Help Id artillery

[nuyt]

I think the last one is a top secret 75mm Bofors in Bulgarian service....dont tell the Swedes

[Sturm78]

Hi all, Can anybody Id. this old field gun? I supposed that is a WW1 era gun but Ido not know the country or model.

Image from ebay.

Regards, Sturm78.

[nuyt]

Could you provide some more info, like the seller, the caption, the series?
The link?

[Ardee]

More info would help if available. Right now, I'd guess it was a Belgian (I believe the soldiers are wearing leather leggings, not puttees). The gun looks to be about 75mm, and if I had to guess, I would say it was a 75mm M-05 TRP. Compare it to this photo: http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=giscpi4.jpg The gun was used in both World Wars. The main difference is the top of the shield. The Belgians also used a 75mm GP canon; I'll look for a photo.



Based on the general cut of the uniforms (whatever the nationality) my very subjective guess is it's a late Inter-war photograph.

[TH]

The text on the building in the rear looks German to me (I want to read "Reitschule").
Probably taken on German or Austrian soil then.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

the link of my last photo is www.ebay.de
http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-Artillerie-Feue ... 240%3A1318

Artikelstandort: Wien, Österreich
Verkäufer: buefiak

Skoda 8cm (77mm) L28 M17 field gun perhaps??? but what country?

Regards Sturm78

[Ardee]

After seeing the e-bay link, it does seem likely the photo was taken in Austria. I couldn't find a descent on-line image of the 75mm Belgian GP III, but IIRC, it was a re-tubed German 7.7cm FK 16, which I believe (but am less certain about) these guns were obtain as post-war reparations.

The reason I suspected Belgians here initially was because of the leather leggings vs. boots or puttees. I had copied the original and pasted it into my graphics software, and played around with the brightness and contrast, and to me, they looked like the strap-on leggings. I am not especially familiar with WWI or Inter-bellum uniforms, especially with the Central and Eastern European Powers. The Belgians were the only nation I can recall that used them. Can anybody enlighten me about other users? Or perhaps persuade me I need different glasses?

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can anyone confirm to me if these captured weapons are Skoda 77mm guns M???? or 105mm howitzers M1914-19????
Image from Ebay.

Greeting Sturm78.

[nuyt]

I would say the 100 mm M14/19 field howitzer

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two other pictures of old guns to identify correctly.
Image 2 from Ebay.de and
Image 1 from http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... Army+1930s

The first photo shows a cannon of the Austrian army in the 30s. Probably a Skoda weapon.

Regards Sturm78.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Nobody have any idea?

Other two old guns for Id. It is very difficult for me to identify correctly the WW1-era guns.
All the guns look the same.
Images from Ebay.

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Nobody?? I see there are not many fans of the old artillery of WWI in this forum.

Another gun for Id. please.
Image from Ebay.

Thaks in advance. Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Well, I hope to have more luck this time with this old gun. . I think it's a 15cm sFH13 or sFH17 perhaps.
Can anyone confirm this?

Image from Ebay

Regards Sturm78

[sturmvogel]

It's not a sFH 13 because of the weird little triangular extension underneath the breech. See the photos on the wiki page for the sFH 13 to see what I mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_cm_sFH_13. Checked the rest of the German WW I artillery and can't find any other likely candidates.

Jason

[peeved]

Maybe 15 cm lange schwere Feldhaubitze 13/02. Photo from "Taschenbuch der Artillerie - Band 2 - Mittlere Feldgeschütze" by Franz Kosar.

Markus