Hi I'm looking for some pictures of the breech end of the St. Chamond mount for this gun, I particularly want to see how far the platform extends in towards the breech.
I don't suppose anyone has pics or drawings that show what I'm looking for???
There's a couple of pictures below to show the gun I'm looking for.
Found some other photos of a 24cm or 240mm French gun on travelling carriage - looks like it could be a St Chamond, I can e-mail them over so you can check?
Here we go - unfortunately I didn't take any detail photos, this is at the Cannakale naval museum, on the other side of the Dardanelles from the Gallipoli Peninsula. There was just so, SO much artillery I was really struggling to get a photo of just the interesting WW1-looking bits in the time I had. There's two sets of gun and carriage, described as 24cm calibre, French, and from 1905, although the other plaques weren't all accurate. For anyone interested in the high quality shots, PM me your e-mail address
I dont think that it resolves your query. However there is a 'useful' plan in THE RAIL GUN
by JOHN BATHELOR & IAN HOGG
ISBN:0 85242 328 4 , Library of Congress 72-12322
Note: even if not the answer in this instance. I can highly recommend the book. As the essential base line for any interest in Rail Guns.
Hi Phil,
Thanks I do have that book unfortunately it's a static mount that I'm looking for information on but as you say it's a great book and there may be a Mr.X model of one of the larger subjects at some point... he say's mysteriously
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Has anyone else noticed "new and improved" seems to mean it doesn't work as well as it used to?
Here we go - unfortunately I didn't take any detail photos, this is at the Cannakale naval museum, on the other side of the Dardanelles from the Gallipoli Peninsula. There was just so, SO much artillery I was really struggling to get a photo of just the interesting WW1-looking bits in the time I had. There's two sets of gun and carriage, described as 24cm calibre, French, and from 1905, although the other plaques weren't all accurate. For anyone interested in the high quality shots, PM me your e-mail address
Thanks Rob,
Those pictures are right on the money, I knew there was one preserved there (apparently there are two) but finding pictures of them is easier said than done. I still can't quite see the platform but there's some tantalizing views of it disappearing into the carriage... I'll PM with my email for some high res versions they may give me a clue.
Thanks again
Bernie
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Has anyone else noticed "new and improved" seems to mean it doesn't work as well as it used to?
