page_title: 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen
section_title: Combat History
hierarchical_section_title: 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen / Combat History
caption_attribution_description: AWM caption&#160;: "France. 1918. The crew of a German Army heavy railway gun laying their weapon."
context_page_description: The 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen "Samuel" was a German railroad gun used in World War I.
context_section_description: Thirty saw service on the Western Front beginning in 1917. They were organized into fifteen batteries, manned by the Army (Heer), each with two guns. Batteries 423, 462, 478, 521, 536, 551, 642, and 797 have been identified. Eight participated in the 1918 Spring Offensive. Six guns were captured in Belgium and two others were captured by the French Army in October 1918. Another fourteen were found after the Armistice. Fourteen of these were destroyed in 1922 by the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control.
   Around a dozen surviving guns entered service with the Belgian Army, and saw action during the German invasion in May 1940.
caption: Laying the gun before firing, France 1918
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