I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 14 Aug 2015, 13:26

Hi all,

Can somebody help me to identify these mine throwers ??

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by karlik » 15 Aug 2015, 10:44

1. 22.5 cm Minenwerfer M15 Bohler
2. 15 cm Luftminenwerfer M15 M.E. (Maschinenfabrik Esslingen)

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 15 Aug 2015, 12:19

Thank you very much for your help, karlik

Any idea about this austro-hungarian gun ??

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by karlik » 16 Aug 2015, 10:18

Perhaps it 15 cm L/40 Skoda naval gun????

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 19 Aug 2015, 20:43

karlik wrote
Perhaps it 15 cm L/40 Skoda naval gun????
Uummhhh....I am not sure. See my image posted here on 26 Oct 2013, identified as an 15cm Skoda L40 naval gun...
It seems a different model.... :?

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by ludvig » 19 Aug 2015, 23:36

Hello Sturm78 ,

Your photo from 15. august shows an Italian 149 /35 Armstrong turret gun without
the cupola . Look at ALVF answer from 20 Oct 2013 at :

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... &start=210

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 20 Aug 2015, 10:10

Thank you very much for your help, ludvig... :wink:

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 21 Aug 2015, 00:36

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this KuK artillery piece ? :?

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by karlik » 21 Aug 2015, 06:15

I think that it is 10 cm mountain howitzer M8 or M10.

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Aug 2015, 11:54

Thank you, karlik

Do you have any additional information and/or images of these howitzers ??

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by karlik » 22 Aug 2015, 19:25

Sorry for the quality, i do not have a scanner
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From book of Franz Kosar "Artillerie im 20. Jarhundert"

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Aug 2015, 09:36

Thanks a lot for your reply. According to your images, it seems an 10cm M08 model....

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Oct 2015, 15:52

Hi all,

I am not sure: 254mm L40, 305mm L40 or 305mm L46 ??

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by CharlieC » 23 Oct 2015, 05:14

I think it's a 305mm - the 254mm gun had more widely spaced B and C rings on the barrel.

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Re: I need help for Id. heavy gun

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Post by karlik » 30 Oct 2015, 21:55

Hi!
Id please this AA gun. She is real or alternative history? Best regards!
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