railway gun

English

Noun

railway gun (plural railway guns)

(military) A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.
(military) An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.

Synonyms

Translations

large mobile artillery gun on railway

Chinese:
Mandarin: 列車砲／列车炮 (lièchēpào)
Danish: jernbanekanon c
Dutch: spoorwegkanon
Finnish: rautatietykistö, rautatietykki (fi)
French: artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée f
German: Eisenbahngeschütz n
Greek: σιδηροδρομικό κανόνι m (sidirodromikó kanóni)
Italian: cannone ferroviario m
Japanese: 列車砲 (resshahō)
Korean: 열차포 (yeolchapo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernbanekanon m
Polish: działo kolejowe n
Portuguese: canhão ferroviário m
Russian: железнодоро́жная артилле́рия f (železnodoróžnaja artillérija)
Spanish: cañón ferroviario m
Swedish: järnvägsartilleri n
Turkish: demiryolu topu

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