15,5 cm K416(f)
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Are these rounds from the 15.5 cm K.416 (f) on the far left , picture of Ebay and should be H.K.B. 867.
Regards Jos
Regards Jos
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Interesting to note that this gun has its shield removed while the gun in the background still has its shield.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
The other sides of the above pictures in the ebay auction refer to 2./HKAA 144 and 1./HKAA 906 in 1942, both batteries were deployed in Crimea.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Панов
You can see again the gun emplacements from wooden logs .
Regards Jos
You can see again the gun emplacements from wooden logs .
Regards Jos
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
The pictures show gun # 2 "Berta" (letter "B" on the shield) and gun # 6 "Friedrich" ("F" on the shield). Therefore, we can deduct that it was a 6 gun-battery, not a 4-gun battery.
Emmanuel
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Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Hello Emmanuel
Heeres-Küsten-Abteilungen: i think all batteries of 15,5 cm K. (f) in "Abteilungs"-formation had 6 guns
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please see here too
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=199450
Heeres-Küst.Art.Abt.708 /and Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 798 (bodenständig) had 2 batteries of each 6 x 15,5 cm K. 416 (f) and 3rd of russian 12,2 cm guns and 4./708 of 3 x 20,3 cm H. 503 (r)
(before it were reorganisized into 3 batteries of each 4 x s. 10,5 cm K. 35 (t) i think it was this weapon)
Uwe
Heeres-Küsten-Abteilungen: i think all batteries of 15,5 cm K. (f) in "Abteilungs"-formation had 6 guns
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please see here too
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=199450
Heeres-Küst.Art.Abt.708 /and Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 798 (bodenständig) had 2 batteries of each 6 x 15,5 cm K. 416 (f) and 3rd of russian 12,2 cm guns and 4./708 of 3 x 20,3 cm H. 503 (r)
(before it were reorganisized into 3 batteries of each 4 x s. 10,5 cm K. 35 (t) i think it was this weapon)
Uwe
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My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
http://balsi.de/Heeresartillerie/
My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
http://balsi.de/Heeresartillerie/
Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Uwe,schwarzermai wrote:Hello Emmanuel
Heeres-Küsten-Abteilungen: i think all batteries of 15,5 cm K. (f) in "Abteilungs"-formation had 6 guns
Uwe
Could we deduct then that the pictures show guns of an HKAA and not of a more standard Heeres-Artillerie unit?
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Re: 15.5cm K416(f)
Hello Emmanuel,
- 7.9.1943 - B.d.E. befielt die Überführung zur Heeresartillerie und Umgliederung von Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie in Heeres-Artillerie (bodenständg) - „…. unter Beibehalt ihrer derzeitigen Nummern, Feldpostnummern und K.St.N. werden umgegliedert und umbenannt: - bei Heeresgruppe Nord - Heeres-Küsten-Abteilung 708 in Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung (bodenständig) 708
so its absolut the same unit - just renamed
6 gun batteries were introduced in Heeresartillerie not before summer 1944 - so the abteilungen had 2 batteries of 6 guns each than before 3 batteries of each 4 guns.
Heeres-Küsten-Art. Abt. with 3 batteries of 6 guns 15,5 cm K. (f) just started in 1941
Uwe
- 7.9.1943 - B.d.E. befielt die Überführung zur Heeresartillerie und Umgliederung von Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie in Heeres-Artillerie (bodenständg) - „…. unter Beibehalt ihrer derzeitigen Nummern, Feldpostnummern und K.St.N. werden umgegliedert und umbenannt: - bei Heeresgruppe Nord - Heeres-Küsten-Abteilung 708 in Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung (bodenständig) 708
so its absolut the same unit - just renamed
6 gun batteries were introduced in Heeresartillerie not before summer 1944 - so the abteilungen had 2 batteries of 6 guns each than before 3 batteries of each 4 guns.
Heeres-Küsten-Art. Abt. with 3 batteries of 6 guns 15,5 cm K. (f) just started in 1941
Uwe
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=223633
My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
http://balsi.de/Heeresartillerie/
My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
http://balsi.de/Heeresartillerie/