Obusier de 370 modèle 1915
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The Obusier de 370 modèle 1915 à berceau was a French Railroad Gun that saw action during the First World War and Second World War.
An obusier de 370 mle 1915 at full elevation
A diagram showing the Batignolles carriage system.
Details of the anchoring for the Batignolles mount.
A mle 1915 with its barrel elevated.
Charles Martel was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built in the 1890s. Completed in 1897, she was a member of a group of five broadly similar battleships ordered as part of the French
Obusier de 370 modèle 1915
…convert eight gun barrels to railway artillery with another four spare barrels. The barrels for these guns would come from decommissioned ships of the Charles Martel class of pre-dreadnought battleships and Bouvines class coastal defense ships. The work of building the guns was split between Schneider and Batignolles each…
A postcard of Charles Martel underway before 1914
Brennus, c. 1894, which formed the basis for Charles Martel's design
Plan and profile of Charles Martel, showing the disposition of the ship's armament
A postcard of Charles Martel