long range harassing fire and remain undetected. By 1918 the railway weapon was in usage by almost all the major combatants and one of them Germany was the main country with this particular effective armament. But after 1918 the Treaty commissions scrapped all of the German railway artillery. After the NSDAP found energy in 1933 the German military began a significant rearmament system as well as on the list of tools needed had been contemporary railway weapons. Before 1933 a great deal of theoretical work was carried out on future railway firearms nonetheless it wasn't until 1934 your very first practical work began on two new designs. With time they were to emerge while the K5 (age) and K12 (E). The Leopold had an unconfirmed selection of 11 miles and fired a pre-engraved projectile weighing roughly 550 pounds. It really is fired from a turntable affording a 360degree traverse. The gun has a 70-foot 8-inch barrel held in a sleeve-type cradle. The barrel recoil procedure, fitted between two arms projecting downward from cradle, is comprised of two hydro pneumatic cylinders and just one hydraulic buffer cylinder. A central jack helps support the tremendous fat of weapon and carriage, which amounts to around 230 tons and in addition serves as a central pivot for the turntable. The German Leopold Gun had been the largest weapon, which lobbed shells at US troops at "Anzio Beach". The Leopold supported by 24 railcar wheels, had been mounted on railroad tracks, which led inside and out of hill tunnels. When not firing, the weapon had been rolled back into the tunnels out of the sight of Allied reconnaissance. Although both guns was extensively damaged, Allied forces could actually salvage the Leopold and after reconstruction associated with the railway, moved the gun to Naples for shipment towards usa. "Anzio Annie" because the gun ended up being proven to the Allied troops at Anzio, is the only German railroad gun recognized to have survived World War II. The Leopold happens to be on display at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland.

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