Talk:Krupp K5

The K5 in Aberdeen is not the only one whitch has survive.
The K5 in Aberdeen is not the only one whitch has survive. One is in place in France in the site it were used. It could be good to update the site.

Page in French : http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/page/afficheLieu.php?idLang=fr&idLieu=3871 http://www.aopt91.dsl.pipex.com/railgun/Content/Railwayguns/German/K5-calais.htm http://www.batterietodt.com/

In English : http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7087/uk045.htm

Page in German : http://www.panzer-modell.de/specials/ontour/atlantikwall/gal2.htm

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

alignment
it appears that the gun could only be fired directly along the axis of the carriage - ie could not be rotated relative to the carriage. To align the gun, either a suitably pointing railway track would have to be found, or a special piece of track built to allow the gun to be traversed. Some descriptions imply that a circular piece of track could be formed with a jacked bearing at the centre. Any Comments?Engineman (talk)


 * That or I've seen a second configuration (the Trumpeter K5 Leopold model) where it would be set on a cross-shaped section of track and trained by having the front car turned sideways and moved up and down the perpendicular track. The jacked bearing version is shown on that kit's box. You're right in thinking the K5 gun is fixed, though. Herr Gruber (talk) 10:37, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Additional information
Editors working on this article could find this article to be of interest: South Africa Military History Society Farawayman (talk) 17:33, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Anachronism
The article discusses the gun's testing in "Darlowo" and "Further Pomerania"; Darlowo is a Polish name only applied after the territory had been annexed by Poland after 1945. Using the German Rügenwalde and Pommern or simply Pomerania would be much more logical; certainly no inhabitant of the town at the time had any idea that he or she lived in someplace called "Darlowo". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.139.230.252 (talk) 08:12, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Trains
These railguns were supported by specialised trains that included a narrow gauge railway with trucks to move ammunition, each truck carrying 1 shell and 3 bags of propellant, and a brass case. The trains also included anti-aircraft wagon(s), flatbeds for supporting vehicles, kitchen car, etc. I came to this article to learn more about the train layout and organisation. But this article is missing all of this kind of information. FreeFlow99 (talk) 16:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)