The Obusier de 520 modèle 1916 was a French railroad gun that was built during World War I but did not see service before the war ended. One gun was captured by the Germans after France surrendered in 1940 and used by them in the Siege of Leningrad. Both weapons were destroyed by premature detonations of shells in their barrels.
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