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| Keywords: Eisenbahngeschuetz Bruno.jpg en A camouflaged 28 cm German railway gun reputedly known to its German crew as Bruno The barrel was originally designed as a naval gun but was converted in 1917 for use as a railway gun It was built by Fr Krupp of Essen and weighed 188 tonnes The weight of a projectile was 302 kilograms It was captured by Australian troops from 31st Battalion on 8 August 1918 at Harbonnieres near Amiens France and was generally known thereafter as the Amiens Gun After the First World War the railway gun was shipped to Australia and it was stored on a siding at the Canberra railway station During the Second World War the barrel bogies and roof section were removed and the carriage was taken to the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield SA as a test bed for large calibre naval guns The bogies were taken to Bandiana military base near Albury NSW The carriage and bogies were scrapped and disposed of during the 1960s The barrel and roof section are all that remain and these are now part of the National Collection held by the Australian War Memorial The man standing in front of the railway gun is the father of the donor of this image Mr Brown senior de In der Schlacht von Ameins 1918 erbeutetes deutsches Eisenbahngeschütz Bruno Aufgenommen in Australien am Bahnhof von Canberra wo es ausgestellt war http //cas awm gov au/item/P05327 001 Sammlung Mr Brown senior circa 1930 s - 1940s PD-Australia Battle of Amiens 28 cm L/40 Bruno Amiens Gun Black and white photographs | ||||
