ID German Gun
ID German Gun
ID please.
thx Matti
thx Matti
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Think youre right! "My gun" only have 4,5 meter long barrel, which is far to short.but the barrel looks longer on the photo.
Ian Hogg says only 40 K39 guns were made, so this is a really rare piece then!
According to the same book, all guns were made for Turkey, but they were given to Wehrmacht instead at the outbreak of the war.
EE
If you wish, here is another look at the gun, the image is much larger. http://efour4ever.com/15cm_kanone39.htm
What level of confidence do you apply to the id of the gun as a 15 cm Kanone 39 to be correct?
thx- Matti
What level of confidence do you apply to the id of the gun as a 15 cm Kanone 39 to be correct?
thx- Matti
Hi Matti
I can't be 100 % sure about the gun on the photo.
The wheels have round holes ( so not 15 cm K 18 ) and you
can see the spades of the gun trails , so it has not a traversing
platform as the ( so not 17 cm K 18 ) , my guess is 75 % sure
a 15 cm K 39 . Maybe Tom from Hamburg has a opinion ?
Also very nice is the wooden protection around the recoil mechanisem
Regards Jos
I can't be 100 % sure about the gun on the photo.
The wheels have round holes ( so not 15 cm K 18 ) and you
can see the spades of the gun trails , so it has not a traversing
platform as the ( so not 17 cm K 18 ) , my guess is 75 % sure
a 15 cm K 39 . Maybe Tom from Hamburg has a opinion ?
Also very nice is the wooden protection around the recoil mechanisem
Regards Jos
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you've got my vote
Hello Comrades
Yep I think you are right jopaerya. It sure looks like an 150mm K 39. This picture of an assured one which might help for the comparison:
Source: http://users.belgacom.net/artillery/art ... tml#232194
It was the only picture I was able to find of it.
Gregory
Yep I think you are right jopaerya. It sure looks like an 150mm K 39. This picture of an assured one which might help for the comparison:
Source: http://users.belgacom.net/artillery/art ... tml#232194
It was the only picture I was able to find of it.
So that's what it was... I had a hard time trying to relate it to the K 39 because of this.jopaerya wrote:
Also very nice is the wooden protection around the recoil mechanisem
Regards Jos
Gregory
Thanks for information. Do you know about any pictures online of this Gun? Sadly this is the only picture I have of this gun, the rest is of K331's.Maybe a Belgian 7.5cm field gun (ex WWI German piece) with pneumatic tires and captured by the Germans in May 1940...
HTH
Regards,
Valtoro.
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Could it be a captured Norwegian 7.5 cm feltkanon m/01?
http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_weapons.htm
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http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_weapons.htm
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