Skoda AA Gun

[karlik]

The site of Lešany Museum

Hi!
Another unknow AA gun Škoda 1.5/800 (1932) export weapon for Yugoslavia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theadventu ... 436317097/

Does anyone have any information on this gun?
Best regards!

[peeved]

Not really,

But the values of 1,5 kg projectile at 800 m/sec appear identical to the later Skoda 47 mm AA gun Model 1937.

Markus

[ain92]

Not really,

But the values of 1,5 kg projectile at 800 m/sec appear identical to the later Skoda 47 mm AA gun Model 1937.

Markus

Do you mean Škoda Z?
http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/tit ... um/t/44728

[peeved]

Yes, the model Z at http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/88337 was called 47 mm M.37 and 4,7 cm Flak 37 (t) in Anti-Aircraft Guns by Chamberlain & Gander.

Another photo of the 1,5/800 at http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=162064

Markus

[ain92]

Yes, the model Z at http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/88337 was called 47 mm M.37 and 4,7 cm Flak 37 (t) in Anti-Aircraft Guns by Chamberlain & Gander.

Well, personally I don't trust Chamberlain and Gardner, because when they wrote their books in 1970s a lot of WW2 artillery pieces were still in service, so there was too little information publicly available. For example I checked the information about Russian AA cannons in the book and immediately found a non-existent gun.

[karlik]

For example I checked the information about Russian AA cannons in the book and immediately found a non-existent gun.

Hi!
105 mm Model 1934 never existed, but in the photo real gun 76,2 mm 1915/28 AA gun

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[ain92]

Hi!
105 mm Model 1934 never existed, but in the photo real gun 76,2 mm 1915/28 AA gun

Hello. Of course I know about 9-K and I didn't contest the photo authenticity, but I meant that the gun, the 105 mm gun never existed.

[peeved]

Some of the Chamberlain & Gander text on 4,7 cm Flak 37 (t) appears to stem from WW II Mil Int data. E.g. their specs include data similar to that in German Antiaircraft Artillery, Military Intelligence Service, Special Series 10, Feb. 1943 at http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/germa ... _guns.html An APC shell for both 4,7 cm Czech Flak and Pak is listed in TM 9-1985-3, German Explosive Ordnance from 1953.

Markus

[SASH155]

In the photo of the three guns at the museum, one is designated "pl. 8/700". Was that the actual designation?

Well...? Was it?

[peeved]

8/700 was IMO probably a Skoda works designation. E.g. according to http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 36&start=0 the Yugoslav M.28A AA gun is also known as Skoda 76,5mm L/50 or 8/700.

Markus

[ain92]

The same weapon was used in Argentina as Cañón Antiaéreo Skoda de 76,5mm L50 Modelo 1928. Here are some pictures:


These two are from militariarg.



And these three are from zonamilitar.

[Dili]

The site of Lešany Museum

Hi!
Another unknow AA gun Škoda 1.5/800 (1932) export weapon for Yugoslavia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theadventu ... 436317097/

Does anyone have any information on this gun?
Best regards!

Some discussion about Skoda 40mm and others for Royal Yugoslav Navy
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=157514

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A rare image of 9cm Skoda M12 AA guns in WW1:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[mitio-minchev]

Bulgarian corp in Ygoslavia 1943,Town Nis. 7.5 cm flak Skoda

[Manuferey]

It looks to me like a 7,5 cm vz 37.

The Germans would have handed some these guns originally supplied to Italy to Bulgaria after the Armistice of 1943 unless Bulgaria had received the guns earlier directly from Skoda under German control.

Emmanuel