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The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II.

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  • The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II. (en)
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  • Interrupted screw, De Bange type (en)
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  • 8 (xsd:integer)
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  • 8 (xsd:integer)
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  • M1892 barbette, M1894 and M1896 disappearing, M1918 barbette, M1918MI railway (en)
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  • AP shot & shell, (en)
  • HE (en)
  • separate loading, (en)
  • AP, (en)
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  • 2011-01-09 (xsd:date)
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  • 1888 (xsd:integer)
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  • disappearing: 12 degrees, (en)
  • railway: 42 degrees (en)
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  • hand (en)
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  • railcar: (en)
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  • carriage: various, most designed by Watertown Arsenal (en)
  • gun: usually Watervliet Arsenal, (en)
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  • disappearing: , (en)
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  • 9 (xsd:integer)
  • 37 (xsd:integer)
  • At least 96 with about 75 deployed; (en)
  • about 64 in disappearing emplacements, (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1898 (xsd:integer)
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  • disappearing: 120 degrees, (en)
  • railway: 360 degrees (en)
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  • Coast defense gun or Railway gun (en)
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  • The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II. (en)
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  • 8-inch gun M1888 (en)
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  • 8-inch M1888MIA1 railway gun (en)
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