Photos of Skoda 15cm M-1928 gun

[ltcolonel]

Photo was taken at the same place as the previous one.

[SASH155]

Hmm... the artillery tractors seem to be Latils (TAR-4s ?) not Fiat Modello 32s.

[ltcolonel]

Artillery tractors for Skoda 15 cm M 28 gun was Skoda tractor with yugoslavian official designation Skoda M28. I do not know the factory designation.

[schwarzermai]

Anyone has the specs. for this guns? I have 56kg for the round which is a very heavy round if true and 23km range. I also don't have any weight data.

Geschossgewicht - 56kg
V/0 - 760 m/s
Rohrlänge L/49 = 7272 mm
Rohrweite - 149,1mm
Rohrgewicht + Verschluss = 5088 kg
Fuergewicht 15.800 kg
Range - 23 km
1 Schuß/min
Kraftzug 3-lastig: Rohrwagen = 8200kg, Lafettenwagen = 7500 kg, Bettungswagen = 8300kg

Uwe

[jopaerya]

Sorry only a blurry ebay picture of the E gun in Norway .

[Sturm78]

Thanks for sharing this image, Jopaerya.
A very rare gun !!

Sturm78

[Janef]

Here is a picture from the original Skoda manual.

JEF

[jopaerya]

Thanks JEF

Great picture

Regards Jos

[na4222]

Indeed! Thanks for sharing Janef!

Best,

Nezar

[schwarzermai]

[schwarzermai]

From T78 R152

[schwarzermai]

ebay

in Leskovac, Serbien

[schwarzermai]

hello

with order from january 21st 1942 the 1./Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung 285 was re-equippted with
15cm K. 403 (j) for "Sondereinsatz bei Heeresgruppe Nord"

did someone know if the battery has been used out off their unit in russia or if the planed russia-action was canceled and the battery was transfered with complete HKAA 285 to norway?

thanks uwe

[Janef]

hello

with order from january 21st 1942 the 1./Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung 285 was re-equippted with
15cm K. 403 (j) for "Sondereinsatz bei Heeresgruppe Nord"

did someone know if the battery has been used out off their unit in russia or if the planed russia-action was canceled and the battery was transfered with complete HKAA 285 to norway?

thanks uwe

The Artilleryunit 285 was established in september 1941, and most probably saw some service before beeing sent to Norway in the summer of 1942. The order on sending the 285 with its 3 batteries to Norway (only 1. with K403j, the remaining two with 15,5 cm K416f) came in April 1942, and the batteries arrived in May-June 1942.
The 15 cm guns (403j) for rearming the Engenes battery in the Harstad region also arrived in the summer of 1942.

JEF

[schwarzermai]

Hello JEF

thanks for your help.

at Jan 8th 1942 the HKAA 285 is listed as "im Antransport" to A.O.K. 11 (together with HKAA 287)

so its possible that 285 temporary sent to Heeresgruppe Nord for 1-2 months befor sent to norway finally

Uwe