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railway gun

artillery piece, mounted on and fired from a specially designed railway car
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railway gun

Summary

railway gun is a weapon type[1]. It draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #185 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • railway gun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • railway gun is a type of siege artillery[4].
  • railway gun is a type of rolling stock[5].
  • railway gun's Commons category is recorded as Railway guns[6].
  • railway gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway guns[7].
  • railway gun's Commons gallery is recorded as Railway gun[8].

Why It Matters

railway gun draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #185 of 694).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Railway guns
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → siege artillery, rolling stock
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25844, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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