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Originally posted by ImShrike
As I say HERE the Big Bertha was a World War I (Great War) howitzer and was not introduced by Hitler and, first of all, was not a railgun...
[edit on 8-9-2008 by ImShrike]
[edit on 8-9-2008 by ImShrike]
Originally posted by JJRichey
Ahh... I believe you are confused about the type of "railgun" they are refering to for this topic. I think you mean a gun thats uses magnetics? A gauss gun also known as a coilgun. Uses a series of magnets(either permanant or more commony electromagnets) to accelerate a metal projectile to high speed. Theres a big group of hobbiests who build smaller versions, and the Navy has tested a large gauss gun.
Originally posted by HatchetHouse89
the germans also had a big cannon that sat on special rail cars, that was supposed to be used for long distance shelling on bunkers and what not, but you may have already known that.