15 cm Kanone 16

[Sturm78]

Hi Aleks,

I have searched the word "Rackow" on Google and I have not found nothing.

Sturm78

[TH]

Rackow, today Rakowo, is a village near Danzig/Gdansk.

[Sturm78]

Thank you TH.

1939 Polish Campaign, therefore.

Regards Sturm78

[peeved]

Thanks Sturm,
Misidentified photo moved to appropriate thread

[Sturm78]

Hi Markus,

First, Thank you very much for your image.
Second, I think it is a 21cm lg Mrs, not 15cm K16

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A 15cm K16 gun in museum:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image of this heavy cannon:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[SASH155]

Just an aside, but let's be aware that most anglophone artillery authorities refer to most ordnance designed and built after the muzzle loading era (ca. 1860/1861 and after) as either a "gun", as in this particular case with the 15cm K-16, or alternatively as a "howitzer", and is not referred to anymore as a "cannon", as during the breechloading era "cannon" properly speaking refers to any automatic or electrically driven weapon of a caliber anywhere from 20mm up to 57mm, with weapons of the 11mm/12.7mm to 15mm calibers typically being referred to as heavy machineguns. The Spanish and French terms "cañon" and "canon" (in French usually rendered as "canon de X long" or "canon de X court") are exact equivalents to the English term "gun" or sometimes "field gun" (French "canon de campagne"). In German, the term "kanone" is also equivalent to "gun" in English.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A small image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[peeved]

From eBay.de.

Markus

[peeved]

More.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay. I think it is a wartime image but this gun has not been modernized and still have the old wheels and shield.
I thought all the guns were modernized in the mid-30's

Regards Sturm78

[Manuferey]

Most probably a Belgian 15 cm K16 in May 1940.

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Emmanuel wrote
Most probably a Belgian 15 cm K16 in May 1940

I think you are right, probably

Regards Sturm78

[peeved]

War relic in the West from my MCFA.

Markus