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| Keywords: 274mm45 railroad gun captured Apr1945.jpeg 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 <br> 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 U S Defenseimagery mil photo VIRIN http //defenseimagery mil/imagery html a search s HD-SN-99-02757 chk 4043c HD-SN-99-02757 U S National Archives photo http //arcweb archives gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch id 531256 111-SC-203308 ARC id 531256 1945-04-10 Photographer's Name T5c Pat W Kohl U S Army PD-USGov 274 mm sliding-carriage railway gun 1945 in Thuringia Rentwertshausen | ||||
