Help Id. coastal gun

[Stp Leo]

Hi all,

Is this an 90mm Mle 1877 french gun ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

Good evening,

It is a french 120 mm Mle 1878 gun in Bastion XII in Calais.

Best regards,

[Sturm78]

Thanks for your help, Stp Leo

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can someone identify these French coastal guns ?
240mm Mle 1876 ??

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

105mm Mle 1897 guns of battery at Pointe des Espagnols ???

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Nobody for my last images ?

Well, here another image from Ebay. Can somebody identify this gun ?
240mm Mle 1870-87 (or Mle 1870-93) ??

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

I have this down in my files as a 274 MM M 1881 on a M 1888 PC but I am far from an expert on the tricky subject of French Coastal Artillery.

[Sturm78]

Thanks, ROLAND1369

It is possible that you are right. i am not a expert in this field, either....

Regards
Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Based on the design of the battery and the type of weapon I would guess that the most likely location fort de l'île Pelée at Cherbourg. I emphasize that this is a guess with about a 20 % chance of being correct.

[ROLAND1369]

Having examined photos I am now 50% certain that this a the lower battery of Fort Pelee, Cherbourg.

[Manuferey]

It's 100% sure, Roland !

We've discussed another photo of this gun here:
viewtopic.php?p=1644839#p1644839
and continuing here:
viewtopic.php?p=1754778#p1754778

Emmanuel

[ROLAND1369]

Thanks for the confirmation. I was also relatively certain but lack the doctrinal material to declare it 100%. Old habits from military intelligence processing.

[Sturm78]

Thanks for your help, Emmanuel and ROLAND1369

Regards
Sturm78

[Stp Leo]

Hello everyone,

A fake coastal gun, in MKB Grosser Kurfürst I think ?

Best regards.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I think French naval guns captured. Any idea ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[T. A. Gardner]

That gun appears to be on a test range not in a coast defense set up. Note two other bases visible in the picture and the overhead crane on the left. While I can't id the gun, it's clearly being test fired or proofed on a range.