German artillery with barrel blown up
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15cm sIG33 :
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New one.
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Hi all,
An image from Ebay:
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An image from Ebay:
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Another image from Ebay:
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Hi all,
21cm Mrs 18:
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21cm Mrs 18:
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Nice pics. I read recently in a Kursk book about troops moving up and passing an artillery battery and the crew were casualties.
This sort of brings up... "Didn't the German's make the HE shells 'bore-safe' like other armies?" My understanding is that there is a spring loaded element in the fuse that does not allow it to be armed till it has stopped accelerating. Basically, as the spring relaxes once clear of the muzzle, that amount of time also makes it actually not armed for a distance of 50 meters or so.
This sort of brings up... "Didn't the German's make the HE shells 'bore-safe' like other armies?" My understanding is that there is a spring loaded element in the fuse that does not allow it to be armed till it has stopped accelerating. Basically, as the spring relaxes once clear of the muzzle, that amount of time also makes it actually not armed for a distance of 50 meters or so.
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An image from Ebay. I am not 100% sure : 21cm Mrs 18 ???
The cylinder below the blown gun barrel is different : see image posted on 16 Jan 2016
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An image from Ebay. I am not 100% sure : 21cm Mrs 18 ???

The cylinder below the blown gun barrel is different : see image posted on 16 Jan 2016
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Hello Sturm, its an 15 cm K. 18
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My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
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My Bookproject: "Organisationsgeschichte der deutschen Heeresartillerie im II. Weltkrieg"
http://balsi.de/Heeresartillerie/
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Hello Sturm, its an 15 cm K. 18
Uuummhhhhh....I am not sure. See image posted by Jopaerya on 18 Apr 2010 here: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 8&start=15
The cylinder do not match either....

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Hi all,
An 15cm sFH18 howitzer or an 10.5cm K18 gun....
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An 15cm sFH18 howitzer or an 10.5cm K18 gun....
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Hi all,
Another 15cm sFH18:
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Another 15cm sFH18:
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http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/1 ... llery.html
A good report regarding using Hummel and Wespe...
A good report regarding using Hummel and Wespe...
3. The 150 mm Hummel howitzer proved itself worse. Since two barrels burst for an unknown reason, the battery was only left with 4 guns on July 22nd (the chassis remained undamaged).
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Picture from Ebay, Zeebrugge 1ww.
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Hi all,
Another image of an 15cm sFH18 :
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Another image of an 15cm sFH18 :
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Hi all,
15cm sFH18 howitzer:
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15cm sFH18 howitzer:
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