10.5cm Flak38-39 photos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I'm looking for pictures of 10.5cm Flak 38-39 in transport position. I've only seen this picture.
Can anyone help me?

Image from Ebay

Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[Carl Schwamberger]

Ian Hogg 'German Artillery of WWI' has several excellent photos. Hopefully you can find acess to that excellent book.

[Sturm78]

Hi Carl,

Yes I have the book "German artillery of WW2" but I do not see any picture of 10.5cm Flak38-39 in transport position.
This book have photos of this weapon in firing position.

Regards Stutm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Nobody have photos of 10.5cm Flak38-39 in "travel position"? I find it strange that there are no more pictures of a gun so common, in travel position. . Can someone help me?

Regards Sturm78.

[jopaerya]

Only this one from U.S. Signal Corps

Regards Jos

[Carl Schwamberger]

Interesting walls on the second floor of the house. I'm not very familar with European architecture and several questions come to mind. Are those wooden shingles on the walls, or ceramic/clay tiles? Those on the roof are clearly tiles, but the wall covering is less obvious. What sort of wall structure would be behind the cover? some sort of wooden beams, or masonry? In many respects the general style or appearance of the house resembles those in North America, but I suspect the materials are put together very differently.

Thanks for any help on this.

[Jens Andersen]

Hi Carl

It is actually a not a wall, but rather part of the tiled roof. If you study the picture closer you will see that the "walls" aren't vertical.

Jens

[Sturm78]

Thanks Jopaerya for your photo, although the gun is not very well. I will continue looking for more photos.

Regards Sturm78

PD.: This forum is not about architecture.

[Carl Schwamberger]

Hi Carl

It is actually a not a wall, but rather part of the tiled roof. If you study the picture closer you will see that the "walls" aren't vertical.

Jens

Ok, that they are tiles like the roof clarifiys this somewhat. The photo is focused on the cannon & the roof is not clear so I hoped for help with its surface material. Thanks. I could also see the surface was not vertical. It is what some architectural texts here call a battered or a Mansard roof or wall. I have no idea what the French German or Dutch terms might be for that style. So, i am still unsure wha the structure underneath the tiles might be. Mansonry, a frame, or a combination?

I know this is more than a bit off topic, but my business is repairing existing buildings & I'm curios about the various structural styles

[TH]

I have no idea what the French German or Dutch terms might be for that style. So, i am still unsure wha the structure underneath the tiles might be. Mansonry, a frame, or a combination?

It's called Mansarddach.
Found some drawings for you (at the bottom).

[Carl Schwamberger]

Thanks, that gives me a good starting point. I'll drop the architectural history questions now

[Bill 13]

Good Day
Source WW2 Fact Files and a now defunct web site.
Poor scans or poor photos, but it will let you know that there are more
photos of you chosen subject.
Bill

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found on Ebay this image of a 10.5cm Flak38-39 being towed by a SdKfz 7 8ton halftrack (the 10.5cm Flak weighed 10.2ton in combat position and more in travel position, so the SdKfz 7 exceed by far her maximun weight of towing )
Does anyone know the exact weight of the 10.5cm Flak 38-39 in travel position?


Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another rare image of the 10.5cm Flak 38-39 in travel position

Image from Ebay
Regards Sturm78