railway gun

English

Noun

railway gun (plural railway guns)

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

Synonyms

• railroad gun
• rail gun

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