Rail Gun (At Last)

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What I don't understand about this weapon is that the cannon isn't on a turret which, if it was, the whole thing would probably tip over with the recoil if it was fired to the side. If this is so, the only way to aim it was to have the tracks facing the right direction which would be a far fetched coincidence. This being said, was this weapon really only made for a stationary, turntable, site like the one in the video above and not specifically used as a mobile artillery piece but just an easy way to transport a cannon from site to site (turntable to turn table) so they wouldn't have to lose a valuable piece in case it was evident that the enemy was going to take the site or if more power was needed at a different front. In which case they would save the cannon and not lose it like they would a fixed cannon and also much cheaper saving on steel and they only have to build the turntables at the different defense positions.. This could only be done where existing track line are or they would have to build more rails. But in this case that wouldn't be that hard as the Germans used slave labor.