french railway gun

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by ALVF » 23 Nov 2014, 13:20

Hello,

The gun at left of the photograph is a Obusier de 370 mm modèle 1915 Batignolles.
Three howitzers of this model were used by the german Battery E-459 on east front from 1941 to 1945.
A 370 mm Howitzer was used on the Oder at least until january 1945, fate unkwnown.
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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 28 Dec 2014, 11:01

Hi all,

I am not sure about this french railway gun: 320mm Mle 1917 (ex 305mm Mle 1893-96) ??

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by schwarzermai » 19 Jan 2015, 15:02

Hello!

need help for id these french railwayguns

Image

Image

ist the same one?

thanks uwe
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Re: french railway gun

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Post by ALVF » 21 Jan 2015, 22:30

Hello,

-1: 320 mm modèle 70-93.

-2: 320 mm modèle 70-84 (or 70-30).

Yours sincerely,
Guy François.

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by schwarzermai » 22 Jan 2015, 07:52

Hello Guy, thank you very much!! Uwe
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=223633

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Feb 2015, 12:25

Hi all,

Two images from EBay:

Image 1: I am not sure. 320mm Mle 1870-93 (or 70-30) ??
Image 2: I think an 274mm Mle 1917 french railgun barrel

Nobody for my image posted on 28 Dec ??

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Feb 2015, 00:37

Nobody for my image posted on 28 Dec 2014 ?

Here, another image from EBay: 320mm Mle 1870-84 (or 70-30):

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by ALVF » 13 Feb 2015, 19:17

Hello,

The photograph dated 28 december 2014: it is a 320 mm modèle 1917 (305 mm modèle 1893-96 rebored).
Yours sincerely,
Guy François.

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 27 Feb 2015, 15:42

Guy François wrote
The photograph dated 28 december 2014: it is a 320 mm modèle 1917 (305 mm modèle 1893-96 rebored).
Thank you, Guy. Any idea about this one?

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by jopaerya » 08 Mar 2015, 20:01

Here some Ebay picture's from the railway gun , you can find several picture's of this specific gun in this Topic .
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... n#p1791017

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Mar 2015, 13:31

Nobody for the gun posted on 27 Feb 2015 ??

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Apr 2015, 17:19

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this french railway gun ??

Any idea about my image posted on 27 Feb 2015 ?

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 27 Apr 2015, 09:24

Hi all,

An 305mm Mle 1893-96 railway gun

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 29 Apr 2015, 23:31

Hi all,

Two images from EBay:

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320mm Mle 1917 (ex 305mm Mle 1893-96) french railgun abandoned -,.jpg
320mm Mle 1870-84 (or 70-30) french railgun abandoned , -,.jpg

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Re: french railway gun

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Post by EPOCH3 » 30 Apr 2015, 16:57

Hi please find attached related reference data (Source National Archives).
ETO Report 79 on French Railway equipment.
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