K5 Railway Artillery Gun

[Eax-E]

Hello,

Nice picture of a K5 on its turntable being visited by the Generalfeldmarechal von Brauchitsch in Calais area. From ebay.



Grtz

[jopaerya]

According to the Ebay photocaption this should be Metz 1944 , any idea on the place of the railway tunnels ??

Regards Jos

[schwarzermai]

According to the Ebay photocaption this should be Metz 1944 , any idea on the place of the railway tunnels ??

Regards Jos

Hello Jos

Saarland, maybe St. Avold or St. Wendel

Uwe

[jazote]

According to the Ebay photocaption this should be Metz 1944 , any idea on the place of the railway tunnels ??
Regards Jos

Hello Jos
Saarland, maybe St. Avold or St. Wendel
Uwe

Maybe, too, tunnel de Tavannes... No ?

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Isn't it Aberdeen K5?
Please look at the gun's camouflage

[na4222]

All I can say is that the Aberdeen K5 as almost certainly repainted at least once, so the camo scheme may not be the best tracing source.

Best,
Nezar

[Dili]

It would be difficult to trace precisely the camouflage if it was another gun. So i would say that there are at least good odds that it is indeed the same gun.

[Andrzej Ditrich]

I see pretty good collage
Common features:
-almost the same camouflage (99%)
-the same elevation of the gun
Why there is a single gun without ammo wagons and no loko behind!

May I guess: photo is saled as repro?

Brgds.

[jopaerya]

Hello Andrzej

I agree with you , this picture could be fake one .

Regards Jos

[photo-war]

PHotos grouping to Wlate Siebel who served in Eisenbahn-Artillerie-Batterie 686. There are some nice photo of K5 in action around Leningrad:

http://www.photo-war.com/ru/archives/album5243.htm

[MLW]

It is very possible a Photoshop job using this image from this webpage - http://www.andystransambikeride.org/day010510.htm
The similarities are striking.

Regards,
Marc

[wimve]

Looks like the right picture.
If you look under the right buffer /stop you see what I think is a brake hose pointing a little forward. The bw ebay picture shows the same itme, same angle.

Also the clothing of the people right seems to be "static", statue like.

[searay]

The black and white illustration with the tunnels behind is water-color artwork by Steve Noon from the Osprey Campaign book "Metz 1944" and shows the Ebersviller rail tunnels on the Metz-Bouzonville rail line where the guns were active in early October 1944.

[jopaerya]

Thanks Steve

That explanes a lot .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Some images from EBay:

Sturm78