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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by na4222 » 29 Jul 2014, 13:41

I think the series is of the Skoda 75 mm Model 15 (7.5 cm Gebirgskanone 15).

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by Sturm78 » 30 Jul 2014, 00:19

[quote]Nezar wrote
[I think the series is of the Skoda 75 mm Model 15 (7.5 cm Gebirgskanone 15).
/quote]

Thanks, Nezar. I think probably you are right. Here another three images of the same Ebay photoserie:

Any idea about the gun of my previous post?

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by Bunkerfreak » 31 Jul 2014, 15:09

Hello, I bought this picture (with the prev. user stamp on it), Anyone have an idea what type of guns they are?
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The picture's description says "Butin de Guerre 1919" and is taken on Fort de Merxem near Antwerp.

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by na4222 » 31 Jul 2014, 15:29

21cm Morser 16 (modernised for used in WW2 by Gemany).

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Post by Bunkerfreak » 31 Jul 2014, 15:31

Thank you for the quick answer!

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Aug 2014, 00:08

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun ? I can not read well the inscription poster but appears to say " ......? schwerer 15cm Mörser" :?
I think the image is taken after 1940, as in the right side appears an 76mm FRC captured Belgian gun.

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Post by Manuferey » 01 Aug 2014, 01:40

It's the carriage of a Belgian 155 mm L Mle 24 from Cockerill - (15,5 cm K432(b) for the Germans).

I think its barrel is the one on the trailer.

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Aug 2014, 23:50

Hi Emmanuel,

Are you sure about a Belgian 155 mm L Mle 24 from Cockerill ??
According to my information the 155mm Mle 1924 is a reworked 13cm K09 ex-German gun

The only images that I have seen of this gun are in this link
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... l&start=15 and here these guns have steel wheels with six round holes and solid rubber tyres. However, the gun of my image have a different wheels and the recuperator mechanism appears different from the 13cm K09 gun, the shield is different,...... :? :?

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by nuyt » 02 Aug 2014, 08:41

The shield and other parts of the system look more like the Rheinmetall version of the Kanone 16. Not sure about the barrel though.

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Post by Manuferey » 02 Aug 2014, 21:13

You're right Sturm 78. :oops: I agree with nuyt, it looks like the 15 cm K16 from Rheinmetall.

I thought that it was a 155 mm Cockerill as I have seen the following gun in the background in the picture below taken at the Cockerill facilities:

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Post by Rui » 02 Aug 2014, 21:59

Manuferey wrote:You're right Sturm 78. :oops: I agree with nuyt, it looks like the 15 cm K16 from Rheinmetall.

I thought that it was a 155 mm Cockerill as I have seen the following gun in the background in the picture below taken at the Cockerill facilities:

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by Manuferey » 03 Aug 2014, 03:26

Hi Rui,

The tractor seems to be a version of the Vickers Utility Tractor.

I think that the towed gun is the optional barrel of 47 mm mounted on the carriage (prototype?) of the 76 mm FRC. :idea:

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Re: Help Id artillery

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Post by nuyt » 03 Aug 2014, 11:03

Thanks for sharing that fantastic picture. It's rare that we get insight in a factory yard. A lot of ex German WW1 guns there.
The anti tank gun looks like a shieldless 47mm. Note that behind it is another small infantry or at gun on different wheels.

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Post by Manuferey » 03 Aug 2014, 14:22

Nuyt,

Yes, it looks indeed like the 47 mm FRC Mle 1931 but the barrel looks somewhat different (thinner and with a reinforced muzzle ring). Compare with the 47 mm barrel here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 7&t=160460

Could it be a prototype of the 47 mm FRC Mle 1931? :idea:

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Post by nuyt » 03 Aug 2014, 16:01

No, I am sorry: I think it is the same barrel, better compare here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=132347
The one on your picture just misses the shield and that protective handle around the breech, or whatever it is?
But yeah, it could be a prototype or a early production run.
I have no clue how the realtion between FRC (a state arsenal) and the private Cockerill Works functioned. It could be Cockerill was a subcontractor for the production of these weapons for FRC. This was how it worked in the Netherlands in the same period: AI Hembrug assembled weapons from parts produced by other Dutch companies, like Werkspoor, Wilton-Fijenoord, RDM, etc. No doubt it worked the same in other countries.

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