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CANBERRA, ACT. 25 DECEMBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN, IN ITS THEN PERMANENT POSITION ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY STATION. CAPTURED ON 8 AUGUST 1918, BY THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX, FRANCE, THIS 28CM RAILWAY GUN WAS USED BY THE GERMANS TO SHELL AMIENS, A DISTANCE OF FIFTEEN MILES. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE MOUNTING WAS LOANED TO THE ARMY FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES AT PORT WAKEFIELD, SA, AND HAS REMAINED THERE EVER SINCE. THE RAILWAY BOGIES ARE LOCATED AT BANDIANA, VIC. THE BARREL, WEIGHING AN ESTIMATED 45 TONS, IS NOW AN EXHIBIT AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.
CANBERRA, ACT. DECEMBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN ITS THEN PERMANENT POSITION ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY STATION. CAPTURED ON THE 1918-08-08, BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IN FRONT OF HARBON
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
Railway mounting of the famous 28cm Amiens gun, which was captured by Australian troops in front of Harbonnieres, near Villers Bretonneux, France on 8 August 1918. The mounting of the gun has been ad
PORT WAKEFIELD, SA, 1944-1947. AN 8" NAVAL GUN BARREL READY FOR FITTING TO THE MOUNTING AT THE PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT DURING THE 8" GUN PROOF FIRING PROGRAMME. THE MOUNTING IS THAT OF TH
C. 1946. "AMIENS GUN", A WW1 GERMAN 28CM RAILWAY GUN. THIS IS THE FIRST "HYBRID", CONSISTING OF 8" BARREL OR "BRUNO" MOUNT. (DONOR PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, PORT WAKEFIELD).
