<p>A 274 mm/45 Model 1887/1893 railroad gun captured by U.S. troops near Rentwertshausen, County of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany, on 10 April 1945. The 274.4 mm guns were originally French naval 10.8 inch guns of pre-dreadnaught battleships used as railroad guns by the French during the First World War. This gun was captured by the German Army in 1940.<br></p>
<b>Original caption:</b> "Mammoth 274-mm railroad gun Captured in the U.S. Seventh Army advance near Rentwertshausen easily holds these 22 men lined up on the barrel. Although of an 1887 French design, the gun packs a powerful wallop. April 10, 1945."
Photographer's Name: T5c. Pat. W. Kohl, U.S. Army.
1945-04-10
<ul><li>U.S. Defenseimagery.mil photo VIRIN: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&amp;s=HD-SN-99-02757&amp;chk=4043c">HD-SN-99-02757</a></li>
<li>U.S. National Archives photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=531256">111-SC-203308, ARC id 531256</a></li></ul>