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How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII

Name: How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII
Uploaded: 2017-10-05
Duration: 154018
Description: Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees.

Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees.

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