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Does that thing have a big turntable under there somewhere? Because from the photo, it looks like it can shoot in exactly or almost exactly the direction the rails happen to be pointing, and if you need to shoot somewhere more than two or three degrees to either side, you're SOL…
Id expect it was intended to be operated on a curved section of tracks to allow it to aim and function as artillery. Similar concept as the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav