Schiessgerüst

[jopaerya]

Hello All

Who can help me with this gun , looks a photo from pre W.W. II .
What caliber is this gun , the barrel looks very long ???

Photo = Ebay.de

Regards Jos

[Barovic]

Hi Jos,

think it's 30,5 SKL/50 in BSG Flachbettung from Friedrich August on Wangerooge Island. As you know, they were later transferred to Friedrich August near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Same guns were on Helgoland (Von Schröder), but these were in BSG Tiefbettung.

Greetings,

Barovic

[jopaerya]

Thanks Barovic

I was not sure if it was a 28 cm S.K.L/50 or a 30.5 cm S.K.L/50 m but I think that you are right .

Regards Jos

[sturmvogel]

What's the difference between Flachbettung and Tiefbettung? And what's the formal name of these mounts? I've seen references to Kst.Drh.L.C/37, but can't confirm anything. Hogg has a long description of the elaborate facilities provided these guns, but I'm not at all sure that it's appropriate for them, which seem to be fairly austere installations.

[jopaerya]

Hi Jason

The Flachbettung is made on a base on groundlevel and the Kesselbettung the gun is sunken in a kind of pit .

Regards Jos