Talk:Railway gun

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[edit] Use of the term Railgun

Railway guns used to be shortened to railguns durring WWII. I think it should be mentioned that railgun used to be used for this type of weapon.

You're right. I've found a few references that explicitly use the term railgun to describe these types of artilary cannons [1][2]. I've also heard the term railgun used on the History Channel before. I'll put this historical info in the article. --EisenKnoechel 05:10, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fired in Anger?

the massive Schwerer Gustav 800 mm gun, the largest artillery gun to be fired in anger

I understand that this is to distinguish it from other large artillery that may have only been used for testing or experimental purposes, but that just sounds weird. Perhaps a better wording would be fired in combat? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.52.122.167 (talk) 20:01, 2 September 2007 (UTC)