22 cm K. 532 (f)

[jopaerya]

Hello All

Here a 22 cm K. 532 (f) used as coast battery , the 2 persons on the right
look to have tropical uniforms and the one on the left looks Rumanian .
Maybe at the Mediterranean coast ?????

Photo = Ebay.usa

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

Jos,

Since you've detected a Rumanian officer, could this open emplacement be on the Black Sea e.g Constanza, the harbor that ressembles Le Havre' s harbor ?

Emmanuel

[jopaerya]

Hello Emmanuel

The problem is that I have no information on the Rumanian and Bulgarian coast only some
H.K.B. batteries at Greece , they did use the 22 cm there as you can see on the list .

Regards Jos

[The Edge]

Officer on the left look Bulgarian to me.

See: http://forum.boinaslava.net/showthread. ... ge=6&pp=25

Try to contact our members dibo and adolpheit.

[jopaerya]

Thanks Antic

For the tipp and I think that you are right about the Bulgarian officer .
Also very nice see the 22 cm guns in use by the Bulgarian army .

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

If this 220 mm gun was used indeed by the Bulgarian Army, had it been provided by the Germans or had the Bulgarian Army bought some of them before WW2?

Emmnauel

[The Edge]

In Varna Naval Museum there are two of these guns. According with Hans MEHL, Feld-und Festungsartillerie. Heeresgeschütze aus 500 Jahren. Band 1: 1450 - 1920, page 141, Bulgarian used one of these guns to defend Varna Bay, but is very unlikely since it was introduced in French Army only in June 1918. At the beginning of WW2 French Army had 68 of these guns and many of them were captured by German Army in 1940. At least eight 220mm Schneider guns M 1917 were sent to Bulgarian Army that used them to defend the coast of Thrace (4 guns at Kavala and 4 at Dedeagatch). So I think that the gun in Varna came only during WW2.

Data from adolpheit (MCP at link I posted)

[jopaerya]

Here the 22 cm K. 532 (f) in naval service from Ebay

Regards Jos

[Dili]

jopaerya do you know from what year, month,period is your attachment you posted in 04 Mar 2008 07:46?

[jopaerya]

Hello Dili

The date from report is 07-1943 .

Regards Jos

[Dili]

Thanks, sorry one more question, does it says to what battalion or regiment it does belong?

[jopaerya]

Hi Dili

Sorry , I don't know the number of the Heeres Kusten Artillerie Abteilung .

Regards Jos

[Dili]

Okay, thanks Jos.

[jopaerya]

From Ebay some picture's of the 22 cm gun in naval coast batterie .

Regards Jos

[M19 MADMAL]

Hi Jos,

Your last 2 posted photos are of Batterie Strassburg at Jerbourg point on Guernsey and were taken in 1941.

The 1st one is a well published photo locally!

Regards,
Malcolm