German artillery pictures

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At some sort of show ???

[Zünder]

@Akira: that K3 pic is awesome !
Note the extra powderbag (Vorkartusche) on the right.

@Craig: the first gun looks french, well... at least ammo and breech do.
At the moment i think it's a 15,5 cm Mle 1917 Scheider gun.

Third gun looks like a 15 cm s.FH 18, next to a 2 cm Flak 38.
The ammunition are all for the 15 cm s.FH 18 as well.

Last picture: on the left looks like a 8,8 cm Flak 18, on the right is difficult,it looks like a double 10,5 cm S.K. C/32 navy Flak gun.

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

thanks

much apprecitated
Craig

[vevilos]

Very interesting Gentlemen!!!

If I'm not wrong...

Gun #6 is a 22cm Mrs 531(f), ex-French Mortier de 220mm C Mle 1916, Schneider

Gun #14 is a 15.5cm K 416 (f) ex-French Canon de 155 L Mle 1917, Schneider

source for both pictures: eBay auctions (long expired...)

[Todd Gylsen]

Here is another.

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

hi again

thanks for that info again much appreciated
Here is another I forgot I had
Craig

[Akira Takiguchi]

Somewhere along the Atlantic coast a huge shell has just been released...

Click the picture to show a larger scan.

<a href="http://www.history.jp/images/1752-03.jpg">
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/1752-03.jpg" width=640>
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[Zünder]

@Akira: judging by the shape of the breechend, and the ammunition shown, this must be a 17 cm S.K./L 40.

There were not that many 17 cm S.K./L 40 guns along the Channelcoast, so you might be able to trace this picture back to it's specific location, i'll see what i can find out.

Additional info about the ammunition, and some pic's can be found here:

http://213.147.167.60/blaze/viewtopic.php?t=1644

To all: Thanks for the pictures !

[Akira Takiguchi]

Thanks a lot for the info, Herr Z&uuml;nder! And you have a highly focused website, my salute. Most probably your spanish friend also has this...

<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/DV.Zuender.jpg">

It appears to me that Craig's photo also shows a gun with a similar breech block (that is why I posted mine), can you identify it for us?

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

hi

Here is a close up - I cant get any better at the moment my scanner is on the Fritz

[Zünder]

Hmm, first thing that comes to mind is a 15 cm K16.

I'll do some further research.

[Akira Takiguchi]

Bumping up this thread after 4 years of silence.

A new K3 album has arrived from Rick; with an existing K3 group it makes a nice set.