I need help for Id. heavy gun
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi all,
Can somebody identify this german coastal gun ??
Image posted by forttravel here http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... l#p2048587
Sturm78
Can somebody identify this german coastal gun ??
Image posted by forttravel here http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... l#p2048587
Sturm78
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Nobody ??
Sturm78
Sturm78
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi Sturm78,
It´s is difficult without an opportunity to compare the dimension. Could be 10,5-cm, 15-cm or bigger?
Only the height of the parapet provide as an indication. Due to this I would assume 10,5-cm SK L/40
Cheers Holger
It´s is difficult without an opportunity to compare the dimension. Could be 10,5-cm, 15-cm or bigger?
Only the height of the parapet provide as an indication. Due to this I would assume 10,5-cm SK L/40
Cheers Holger
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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
I would agree about it being a 10.5cm, the housing is very similar to many naval mounts, and even to the similar naval 15.0cm guns as fitted in the 1920's and 30's, but as to what Mk or anything I have no idea. At a guess I would go with a 10.5 as it was a more common 'spare' gun that could be fitted in coastal defence.Tanzania wrote:Hi Sturm78,
It´s is difficult without an opportunity to compare the dimension. Could be 10,5-cm, 15-cm or bigger?
Only the height of the parapet provide as an indication. Due to this I would assume 10,5-cm SK L/40
Cheers Holger
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hello Sturm78 ,
Your gun from 19 Nov 2016 is an 15 cm SKL /40 in M.P.L C/ 97 in
the German Beseler battery . Same gun :
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... &start=165
The clue is the thick casemate shield . It can be mixed with 15 cm SKL/45 in
M.P.L. C/1906 and M.P.L. C/1913 .
But the shield houses for 10,5 cm and 15 cm can be difficult to indentify .
ludvig
Your gun from 19 Nov 2016 is an 15 cm SKL /40 in M.P.L C/ 97 in
the German Beseler battery . Same gun :
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... &start=165
The clue is the thick casemate shield . It can be mixed with 15 cm SKL/45 in
M.P.L. C/1906 and M.P.L. C/1913 .
But the shield houses for 10,5 cm and 15 cm can be difficult to indentify .
ludvig
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Ludvig,
I agree that the gun on the picture of 19 Nov 2016 is a 15 cm SK L/40 but I think it is from Batterie Kaiserin in Blankenberghe. See the same gun below (note that the bottom armored plate has been removed). There is another post-WW1 postcard that shows the same gun (with the bottom armored plate still in place) but at Mariakerke. I think it is incorrect and it should be Blankenberghe. Emmanuel
I agree that the gun on the picture of 19 Nov 2016 is a 15 cm SK L/40 but I think it is from Batterie Kaiserin in Blankenberghe. See the same gun below (note that the bottom armored plate has been removed). There is another post-WW1 postcard that shows the same gun (with the bottom armored plate still in place) but at Mariakerke. I think it is incorrect and it should be Blankenberghe. Emmanuel
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi all,
An image of an very rare gun (I think): 15cm K16 Rheinmetall
Any adittional image of this gun will be wellcome
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
An image of an very rare gun (I think): 15cm K16 Rheinmetall
Any adittional image of this gun will be wellcome
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi,
There are a couple of pictures of this weapon on the Landships forum;
http://ww2photo.se/gun/d/ha/15cm%20k16.htm
Also some close ups of a similar gun, and if you scroll down a gun in Northead, Sydney that looks very similar too;
http://ww2photo.se/gun/d/ha/15cm%20k16.htm
There are a couple of pictures of this weapon on the Landships forum;
http://ww2photo.se/gun/d/ha/15cm%20k16.htm
Also some close ups of a similar gun, and if you scroll down a gun in Northead, Sydney that looks very similar too;
http://ww2photo.se/gun/d/ha/15cm%20k16.htm
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi sturm78
here some pics of this gun found in the web
a last picture published in the french forum pages14-18 by Guy François aka ALVF
Regards, EKZ17
here some pics of this gun found in the web
a last picture published in the french forum pages14-18 by Guy François aka ALVF
Regards, EKZ17
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Thank you very much for the images, EKZ17...and sorry for dely...EKZ17 wrote
a last picture published in the french forum pages14-18 by Guy François aka ALVF
Could you posted here the link to the french forum??
On the other hand, Can somebody identify this gun??
Image from the net (I don´t remember the exact web site)
Sturm78
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Sturm78,
The gun looks to me like one of the 75 mm Schneider mountain guns for export but I don't know which one (Guy François would recognize it for sure). The soldiers' uniforms seem to be Mexican except for the first officer standing on the left whose uniform looks French.
Emmanuel
The gun looks to me like one of the 75 mm Schneider mountain guns for export but I don't know which one (Guy François would recognize it for sure). The soldiers' uniforms seem to be Mexican except for the first officer standing on the left whose uniform looks French.
Emmanuel
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Thank you, Emmanuel
The Schneider company developed a large number of guns for export and it is difficult to differentiate them....
Sturm78
The Schneider company developed a large number of guns for export and it is difficult to differentiate them....
Sturm78
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
I now think that the soldiers are from a South American country like Bolivia or Peru, not Mexico. But the uniform of the officer on the left is definitely French.Manuferey wrote:Sturm78,
The soldiers' uniforms seem to be Mexican except for the first officer standing on the left whose uniform looks French.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Hi,sturm78
first,the link for the picture of the 15cm k16 rh :
http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pa ... 2481_1.htm
Your picture shows a 75 mm schneider gun ,precisely a "canon de montagne de 75mm type MPC 2"'used by the bolivian army,i found again the answer in the french forum
pages14-18 : the link
http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pa ... 1549_1.htm
I hope it will be usefull,
EKZ 17
first,the link for the picture of the 15cm k16 rh :
http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pa ... 2481_1.htm
Your picture shows a 75 mm schneider gun ,precisely a "canon de montagne de 75mm type MPC 2"'used by the bolivian army,i found again the answer in the french forum
pages14-18 : the link
http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pa ... 1549_1.htm
I hope it will be usefull,
EKZ 17
Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun
Thanks a lot, EKZ 17
Sturm78
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