15,2 cm. shell. German ?

[DeMil]

Hi.

As you see this one is in brass and from 1941.
109 cm. long and 14.2 kilos heavy.

But is it German ?

Thanks for info.

DeMil

[DeMil]

Markings.

[JanC]

Russian captured German used IMO

Only Germany used the "cm" measure

[DeMil]

Russian captured German used IMO

Only Germany used the "cm" measure

Hi.

Aha so it is a "Beutewaffe" then ?
Russian made but German used.

DeMil

[JanC]

Hi.

Aha so it is a "Beutewaffe" then ?
Russian made but German used.

DeMil

Yup.
You can find the wooden ammo boxes too for the beute 15,2cm gun

Cheers

Jan

[fert]

Hello,
History of this weapon it's older.
the gun was the 152mm L/45 mod 1892 Canet (french) project.
https://geolocation.ws/v/W/File%3A15...0side.JPG/-/en


It was adopted by Russia and built under licence in Obukhov factory
Here you can find info about gun and his history.
http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_6-45_m1892.htm

Finland was the last user until 1980

best regards

[kradman]

I am thinking this is Finnish normally Russian items have the r after the date eg 1941r

[fert]

I am thinking this is Finnish normally Russian items have the r after the date eg 1941r

correct. A Finnish made case.
will be nice to know the factory

[jiipee76]

It is not made at Finland.Maker logo is not Finnish.

Even so,same guns were used in Finland and this lenght casing was used with cartouches.There was 3 different lenght casings for this gun,as finnish manual show: