K5 Railway Artillery Gun

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Sturm78 » 02 Nov 2014 21:08

Hi all,

A interesting (although blurry) image of the optical sight equipment of an 28cm K5 (E) gun (I think):

Image from EBay
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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 21 Nov 2014 01:01

Single photo with nice camo job made with K5 and another rare photo from eastern front.
The series is from Western Front - Italy?

source: lostbulgaria.com, Eric Wood
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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by kstdk » 21 Nov 2014 01:05

Hello

Really nice pictures, thanks for sharing!!

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by jopaerya » 11 Apr 2015 15:12

This 28 cm K 5 (E) looks a lot like the first picture of Andrzej here above .

Picture = Ebay

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by kstdk » 12 Apr 2015 21:47

Hello

A possible location for this 28 cm. K5?

Source: Exp. E-Bay auction.

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Bunkerfreak » 13 Apr 2015 19:27

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

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here some pics from the "Tavannes" tunnel near Verdun:
Tunnel Tavannes -- V1 lager 1944 -- 03 04 2011 BFA (1).JPG
Tunnel Tavannes -- V1 lager 1944 -- 03 04 2011 BFA (119).JPG
Tunnel Tavannes -- V1 lager 1944 -- 03 04 2011 BFA (31).JPG
I think it is not the tavannes tunnel, however there are some german ww2 modifications in this tunnel (most sources say it was an Vergeltungswaffen-lager)
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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Sturm78 » 20 May 2015 21:55

Hi all,

An image from EBay. I think Leopold or sister gun in Italy after its capture...

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Manuferey » 20 May 2015 22:48

Sturm78,

You can see a large "R" on the side in the middle. Therefore, it is Leopold's sister gun (or brother gun I should say here) "Robert". :lol:

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Sturm78 » 21 May 2015 11:09

Thank you, Emmanuel.. :wink:

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Sturm78 » 24 May 2015 23:06

Hi all,

....and the brother: Leopold

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Manuferey » 13 Jun 2015 14:23

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

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The same entrance of these twin tunnels today ("tunnels d'Ebersviller Nord & Sud"):

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Source: http://www.kbs-670.de/forum2/index.php? ... eadID=5844

For more information on these twin tunnels, see here:
http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/tu57/57186.1.pdf
http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/tu57/57186.2.pdf
Source: http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/inventaire.htm#14

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by jopaerya » 13 Jun 2015 19:37

Thanks Emmanuel

You are tunneling deep . :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Manuferey » 13 Jun 2015 21:47

Yeah, I have tunnel vision at the moment ! :lol:

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Sturm78 » 31 Jul 2015 22:50

Hi all,

A special railcar associated to the 28cm K5 (E) railway gun. Any idea ?? :?

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Re: K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by shamirnewell » 31 Jul 2015 23:27

Perhaps turntable sections
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