Italian Guns

[Dili]

I think the AA guns are 102/35 and the anti ship one might be a 120 maybe 152?

isola San Pietro.jpg (153.51 KiB) Viewed 1634 times

Isola di San Pietrowww.flickr.com.orarossa.jpg (101.26 KiB) Viewed 1634 times

'artigliere Vincenzo ad Isola San Pietro - Taranto (1938).jpg (80.15 KiB) Viewed 1634 times

Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/orarossa/4091337674/

[Manuferey]

The gun with the shield looks like a 152/45, similar to the gun on the sign at Punta Falcone:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0#p1373080

Emmanuel

[Dili]

Thanks! it appears so.

[jopaerya]

Hello Dili

In the book " Le Difese Costiere Italiane nelle W.W. 2 " there is a Batterie Zanza with 4 x 120/45 at Isola di St. Pietro .

Regards Jos

[Dili]

Thanks jopaerya but i think this is isola S,Pietro in front of Taranto.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orarossa/4134122639/

[jopaerya]

Oke Dili

New try Batterie Gulli 4 X 152/45 and 1 X 120/40 & Batterie Aubry 4 x 152/45 both at S. Pietro

Regards Jos

[Dili]

Thanks, in Italy there should be probably dozens of S.Pietro islands That battery info is from Clerici book too?

[jopaerya]

Yes same book

[Dili]

Thanks.

[peeved]

All sorts from exp. eBay.de auction http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0589226653

Markus

[peeved]

More of the same.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the gun of the first image of the last post of Markus?

8cm M05/08 or 8cm M17 ??

Sturm78

[peeved]

Hi Sturm,

I'd say Cannone da 77/28 Modello 5/8 since the barrel step is further to the rear than in a M17 and the folding part of the shield appears to be the same width as the rest. Looks very similar to this 1916 relic: http://www.google.fi/imgres?imgurl=http ... m=1&itbs=1

The odd thing is that some guns labeled M5/8 e.g. have neither a step to the barrel nor a barrel band in the front attachment point of the recoil slide, c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Artil ... istory.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cannone77-28mod5.jpg In this respect they AFAIK are similar to the M5.

Markus

[Manuferey]

A 105/28 in an open concrete emplacement captured in Sicily in 1943:
Source: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 069&type=3





Emmanuel