Skoda 38-42cm photos

[jopaerya]

Note the strange cammouflage on the large howitzer .

Photo = Ebay

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

From Ebay a other picture of this monster howitzer .

Regards Jos

[MLW]

The last photo shows the 42cm Skoda howitzer that bombarded Gros Ouvrage Schoenenbourg in June 1940.

Regards,
Marc

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two more images of the same photoserie:

Images from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:
Sturm78

[schwarzermai]

Hello

The first photo's of these guns are from the Batterie 830 .

Photo's Ebay

Regards Jos

Jos. hello. most of the photos were made June 19, 1940 in the area of 215.Infanterie-Division

howitzers tube were marked with "Der Maginot-Brecher", you can read it with good eyes!


Uwe

[jopaerya]

Thanks Uwe

That should be the gun that was used against "Gros Ouvrage Schoenenbourg" in 1940 ??

Regards Jos

[schwarzermai]

Thanks Uwe

That should be the gun that was used against "Gros Ouvrage Schoenenbourg" in 1940 ??

Regards Jos

Jos, hello, yes, the area of 215.ID was between Windstein and Mattstall - ca.20km west of Schoenenbourg.

Uwe

[jopaerya]

Here a photo from the "Denkschift" about the French defences from this attack .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from EBay; I think Romanian 38cm Skoda M16

Sturm78

[ALVF]

Hello,

The 1918 photograph above of the 38-cm Skoda M 16 is taken in november 1918 in north-west of Verdun.
The 38-cm was abandonned by his austrian crew when american troops attacked north-west of Verdun in the very last days of the war.
I have a sery of photographs of this howitzer with french officers dated november 1918.
Two austrian 42-cm with austrian crews were also used on west front in 1918, first in march 1918 near Saint-Quentin against english troops and in october and november 1918 against french and american troops near Verdun but these 42-cm returned in Austria in november 1918.I have photographs of austrian 42-cm on west front dated march and october 1918 and some of these photographs were published in french Review "Tank Zone".
Yours sincerely,
Guy François.

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your information, ALVF.

It would be interesting to see some of these photographs

Regards Sturm78

[schwarzermai]

[schwarzermai]

in action at sewastopol (from a propaganda postcard)

[schwarzermai]