Help Id these heavy coastal guns

[jopaerya]

Hello Sturm78

The only one close to La Rochelle is Bat. Hertha on Ile de Re with 15 cm S.K.L/45 ( NARA )

Regards Jos

[na4222]

Thanks Jos. Those were my conclusions as well!

Best regards,
Nezar

[Sturm78]

Jos wrote
The only one close to La Rochelle is Bat. Hertha on Ile de Re with 15 cm S.K.L/45 ( NARA )

Thanks for your answer, Jopaerya. According to my information the Bat. Hertha had 3x15cm SK L45 and two of these guns were casemated with M272 bunkers in 1944....so its very possible that you are right.

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. According to photo caption, an 24cm SK L40 gun at Sylt island, so I guess that this is a gun from SI Batterie

Sturm78

[tristan-gereon]

Hi,
it could not be S 1, because this battery have had 24 cm L/35. Thus it must be Fernkampfbatterie „S 2“ bzw. „Skagerrak“. This battery was used in the 1920-1936 as a Schulbatterie.
Regards oliver

[Sturm78]

Thank you Oliver...

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this coastal gun ?
According to Ebay photo caption, captured British gun in Tobruk...

Sturm78

[shultz]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this coastal gun ?
According to Ebay photo caption, captured British gun in Tobruk...

Sturm78

Hi Sturm, this is a 149/42 K. 1916 (K = Krupp) gun from the Tobruk defenses.
It was originally a German 15cm Ubts + Tbts KL-45 gun, mounted on German cruisers given to Italy as war prey after WW1.
It is recognized by the breech which protrudes far above the center line of the barrel (in your photo, the gun on the right in the background).
In Clerici's book it is misidentified as 152/40.

page 113 of book ''Le difese costiere Italiane nelle due guerre mondiali''.jpg

Add another photo taken on the same occasion as the one in the book, where you can see the breech better (photo from the net)

149-42 costiero a Tobruk.jpg

Best regards ,
Shultz

[shultz]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this coastal gun

It was originally a German 15cm Ubts + Tbts KL-45 gun, mounted on German cruisers given to Italy as war prey after WW1.

Best regards ,
Shultz

Sorry, not cruisers, but heavy destroyers !!!

Shultz

[Sturm78]

Shultz wrote
Hi Sturm, this is a 149/42 K. 1916 (K = Krupp) gun from the Tobruk defenses.
It was originally a German 15cm Ubts + Tbts KL-45 gun, mounted on German cruisers given to Italy as war prey after WW1.
It is recognized by the breech which protrudes far above the center line of the barrel (in your photo, the gun on the right in the background).
In Clerici's book it is misidentified as 152/40.

Thank you very much, again, for your very informative answer, Shultz.

Regards
Sturm78

[tristan-gereon]

Hi,
from E..y an unknown Küstengeschütz.
Any ideas?
Regards Oliver

[tristan-gereon]

Hello
and a second one.
Could this be a 24 cm Geschütz from Batterie Muschel at La Coubre?
Regards Oliver

[jopaerya]

First one is in Greece ( Saloniki ) 21 cm Krupp
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=130430&p=2275422&h ... p#p2275422

[jopaerya]

Second looks to me a Russian 20.3 cm S.K.L/45
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=13521&p=1130521&hi ... l#p1130521

[tristan-gereon]

Two times thanks Jos !!!!
Oliver