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Ordnance Department."Historical Introduction," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1)(1921); 20 pages, 14 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20001}[The history of Railway Artillery to WWI]
Ordnance Department."Classification of types of railway artillery," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 1)(1921); 51 pages, 47 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20002} [Includes: Introduction, Classification according to method of traverse, Classification according to recoil system, Classification according to method of anchorage]
Ordnance Department."Scope of utility of railway artillery," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 2)(1921); 12 pages, 1 illus.+ tables Price 1.50 {Item No.20003} [Includes: Introduction, Destruction, Counter-battery work, Interdiction, Distant bombardment for moral effect, Assignment of mounts to various duties, Assignment of calibers according to resistance of targets, Assignment of types according to range, Relative wear of guns, Assignment of type of mounts according to time available for emplacement, Tabular classification of railway artillery, Relation of railway artillery to other types, Utility in coast defense]
Ordnance Department."Characteristics of existing types of railway artillery," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3)(1921); 548 pages, 200+ illus. Price 55.00 {Item No.20004} [Includes: No.1-22{Items No.20005-20006}, the Table of Classified Data{Item No.20034}and Appendix III {Item No.20037}]
Ordnance Department."American 4.7 Howitzer on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.1)(1921); 19 pages, 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20005} [Includes: Description and history, Guns, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Top carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Armor, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book) {Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "4.7-inch howitzer, model of 1913, in pedestal mount, model of 1915, on railway carriage, model of 1917," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.35; 16 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20155} [Includes: Introduction, Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism C, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism E, Top carriage, Base] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 7-inch Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.2)(1921); 15 pages, 13 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20006} [Includes: History and description, Guns, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition system, Maintenance, Merits and Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book) {Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 8-inch Gun on Railway Mount, Model 1918, M/I," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.3)(1921); 26 pages, 23 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20007} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "8-inch 32-caliber gun on railway mount, model of 1918," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.26; 29 pages, 14 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20146} [Includes: Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism G, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism, Carriage, Base] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 10-inch Gun on Sliding Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.4)(1921); 27 pages, 21 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20008} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 12-inch Mortar on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.5)(1921); 15 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20009} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.3 (American 8-inch gun on railway mount, model 1918/M/I)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery )of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "12-inch 10-caliber mortar on railway mount, model of 1918," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.17; 26 pages, 16 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20137} [Includes: Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism, Top carriage H, Base D] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 12-inch Guns on Batignolles Type of Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.6)(1921); 35 pages, 30 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20010} [Includes: Description, Guns, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerit] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 12-inch 50-Caliber Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.7)(1921); 27 pages, 24 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20011} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book) {Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "12-inch 35-caliber gun, model of 1895, on railway carriage, model of 1918," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.16; 17 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20136} [Includes: Introduction, Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism E, Top carriage G, Base] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}] [Refers to information from Ordnance Dept.Doc.2034 Railway Artillery (Vol.2); Part III. No.6 {Item No.20010} 35 pages Price 4.00] [Also No.27 {Item No.20066}4 pages Price .50] [And No.37 {Item No.20077} 6 pages Price 1.00] [Refers to information from Part III, No.21 of this book {Item No.20141} Price 3.00]
Ordnance Department."American 12-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.8)(1921); 37 pages, 32 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20012} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "12-inch 20-caliber howitzer on railway mount, model of 1918," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.18; 36 pages, 17 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20138} [Includes: Introduction, Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism F, Traversing mechanism, and Loading mechanism, Chassis, Base] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch Gun on Railway Mount, Model E," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.9)(1921); 42 pages, 36 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.20013} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book) {Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "14-inch 40-caliber gun, model of 1919, on railway mount, model E," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.7; 34 pages, 20 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20127} [Includes: Introduction, Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism D, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism C] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.10)(1921); 31 pages, 29 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20014} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply service, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch Gun on Navy Railway Mount, Mark II," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.11)(1921); 9 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20015} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.10 (American 14-inch gun, navy railway mount, mark I)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Railway Mount, Model of 1918," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.12)(1921); 34 pages, 31 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20016} [Requires information from No.9 (American 14-inch Gun on Railway Mount Model E) and No.10 (American American 14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I] [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book) {Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Railway Mount, Model of 1919," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.13)(1921); 21 pages, 19 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20017} [Requires information from No.4 (American 10-inch gun on sliding railway mount), No.10 (American 14-inch Gun, Naval Railway Mount, Mark I), No.12 (American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Railway Model of 1918] [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department. "14-inch 50-caliber gun, model of 1920, on railway carriage, model of 1920," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part III, No.8; 26 pages, 14 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20128} [Includes: Introduction, Cannon, Breech mechanism, Firing mechanism, Recoil mechanism, Recuperator mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Loading mechanism D, Carriages, Base] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of miscellaneous data; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159}]
Ordnance Department."American 14-inch gun, on railway mount, Model 1920," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.50)(1922); 18 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20089} [Includes: General description and history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from Vol.1, No.9 (American 14-inch on railway mount, model E) and No.11 (American 14-inch gun on navy railway mount, mark II)]
Ordnance Department."American 16-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount, Model E," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.14)(1921); 22 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20018} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 16-inch Howitzer on Railway Mount, Model of 1918, Mark I," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.15)(1921); 22 pages, 17 illus., Price 3.00 {Item No.20019} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Note that there appears to be referencing mistakes in this section, but we provided the references to reduce the uncertainly of the usefulness of the references] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery )of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."American 16-inch Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.16)(1921); 5 pages, 2 illus.+ large plate Price 2.00 {Item No.20020} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.5 (American 12-inch mortar on railway mount), No.12 (American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Mount, Model of 1918), No.13 (American 14-inch Gun on Sliding Type Mount, Model of 1919)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 170-millimeter Gun, Mount 1915, on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.17)(1921); 11 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20021} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 210-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.18)(1921); 11 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20022} [Includes: Description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.21(German 280-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 240-millimeter Howitzer on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.19)(1921); 10 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00{Item No.20023} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.18 (German 210-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 240-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.20)(1921); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20024} [Requires information from No.22 (German 380-millimeter gun on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 280-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.21)(1921); 21 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20025} [Includes: Description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involves in service, Merits, Demerits] [Requires information from No.18 (German 210-millimeter gun on railway mount),and No.19 (German 240-millimeter howitzer on railway mount)] [References Appendix III of this book] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."German 380-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 3, No.22)(1921); 34 pages, 27 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20026} [Includes: Description, Gun , Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [References Appendix III of this book] [Additional information on this weapon can be found the Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.1 (this book){Item No.20034}]
Ordnance Department."Practical qualifications of railway artillery for land warfare and coast defense," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 4)(1921); 86 pages, 54 illus. Price 9.00 {Item No.20027} [Includes: Introduction, Relative merits of design details: Gun, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, Anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Special arrangements for coast defense. Service required of railway artillery: Guns, Subdivision of range, Subdivision of calibers, Subdivision based on requirements of service, Conclusions as to guns, Mounts. Conclusions as to mounts: Twelve-inch 25-caliber howitzer, Sixteen-inch 25-caliber howitzer, Fourteen-Inch, 50-caliber gun] [Requires information from Section 2 of this book, and No.4 (American 10-inch gun on sliding mount), No.8 (American 12-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.9 (American 14-inch gun on railway mount model E), No.14 (American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.15 (American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount, model of 1918) also Appendix II of volume 1 (this book)]
Ordnance Department."Procedure in preparing for action in land warfare," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 5)(1921); 34 pages, 16 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20028} [Includes: Introduction, Construction, Camouflage, Track work for Heavy Artillery, Track construction, Track laying, EPIS, Sliding mounts (Materiels a Glisement), Mounts with hydraulic recoil (Materiels a Frein), Camouflage of railways, Garages, Maintenance of tracks, Deployment of railway artillery on the attacking front, Supplement to track laying] [Requires information from Section 10 (Railway Clearances) of volume 1 (this book)]
Ordnance Department."Preparation of firing data and scheme of fire control in land warfare," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 6)(1921); 28 pages, 22 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20029} [Includes: Introduction, Laying for direction, Application of finite and infinite aiming-point methods to railway artillery]
Ordnance Department."Assembly, disposition, and maintenance of railway artillery in land warfare," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 7)(1921); 20 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20030} [Includes: Introduction, Assembly, Disposition, Inspection, Text and outline of railway gun and mount service record, Maintenance, Cannon, Mounts, Organization and arrangements for maintenance, Location and equipment of shops. Duties of the railway artillery ordnance officer]
Ordnance Department."Equipment for railway artillery," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 8)(1921); 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20031} [Includes: Tables of initial equipment, Depot and automatic supply. Spare parts, tools, and accessories carried with the battery]
Ordnance Department."Summary of recommendations," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 9)(1921); 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20032} [Includes: Guns, Mounts, Equipment, Shops--Maintenance] [Requires information from No.3 (American 8-inch gun of railway mount), No.4 (American 10-inch gun on railway mount), No.8 (American 12-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.9 (American 14-inch gun on railway mount, model E), No.14 (American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount), No.15 (American 16-inch howitzer on railway mount, model of 1918), No.21 (German 380-millimeter gun on railway mount), also Sections 7 and Section 8 of this book] [Concerning future Railway Artillery development]
Ordnance Department."Railway Clearances," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 10)(1921); 14 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20033} [Includes: Railway clearances, Composite diagram for American railways, Method of using American composite diagram, Composite diagrams A and B, French railway diagrams, Curves--middle ordinate, Overhang, Super-elevation, Spread of rails, Weight] [For Railway Artillery]
Ordnance Department."Tables of classified information (Railway Artillery) (of vol.1)," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Section 10)(1921) ; 18 pages of tables Price 2.00 {Item No.20034} [Long ago declassified detailed data on American and German railway artillery]
Ordnance Department."The German long-range gun and the bombardment of Paris," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Appendix I)(1921); 41 pages, 24 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20035}[Includes: First day's bombardment--First impressions, Details of the bombardment, Design of the gun, carriage, and emplacement: Introduction, Gun, Cradle, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body, Anchorage, Camouflage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Ammunition, Previous designs and limits in design]
Ordnance Department."Study of the relative efficiency of different calibers," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Appendix II)(1921); 8 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20036}
Ordnance Department."The German defenses on the coast of Belgium," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1, Appendix III)(1921); 70 pages, 46 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.20037} [Includes: Purposes of investigation and sources of information, History of installation, Geographical Plan of the defense, scope of service, etc.. Discussion of the mechanisms: 38-centimeter gun battery Pommern, 38-centimeter guns, battery Deutschland, 305-millimeter gun, battery Kaiser Wilhelm II, 28-centimeter gun railway mount, battery Preussen, 28-centimeter gun, battery Tirpitz, 28-centimeter mortar battery Groden, 17-centimeter gun, battery Goeben, 15-centimeter gun, battery Irene. Conclusions] [Requires information from No.21 (German 280-millimeter Gun on Railway Mount)]
Ordnance Department."Bibliography," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.1)(1921); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20038}
Ordnance Department."French 120-millimeter gun on Schneider-Canet-Peigne railway mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.1)(1922); 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20040} [Includes: History, Recoil mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Trucks] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 155-millimeter howitzer on Schneiger-Canet-Peigne railway mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.2)(1922); 4 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20041} [Includes: History, Railway car body, System of anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 155-millimeter gun on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.3)(1922); 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20042} [Includes: General description, System of anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 164.7-millimeter gun on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.4)(1922); 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20043} [Includes: History and general description, System of anchorage] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875-76 on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.5)(1922); 10 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20044} [Includes: General description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model of 1875-76, on carriage, model 1917," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.6)(1922); 7 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20045} [Includes: General description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Difficulties involved in service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875, 1876, 1878, on three axle mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.7)(1922); 9 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20046} [Requires information from No.6 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model of 1875-76, on carriage, model 1917)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1887, 1893, 1896, 1902, on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.8)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20047} [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893 on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.9)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20048} [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893 on three axle mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.10)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20049} [Requires information from other 194.7-millimeter gun articles: No.5, No.6, No.7, No.8, No.9, No.11] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870 on double truck mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.11)(1922); 7 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20050} [Includes: General description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system, Difficulties involved in service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 200-millimeter howitzer on special mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.12)(1922); 8 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20051} [Includes: History, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Merits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery )of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.13)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20052} [Requires information from article on No.6 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1917)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on railway mount, Model 1917," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.14)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20053} [Requires information from of other articles on No.13 (French 240-millimeter howitzer, model 1876)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1876, on G.P.C. mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.15)(1922); 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20054} [Includes: History, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks] [Requires information from No.5 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, Model of 1875-76 on improvised mount) and No.20 (French 240-millimeter howitzer, Model 1903)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.16)(1922); 13 pages, 9 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20055} [Includes: General description, Gun , Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book) {Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1884, on mount without traverse," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.17)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20056} [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1884, on mount with traverse," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.18)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20057} [Requires information from No.9 (French 194.4-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1870, 1884, 1887," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.19)(1922); 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20058} [Includes: General description, Gun, Elevating mechanism, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.11 (French 194-millimeter gun, model 1870, 1893)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 240-millimeter gun, Model 1903," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.20)(1922); 5 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20059} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Difficulties in service, Merits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 274.4-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1881, 1870M," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.21)(1922); 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20060} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.5 (French 194.4-millimeter howitzer, model 1875-76, on improvised mount) and No.22 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, on improvised mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, on improvised mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.22)(1922); 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20061} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance] [Requires information from French 194.4-millimeter (No.6-11) and 240-millimeter howitzers (No.13-15)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.23)(1922); 7 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20062} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage and railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 274.4-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, with recoil on mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.24)(1922); 4 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20063} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage and railway car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 285-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.25)(1922); 1 page, Price .50 {Item No.20064} [Requires information from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter Gun, Model 1893, 1896, on Sliding Type Mount) and No.24 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, with recoil on mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 293-millimeter mortar, Model 1903," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.26)(1922); 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20065} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.20 (French 240-millimeter gun, model 1903)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.27)(1922); 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20066} [Includes: General description and history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties in service, Merits and demerits] [Requires information from Vol.1, No.6 (American 12-inch guns on Batignolles type of railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.28)(1922); 11 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20067} [Includes: General description, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, System of anchorage, Demerits] [Requires information from No.16 (French 240-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.29)(1922); 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20068} [Requires information from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount, No.27 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount), No.28 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on St.Chamond mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 305-millimeter gun, Model 1906, 1910, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.30)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20069} [Includes: General description, Trucks] [Requires information from No.29 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.31)(1922); 4 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20070} [Includes: General description, Gun, Elevating mechanism] [Requires information from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1881, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.32)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20071} [Requires information from No.31 (320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1881, 1884, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.33)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20072} [Includes: General description, Elevating mechanism] [Requires information from No.30 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1906, 1910, on sliding type mount), No.31 (French 320-millimeter howitzer, Model 1870, 1884, 1893, on sliding type mount), No.32 (French 320-millimeter howitzer, model 1870, 1881, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1893, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.34)(1922); 1 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20073} [Requires information from No.33 and it's references, and No.30 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1906, 1910, on sliding type mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1912, on St.Chamond mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.35)(1922); 11 pages, 18 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20074} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties in service] [Requires information from No.23 (French 274.4-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on sliding type mount, No.27 (French 305-millimeter gun, model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 340-millimeter gun, Model 1912, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.36)(1922); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20075} [Requires information from No.34 (French 340-millimeter, model 1893, on sliding type mount and No.35 (French 340-millimeter gun, model 1912, on St.Chamond mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 370-millimeter howitzer on Batignolles mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.37)(1922); 6 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20076} [Requires information from No.27 (French 305-millimeter model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 370-millimeter howitzer, Model 1875, 1879,on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.38)(1922); 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20077} [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 400-millimeter howitzer, on St.Chamond mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.39)(1922); 13 pages, 21 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20078} [Includes: General description, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Maintenance] [Requires information from No.27 (French 305-millimeter, model 1893, 1896, on Batignolles mount), No.35 (French 340-millimeter gun, model 1912, on St.Chamond mount), No.37 (French 370-millimeter howitzer on Batignolles mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book) {Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."French 520-millimeter howitzer, on sliding-type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.40)(1922); 6 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20079} [Includes: General description and history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 9.2-inch gun, Mark XIII on railway mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.41)(1922); 7 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20080} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition-supply system, Difficulties in service] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 9.2-inch guns, Marks X and XIV on railway mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.42)(1922); 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20081} [Requires information from No.41 (British 9.2-inch gun, Mark XIII on railway mount)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 9.2-inch guns, Marks III to VIc," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.43)(1922); 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20082} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.44)(1922); 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20083} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Requires information from No.45 (British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 12-inch howitzers, Marks III and V," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.45)(1922); 6 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20084} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway-car body, System of anchorage, Ammunition-supply system] [Requires information from No.44 (British 12-inch howitzer, Marks I and II)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 12-inch gun, Mark IX," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.46)(1922); 6 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20085} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 12-inch gun (Older Model)," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.47)(1922); 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20086} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system] [Requires information from No.46 (British 12-inch gun, Mark IX)] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."British 14-inch gun, Mark III," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.48)(1922); 7 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20087} [Includes: General description and history, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance, Difficulties involved in service, Merits, Demerits] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."Italian 381-millimeter gun, on sliding type mount," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2, No.49)(1922); 8 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20088} [Includes: General description, Gun, Recoil mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Traversing mechanism, Gun carriage, Railway car body, System of anchorage, Trucks, Ammunition supply system, Maintenance] [Additional information on this weapon can be found in Table of Classified Data (Railway Artillery) of vol.2 (this book){Item No.20090}]
Ordnance Department."Table of classified data (Railway Artillery) (of vol.2)," Ordnance Dept. Doc. No.2034 (Vol.2)(1922); 10 pages {Item No.20090} [This table contains the details of many of the weapons covered in volume 2] [Also this data has long ago been declassified]
Ordnance Department. "Table of miscellaneous data," Ordnance Department Document No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (1922), Part IV; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20159} [Gives the details of the weapons covered in this book]
Ordnance Department. "Railway Gun Carriages,"Ordnance Department Document No.2035 Theory and Design of Recoil Systems and Gun Carriages (September 1921), Chapter X.; 43 pages, 9 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20209} [Includes: Types of mounts, Limitations in brake layout, Design layout of recoil systems, Bypass pipes used with large spear buffers, Design of side frame girders]
U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Armed Trains,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XV. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 8 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20237} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Armed Railway Trains. One employed at Alexandria, One employed on the Ismailia and Tel-el-Kebir line]
War Department. Military Intelligence Service."New German Heavy Artillery," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.10 (October 1942); 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.12654} [Thor and Dora drawings]
War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Railway Flak," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.17, No.4 (January 1943); 6 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.12842}
War Department. Military Intelligence Service."88-mm Antiaircraft Gun on Railway Mounting," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.18, No.2 (11 February 1943); 1 paragraph Price .50 {Item No.12861}

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