lg. 21 cm Mörser
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Note the second 21 cm Moerser in the background without the well-known top cover.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
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Hi all,
A recaptured 21cm Lg. Mrs.16 howitzer. Did the Germans used these recaptured howitzers during the WW2?
Image from EBay
Sturm78
A recaptured 21cm Lg. Mrs.16 howitzer. Did the Germans used these recaptured howitzers during the WW2?
Image from EBay
Sturm78
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Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,
A recaptured 21cm Lg. Mrs.16 howitzer. Did the Germans used these recaptured howitzers during the WW2?
Image from EBay
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Hello Sturm, did the recaptured (from which country?) have a beutenummer?
uwe
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Hi Uwe,
These howitzers were ex-German howitzers captured during WW1 by the Allies and recaptured by Germans during 1940 in France and Belgium.
Sturm78
These howitzers were ex-German howitzers captured during WW1 by the Allies and recaptured by Germans during 1940 in France and Belgium.
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hello Sturm
thanks. do you know how many lg. 21cm Mrs. were in german service in Sep'1939 ?
Are these recaptured lg. 21cm Mrs.too??
uwe
thanks. do you know how many lg. 21cm Mrs. were in german service in Sep'1939 ?
Are these recaptured lg. 21cm Mrs.too??
uwe
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Hi Uwe,
Germany had 28 of these howitzers in service in 1939, all upgraded with new metal wheels with solid rubber pneumatics
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Germany had 28 of these howitzers in service in 1939, all upgraded with new metal wheels with solid rubber pneumatics
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Hello Sturm
thanks again.
Did the Germans used these recaptured (lg. 21cm )howitzers during the WW2?
i think no, because there were so much 21cm Mrs.18 but they have not enough semi chains for it.
and the lg. 21cm Mrs. were very old...cant found it at the coast artillery
Uwe
thanks again.
Did the Germans used these recaptured (lg. 21cm )howitzers during the WW2?
i think no, because there were so much 21cm Mrs.18 but they have not enough semi chains for it.
and the lg. 21cm Mrs. were very old...cant found it at the coast artillery
Uwe
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Hi all,
An 21cm Mrs 16 howitzer in position in Greece in April 1941.
Which german artillery units used this howitzer in 1939-41 ??
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An 21cm Mrs 16 howitzer in position in Greece in April 1941.
Which german artillery units used this howitzer in 1939-41 ??
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Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,
An 21cm Mrs 16 howitzer in position in Greece in April 1941.
Which german artillery units used this howitzer in 1939-41 ??
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
hello Sturm,
Jan. 1940 - s.Art.Abt. (mot.) 604, 607, 616, 631 & 732 with each 2 batteries
and 615 with 1 battery
in early 1941 - s.Art.Abt. (mot.) 604, 607, 616 with each 3 batteries to 3x 21cm lg. Mrs.
in action in greece were the s.Art.Abt. (mot.) 607 and 616
Uwe
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Thank you very much for your information, Uwe
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Regards Sturm78
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Hi all,
Another 21cm Mrs 16 recaptured in 1940:
Image from EBay
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Another 21cm Mrs 16 recaptured in 1940:
Image from EBay
Sturm78
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Probably a captured Moerser from WW1 in a square in France or Belgium. I don’t think you’d want to position and fire it from within this tight pack of trees at the risk of hitting a tree trunk !
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
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Hi all,
I found this image on the net (sorry, I do not remember the exact source).
I do not know the context where it was taken. WW1, postwar, ... ??? Any idea?
Sturm78
I found this image on the net (sorry, I do not remember the exact source).
I do not know the context where it was taken. WW1, postwar, ... ??? Any idea?
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Re: lg. 21 cm Mörser
hello
in ebay
location of the photos is near a military hospital - but where??
Uwe
in ebay
location of the photos is near a military hospital - but where??
Uwe
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Hello
On several picture's in this topic there are numbers painted on the gun,
any idea if these are the gun numbers of the lg. 21 cm M ???
post 1 = Nr 5
post 2 = Nr 7
post 30 = Nr 2
now = Nr 12
Picture's of Ebay should be s.Art.Abt. (mot) 604
Regards Jos
On several picture's in this topic there are numbers painted on the gun,
any idea if these are the gun numbers of the lg. 21 cm M ???
post 1 = Nr 5
post 2 = Nr 7
post 30 = Nr 2
now = Nr 12
Picture's of Ebay should be s.Art.Abt. (mot) 604
Regards Jos