PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoThis has got to be able to rotate, right? The usability of only being able to point along the track would have been very limiting.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI imagine it must rotate. If not, it must have been designed for use along a specific turn or series of turns on the track to allow it to adjust angle. “Only can fire forward, no angle” seems far too limiting even for a defensive emplacement.
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoMaybe it was designed to intimidate oncoming union trains…
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoIt would be useful if it were chasing a monk, a ninja, and a samurai through the forest of the dead, though it doesn’t look particularly suplex proof…
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThe engineers would build curved track.
This has got to be able to rotate, right? The usability of only being able to point along the track would have been very limiting.
I imagine it must rotate. If not, it must have been designed for use along a specific turn or series of turns on the track to allow it to adjust angle. “Only can fire forward, no angle” seems far too limiting even for a defensive emplacement.
Maybe it was designed to intimidate oncoming union trains…
It would be useful if it were chasing a monk, a ninja, and a samurai through the forest of the dead, though it doesn’t look particularly suplex proof…
The engineers would build curved track.