8-inch gun M1888

8-inch gun M1888

The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II.
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8-inch gun M1888

The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II.
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Interrupted screw, De Bange type
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M1892 barbette, M1894 and M1896 disappearing, M1918 barbette, M1918MI railway
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AP shot & shell,
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AP,
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disappearing: 12 degrees,
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railway: 42 degrees
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carriage: various, most designed by Watertown Arsenal
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gun: usually Watervliet Arsenal,
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At least 96 with about 75 deployed;
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about 64 in disappearing emplacements,
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United States
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disappearing: 120 degrees,
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railway: 360 degrees
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Coast defense gun or Railway gun
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United States
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The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) ...... World War I and World War II.
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8-inch gun M1888
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8-inch M1888MIA1 railway gun
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