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The Italian Wikipedia page seems say that the Italian Army were loaned Schneider railway guns with the 340mm L/45 gun. Although it seems as though
the Italian guns were built by Ansaldo the design looks very similar to the Schneider "a glissement" guns.
There is a mistake in the Wikipedia article - it says the blocks were jacked down onto the track to form the recoil absorbing mechanism. This isn't true - the Schneider system used a pair of I-beams laid alongside the rails. I've got a scan of the manual of the Schneider railway guns (somewhere) - if interested just ask.
It also looks as the Italian gun kept the overhead transport rail to move the projectiles from the ammunition car to the gun breech.
Regards,
Charlie
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