Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by jopaerya » 19 May 2018, 09:07

Thanks Sturm78

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Post by Sturm78 » 15 Jan 2019, 23:51

Hi all,

A rare image of a Romanian 10cm Skoda M1934 howitzer:

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by Sturm78 » 29 May 2019, 22:48

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. Probably, an 76.5mm Skoda M28 Yugoslavian gun...

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by forttravel » 20 May 2020, 19:24

Could it be a 7,65 cm FK (=76,5mm Skoda M1930) projectile?
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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by steppewolf » 19 Jun 2020, 20:07

Can somebody provide some good info on Skoda md. 1934, 150 mm (K series) caliber stats?

I often find mentioned that was kept in production by Germans because it was a better howitzer than sFH18. However sources I've met online mention a lesser ROF (3 for Skoda compared with 6 for sFH18. What I fine online shows that even is comparable with similar Axis designs (sFH18 or Hungarian 149 mm 31M). Can somebody point some good source/book about Skoda K series?

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Post by Sturm78 » 15 Oct 2020, 14:55

Hi all,

An 7.5cm or 7.65cm Skoda M28 gun. Can somebody identify the nationality of the soldier to the left ?
Romanian ??

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by na4222 » 15 Oct 2020, 15:52

They look German from their uniforms.

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Post by Sturm78 » 20 Oct 2020, 23:50

na4222 wrote
They look German from their uniforms.
Ummhhh.... I think the soldier to the left (blue circle) is not German...

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by Shell Case Collector » 08 Jan 2024, 20:55

I have an image of a shell case made for Afghanistan, dated 1938, Skoda made. The shell case is stamped 105 over 24. I expect this indicates a 105 mm Skoda L/24. Is this possible the 10,5 cm Skoda M1939 D9 discussed in this thread?
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Post by nuyt » 08 Jan 2024, 21:17

In this other thread there is talk about 1938 Skoda 105mm mountain howitzers for Afghanistan being diverted to Romania during WW2.
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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by Shell Case Collector » 09 Jan 2024, 17:49

Thanks, M1938 makes more sense considering the date on the case.

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 11 Jan 2024, 16:27

Sturm78 wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:50
Ummhhh.... I think the soldier to the left (blue circle) is not German...
I think he is a Romanian. The cap looks to be Romanian and he has puttee (spirall strip od clothes around the legs) like Czechoslovaks and French soldiers.

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Post by Sturm78 » 14 Jan 2024, 15:14

Ondrej Filip wrote
I think he is a Romanian. The cap looks to be Romanian and he has puttee (spirall strip od clothes around the legs) like Czechoslovaks and French soldiers.
Thanks for your answer, Ondrej....I am not expert about uniforms....but I think another possibility is a Yugoslavian soldier.
I thnink that Yugoslavian infantry also use puttee (spirall strips od clothes around the legs)...although I suppose a Yugoslav soldier would not appear so smiling next to the German soldiers....
Both Romania and Yugoslavia used this model of gun...

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Re: Skoda artillery in late 1930s

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Post by nuyt » 14 Jan 2024, 17:52

I think you are right Sturm, a Yugoslav soldier. Maybe he is smiling because he was an ethnic German from the Banat. The people in the village look quite friendly too, well dressed, urban I'd say. May this was in the Banat?

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Jan 2024, 23:00

Thank you, nuyt

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