Lost gun found.

[Peter J.]

Hi all.

A friend of mine sent me this image. During WW2 Sweden imported six (?) 21cm artillery guns. Somehow they all disappeared and nobody knew were they ended up. That was until recently when one of these huge monsters was found in a forest. Contributions are now asked for in order to restore it and hopefully one day it'll be ready for public wiew.

KR
Peter

[Matt Starr]

and the pictures???

[Peter J.]

This is the war-time picture. I'll see if I can dig up an image of the wreck
If not, I promise to update this thread once the gun is ready for display.

KR
Peter

[Kris]

wow, this looks very promising.
I'm curious to see how it looks now

[Peter J.]

Here you go guys.

KR
Peter

[Matt Starr]

wow it really was found!! Amazing!! that looks ripe for a restoration.
Thanks for the insight more pics are welcome
Matt

[Kris]

Nice rig, thanks for the photo

[R MICHAEL]

I would love to hear the story behind how this big boy was lost in the woods

[Bernie Brule]

Pretty heavy artillery for a "neutral" country.

I agree. How do you "lose" 6 of these beasts?

[Don D.]

Neutral doesn't mean unarmed. Look at Switzerland. Every able bodied man is in the reserves and a lot of them keep thier weapons at home.

You really have to wonder how you could lose these. What about the ammo? Did they lose that too?
Don

[Peter J.]

Yeah. it's a strange world, ain't it . I'll see if I can find some more info this.

KR
Peter

[Over_Heer]

It's one thing to forget where you parked your car, but to forget where you parked a 21cm cannon? What were they drinking that day?