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[Sturm78]

George wrote
French railway gun?

42cm Skoda M16 or M17 austro-hungarian field howitzer. This piece could be transported on wheel road trailers or on railway trailers.

Do you know the date or location of the picture? It seems that the train tracks are cut front and back of trailers. Museum???

Regards Sturm78

[jopaerya]

The photo of the Skoda railway gun is from National Military Museum in Bucharest .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Jopaerya

I suppose that the image was taken in 1920s or 1930s.
This gun still had a relatively high military value in those years. Why was relegated by the Romanians to a museum in such an early date?

I think it would have been very useful in the Eastern Front, in the siege of Odessa or Sevastopol.
Why Romanians did not use them during WW2?
See also viewtopic.php?f=70&t=159463&p=1443332&hilit=Skoda+Romanian#p1443332 and viewtopic.php?f=70&t=165686&p=1462246&hilit=Skoda+Romanian#p1462246

Sturm78

[carius]

French coastal gun?

George

[Manuferey]

Yes.

See here:
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=145086&p=1645048#p1645048

Emmanuel

[carius]

Boulogne Cap?

George

[Sturm78]

George wrote
Boulogne Cap?

Could it be this gun an 30.5cm SK L50 of Friedrich August battery?

Sturm78

[Manuferey]

Sturm78,

The fist picture could indeed by a 30,5 cm gun of the "Friedrich August" battery. However, the 2nd picture looks like the installation of a gun in a turret.

Emmanuel

[peeved]

French AA 75 with box trail and turntable, s.I.G. 33 with spoked wheels plus this and that including a Rumanian 47 mm AT gun. All from exp. eBay.de.

Markus

[Manuferey]

Markus,

I think that the “French 75 AA” on the postal card is actually a "7,7 cm L/35 (franz.)" German Flak gun i.e. a 75 mm Mle 1897 gun relined to 7,7 cm in order to accept German ammunition.

The Romanian AT gun was a 47 mm Mle 1936 Schneider which had not been adopted by the French Army.

Emmanuel

[peeved]

I think that the “French 75 AA” on the postal card is actually a "7,7 cm L/35 (franz.)" German Flak gun i.e. a 75 mm Mle 1897 gun relined to 7,7 cm in order to accept German ammunition.

Thanks Emmanuel,

Didn't know the type.

Markus

[peeved]

French 75 mm AA, agricultural arty tractor and 13,2 mm Hotchkiss AAMG from exp. eBay.de.

Markus

[peeved]

25 mm Mle 34 on a trailer from Renault UE and in German service from exp. eBay.de.

Markus

[peeved]

Odd AA cannon on a GAZ-AA from exp. eBay.de.

Markus

[Manuferey]

French 75 mm AA, agricultural arty tractor and 13,2 mm Hotchkiss AAMG from exp. eBay.de.
Markus

Top: 75 mm CA Mle 1930
Middle: 75 mm CA Mle 17/34

Emmanuel