German artillery with barrel blown up

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images from Ebay: A 15cm sFH18 and a 21cm Mrs18

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[Carl Schwamberger]

Inbore explosion is a ugly thing. I saw some photographs of exaples during my basic artillery training, Fortunatly never experienced this relatively rare event.

[corsair5517]

This was one of the barrels from Battery Roon - 22cm K532(f) - in Jersey which blew up on firing, killing at least one of the crew. They buried the blown bits near the gun pit, I assume, which were then discovered when excavation work was being done in preparation for the football pitch at the new prison at La Moye, and the pieces removed to the No.3 gun pit at Battery Möltke, where they still lie today...

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another two images from Ebay:

Image 1: 15cm sFH18
Image 2: 42cm M-Gërat from WW1

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[Spontoon]

Were these all accidental explosions, or "spiking' the guns?

[Sturm78]

Hi Spontoon,

I think most of these photos show accidental explosions, although it is sometimes difficult to differentiate.

Another image from Ebay:

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image of a 15cm sFH18 german howitzer KO by internal explosion:

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

10.5cm K18 gun or 15cm sFH18 howitzer; It is difficult to distinguish

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay: It is the same gun of my first image in this thread

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another 15cm sFH18 howitzer with barrel blown

Image from Ebay
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[peeved]

Banana split odd gun on tracked chassis from exp. eBay.de auction, ex-Soviet barrel carriage?

Markus

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another 15cm sFH18 german howitzer with barrel blown up:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

Markus your image shows a 203mm Br-4 tracked barrel trailer (Soviet)

[peeved]

Markus your image shows a 203mm Br-4 tracked barrel trailer (Soviet)

Thanks Sturm,

I suspected as much, it's just that the milled protrusion behind the barrel step looks different from the ones I've seen. No wonder, a portion of the barrel seems to be covered with canvas or some such stuff.

Markus

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from WW1: 21cm Mrs howitzer with barrel blown up

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

15cm sFH18 howitzer near Sevastopol:

Image from Ebay
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