21 cm K 12 (E)
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The 21 cm Kanone 12 in Eisenbahnlafette was a large German railroad gun used in the Second World War and deployed to fire on England from the English Channel coast in occupied France.
A 21 cm K 12 V (E) ready to fire
Rainham, Kent
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Rainham is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Gillingham.
21 cm K 12 (E)
…called the K 12 V (E). They spent the war assigned to Artillerie-Batterie 701 (E) along the Channel coast. The British recovered shell fragments near Rainham, Kent, 88 kilometres (55 mi) from the nearest point on the French coast. The Allies captured an example in 1945…
St. Margaret's Church, Rainham
Lower Rainham Road
Rainham station
Rainham station in 1992