Dardanelles 1916 : A German View

[Peter H]

From flickr,poster blauepics

"Dardanelles, German soldiers of Artillery Battery 614"

[Peter H]

Same source.

More photos of this German unit in garrison at Gallipoli after the battles of 1915.

[Peter H]

More..

See series here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39631091@N ... /soldaten/

[Peter H]

Same source.

Visiting the ruins of Troy.

[Chris Dale]

As usual Peter, thanks for posting such great pics!

Cheers
Chris

[AVV]

Hello!
Yes, nice photos, thanks!

Best regards, Aleks

[stevebecker]

Mates,

Peter posted these photos some time ago, but do we have any details on this Battery 614?

Do we know its commander

What types of guns are these?

How long did the battery stay at Gallipoli?

Cheers

S.B

[ROLAND1369]

My best guess on the guns would be 10.5 cm/35 SK L/35 in radlafette.

[ROLAND1369]

Correction, I was wrong. This is a 10 cm Krupp Kustenkanone L\50 in Raderlafette. Thats what I get for depending on a 69 year old memory.

[stevebecker]

Mate,

These gun cradles remind me of the haddock ones made for the Kongingsberg guns after its sinking in SE Africa?

S.B

[Chris Dale]

Mate,

These gun cradles remind me of the haddock ones made for the Kongingsberg guns after its sinking in SW Africa?

S.B

Yes, well spotted! These are the same type of Krupp gun carriages delivered to DOA by the SS Marie in 1916 and then used by some Koenigsberg guns. See the extensive thread at - http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3&t=198646

Cheers
Chris

[Tanzania]

Stevebecker wrote:
Peter posted these photos some time ago, but do we have any details on this Battery 614?
Do we know its commander? What types of guns are these? How long did the battery stay at Gallipoli?
Cheers S.B

Steve,

I can´t answers your questions, but I know where the answers could be found. A few years
before I bought the below mentioned book, but lost it in March 2011 in Tripoli / Libya.
Because of the big size, no scans were possible and only some poor photos survived.








Source: Das Ehrenbuch der Deutschen schweren Artillerie, II. Band, Abschnitt VI,
Die schwere Artillerie an fernen Fronten, Franz Nikolaus Kaiser Vaterländischer Verlag C.A. Weller, Berlin 1943