File:274mm45 railroad gun captured Apr1945.jpeg

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English: A 274 mm/45 Model 1887/1893 railroad gun captured by U.S. troops near Rentwertshausen, County of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany, on 10 April 1945. The 274.4 mm guns were originally French naval 10.8 inch guns of pre-dreadnaught battleships used as railroad guns by the French during the First World War. This gun was captured by the German Army in 1940.
Deutsch: Ein von U.S.-Truppen erobertes 274 mm/45 Model 1887/1893 Eisenbahngeschütz in der Nähe von Rentwertshausen, Kreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, am 10. April 1945. Es handelte sich ursprünglich um ein französisches Marinegeschütz 10.8 Zoll eines Einheitslinienschiffs, wurde von Frankreich im 1.Weltkrieg in ein Eisenbahngeschütz umgebaut und 1940 von der Wehrmacht erobert.
Original caption: "Mammoth 274-mm railroad gun Captured in the U.S. Seventh Army advance near Rentwertshausen easily holds these 22 men lined up on the barrel. Although of an 1887 French design, the gun packs a powerful wallop. April 10, 1945."
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Author Photographer's Name: T5c. Pat. W. Kohl, U.S. Army.

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