K5 Railway Artillery Gun

[Sturm78]

Thank you, shamirnewell

Someone is sure about the railcar of my last image ? turntable sections wagon ??

Here, another two images of an abandoned 28cm K5 gun in Holland (E710 or E713 )

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Image from EBay:

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from EBay:

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[jopaerya]

According to the Ebay photo caption this should be Ahlen , the same place were also a 38 cm railway gun was found .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An blurry image from Ebay:

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay

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[kstdk]

Hello

Is that concrete behind the gun??

Regards
Kurt
kstdk

[Manuferey]

A propaganda drawing of 1940:

28K5card1940.jpg

Source: http://www.ansichtskarten-center.de/eis ... 940-eckbug

Emmanuel

[Manuferey]

Here is a picture of a 28 cm K5 in Building 2 at Hanomag facilities. According to the website
http://www.hanomag-museum.de/html/hanom ... chnik.html
Hanomag assembled 7 K5 guns de 1941 à 1943. The small size of the picture comes from the website.

28K5Hanomag.jpg

We can note that the cover of the aiming stand is held with struts. This is a feature that is quite uncommon on pictures of K5 I've seen so far. On Ausf. A, Ausf. B and many Ausf. C guns, the cover was held with chains. See Robert for instance. I wonder if the struts were a feature specific to the K5 manufactured by Hanomag.

The best known example of K5 with struts is Leopold (see picture below at Civitavecchia).

Leopoldstruts.jpg

Here is another picture of a K5 with struts (location and date unknown):

28cmK5withstruts.jpg

Source: http://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/ ... ilway-gun/

Emmanuel

[Manuferey]

On Ausf. A, Ausf. B and many Ausf. C guns, the cover was held with chains.
Emmanuel

Here is an intriguing picture of a gun with the cover of the aiming stand held with struts: there are provisions for Sprengwerk and it seems that there is the circular hatch on the side. This would make it an Ausf. B. But the only Ausf B I know is 919 217 which had the cover held with chains.

28cmK5Sprengwerkstruts.jpg

(picture first posted by Andrzej in a post in the following thread:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=224543

Emmanuel

[Manuferey]

What is the cylindrical-shaped piece of hardware in front of the guns below?

28cmK5cylinder.jpg

(Sources: as indicated for top left picture, 2nd page of this thread for picture on bottom left and ebay for right picture)

Emmanuel

[rpk4]

We can note that the cover of the aiming stand is held with struts. This is a feature that is quite uncommon on pictures of K5 I've seen so far. On Ausf. A, Ausf. B and many Ausf. C guns, the cover was held with chains. See Robert for instance. I wonder if the struts were a feature specific to the K5 manufactured by Hanomag.
Emmanuel

You know there is data on the 135th website (http://www.one35th.com/model/k5/k5_hist03.htm) that lists 919217, 919218, 919219 and 919220 as being manufactured by Hanomag...

What is the cylindrical-shaped piece of hardware in front of the guns below?

http://forum.axishistory.com/download/f ... iewder.jpg

How about the auxiliary generator(?) that would connect to the gun via the hatch on the front left of the gondola?

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And now for something completely different, what does anyone have to say about this image:

065-07-K5-in-France.jpg

I was under the impression this photo was taken in France - K5 (E) No. 919396, but then I saw this:

065-07-K5-not-in-France.jpg

It sure looks like the rail car on the left is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad? That would place an K5 (E) Ausf. D in the USA, right? O'Rourke (Anzio Annie does say that in February 1946, 2 more K5 (E) guns arrived in the U.S., having been found in the Hillersheben and Leipzig rail yards - one smooth bore barrel and one standard, the standard having never been fired.

boxcar.jpg

JB

[Manuferey]

We can note that the cover of the aiming stand is held with struts. This is a feature that is quite uncommon on pictures of K5 I've seen so far. On Ausf. A, Ausf. B and many Ausf. C guns, the cover was held with chains. See Robert for instance. I wonder if the struts were a feature specific to the K5 manufactured by Hanomag.
Emmanuel

You know there is data on the 135th website (http://www.one35th.com/model/k5/k5_hist03.htm) that lists 919217, 919218, 919219 and 919220 as being manufactured by Hanomag...

Yes, this is that list that made me think of the possible specific feature of Hanomag-built K5s. I hope to come across a German document or information one day that will prove or disprove my theory. Then we'll have one way to recognize Hanomag-made K5s.

What is the cylindrical-shaped piece of hardware in front of the guns below?
http://forum.axishistory.com/download/f ... iewder.jpg

How about the auxiliary generator(?) that would connect to the gun via the hatch on the front left of the gondola?

Yes, some kind of auxiliary generator would make sense. I wonder how it was connected to other parts: see the large cylindrical connecting part on top with bolts. Maybe it was steam-powered by a steam locomotive?

And now for something completely different, what does anyone have to say about this image:
065-07-K5-in-France.jpg
I was under the impression this photo was taken in France - K5 (E) No. 919396, but then I saw this:
065-07-K5-not-in-France.jpg
It sure looks like the rail car on the left is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad? That would place an K5 (E) Ausf. D in the USA, right? O'Rourke (Anzio Annie does say that in February 1946, 2 more K5 (E) guns arrived in the U.S., having been found in the Hillersheben and Leipzig rail yards - one smooth bore barrel and one standard, the standard having never been fired.
boxcar.jpg
JB

Jeff,

You'll be interested in the following thread:
28 cm K 5 (E) at U.S. Aberdeen Proving Grounds
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0&t=205906

There is a 3rd K5 gun in the 1st picture (in jos' post of 17 Feb 2014 13:56). If you look at the barrel of the middle gun, the pattern of the camouflage painting seems to be the same as for the barrel of 919356.

Emmanuel

[rpk4]

Thank you Emmanuel.

Just saw a large group of images on ebay http://stores.ebay.com/100yearsofhistor ... artillerie.

Notice the item on the front with a cable or hose connected to the gondola.

2016-10-31-009.jpg

JB

[Manuferey]

I think that K5 around Leningrad in 1943 would belong to E.686. The photos seem to show an Ausf. B and an Ausf. C.

Here is another photo album of a member of E.686 in Russia: http://www.photo-war.com/eng/archives/album5243.htm

Emmanuel