Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Dec 2009, 16:44

Hi all,

A german atrappe gun in position:

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Manuferey » 22 Dec 2009, 18:23

The shield on all these practice guns looks very similar to the shield of the future 3,7 cm Pak.However, the trails are different. I read in Wikipedia (thus, I'm cautious) that “Rheinmetall secretly continued to work on anti-tank guns and in 1926 built a pre-production sample of a new 3.7 cm gun model 26.”
Could these practice guns have been a way for Rheinmetall to work secretly on anti-tank guns in the 20's?

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by SASH155 » 24 Dec 2009, 02:08

It is certainly possible that these atrappe infantry guns were used as a sort of "test of concept" for the original Rheinmetall 3.7cm TaK, the direct predecessor of the PaK-35/36 and was the weapon which served as the prototype of the Soviet 37mm M-1930 AT gun. The 3.7cm TaK apparently entered service more or less clandestinely with the Reichswehr as early as 1927-1928 and resembles the later PaK-35/36 in most particulars, except for the disk wheels and pneumatic tires.

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 02 Jul 2010, 12:43

Hi All,

2 such examples are now in Pomorskiego Muzeum Wojskowego in Bydgoszcz /Poland :)
http://www.mmbydgoszcz.pl/6729/2010/6/2 ... egory=news

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Grzesio » 03 Jul 2010, 11:57

It's worth to mention, the guns were identified thanks to this very topic on the AHF. :)

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Nov 2010, 12:24

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Feb 2011, 18:44

Hi all,

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Post by Sturm78 » 21 Dec 2011, 15:00

Hi all,

A image from Ebay:

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Manuferey » 22 Dec 2011, 02:11

The officer and soldiers seem to wear Reichswehr uniforms (but I'm not a specialist) but I've noticed a svastika (painted?) on a tree trunk on the left. Could the picture then have taken in the early days of nazi Germany i.e. 1933 or 34?

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Sturm78 » 30 Jan 2012, 15:35

Hi all,

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Sturm78 » 25 Aug 2012, 12:28

Hi all,

Any idea about this "gun"? 8O

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by AVV » 25 Aug 2012, 15:11

Hello!
Sturm78 wrote:Any idea about this "gun"?
IMO, it somewhat resembles Rheinmetall 3.7cm TAK with strange device (probably, muzzle brake imitator?) on the barrel.

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Sturm78 » 25 Aug 2012, 23:15

Hi Aleks,

Which would be the purpose of simulating a muzzle brake? :? :?

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by AVV » 27 Aug 2012, 09:50

Sturm78 wrote:Which would be the purpose of simulating a muzzle brake?
I wish I knew it... :roll:
May be, our artillery experts will help us.

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Re: Faux-gun or real infantry gun of the Reichswehr ?

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 27 Aug 2012, 16:32

Sturm78 wrote:Hi Aleks,

Which would be the purpose of simulating a muzzle brake? :? :?

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Perhaps for the purposes of the exercisse they were simulating a specific type of gun.
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