28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1916. It served on the Western Front and on coast defense duties in Occupied Flanders during World War I. Belgium received four guns as reparations after the war. The Germans used two of those guns in World War II after Belgium's surrender during the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest of the war.
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28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1916. It served on the Western Front and on coast defense duties in Occupied Flanders during World War I. Belgium received four guns as reparations after the war. The Germans used two of those guns in World War II after Belgium's surrender during the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest of the war.
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28 cm SK L/40 Bruno (SK — нем. ...... для обороны эстуария Жиронда.
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Il 28 cm Schnelladekanone Läng ...... kurze Bruno-Kanone o k.Br.K..
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The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK ...... tuary for the rest of the war.
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horizontal sliding-wedge
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side view of a "Bruno" and its crew in 1918
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separate-loading, cased charge
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+0° to 45°
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German Empire
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L/40
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Belgium
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Nazi Germany
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World War II
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28 cm SK L/40 Bruno (SK — нем. ...... для обороны эстуария Жиронда.
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Il 28 cm Schnelladekanone Läng ...... kurze Bruno-Kanone o k.Br.K..
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The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK ...... tuary for the rest of the war.
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28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
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28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
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28 cm SK L/40 Bruno
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28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
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