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Re: Hillersleben

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 01 Jan 2009, 18:24

Hello
->Heimatschuss
Is R-Geschoss still on exhibit in Tupl Altmark?
Was PPG recovered too?
I saw on the film that there are still visible R-geschossen pierced concrete targets :) The commendant of Tupl Altmark said it is 21cm.

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Post by Richie B » 01 Jan 2009, 18:57

Auseklis wrote:What is this mine clearing vehicle, already marked by the Ordnance Technical Inspection Team???
Rather an old question I know but it doesn't seem to have been answered. It is a Minenraumer.

http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Alkett.htm

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by bunkerik » 02 Jan 2009, 19:30

To @ndrew:

I was at Hilersleben in 1998. We then spoke with two Bundeswehr soldiers, who we believe where there on private reasons too. They told us to be aware of the Kommandant. I did not find the bunkers on Hillersleben.
We were in the south part. We spoke with the Bundeswehr soldiers and they told us that the bunkers are in the north part. One is closed (destroyed) and the other one is in use for testing lasers on Leopard tanks.
Friends of mine who visited Hillersleben very often, told me that nowadays you better stay away, because the Bundeswehr have increased the controle of the area.
When you are still going, I wish you the best of luck and hope to hear from you what you're experience was there.
Greetings, Richard

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Heimatschuss » 12 Jan 2009, 16:18

Hello @ndrew,

what do you mean by R-Geschoss and PPG ?

R-Geschoss = Röchling grenade?
@ndrew wrote:Hello
->Heimatschuss
Is R-Geschoss still on exhibit in Tupl Altmark?
Was PPG recovered too?
I saw on the film that there are still visible R-geschossen pierced concrete targets :) The commendant of Tupl Altmark said it is 21cm.

Brgds
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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 12 Jan 2009, 16:59

Hi
R-Geschoss = Röchling grenade-yes I meant it.

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Zünder » 13 Jan 2009, 10:53

It think it's impossible to say wether or not the Röchling shells in that wall were 21 cm or not.
Allthough 21 cm Rö 42 and Rö 44 shells are the most well known and probably also most tested at the Hillersleben Prooving Grounds; they also tested 15 and 17 cm Röchling.
15 and 17 cm Röchling were full kaliber shells at first, but during later trials they tested 21 cm Rö shells fitted with 15 or 17 cm sabots and supportrings.

After firing , during flight, the sabot flew away, the supportrings sheared off, leaving the actual shell to hit the target.
And since the actual shell without rings and sabot had the same diameter (116 mm for Rö 42 and 129 mm for the Rö 44), it's impossible to say which gun it was originally fired from.

PPG's were fired and recovered, to my knowledge 3,7 cm, 10,5 cm, 28 cm and 30,5 cm PPG's have been tested and most of those have been found by now.

I've scanned a page from an original CIOS report about Hillersleben Prooving Grounds, it shows the Minenraumer.
Hope it gives extra info, enjoy.

If anybody has any original- or scanned documents about Hillersleben or the ammunition tested there, i am interested in obtaining copies.

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 15 Jan 2009, 15:33

Hello Zünder,

with due respect but according to my knowledge which is based on the film from German TV - there were said by commendant that it had been 21cm :)
And since the actual shell without rings and sabot had the same diameter (116 mm for Rö 42 and 129 mm for the Rö 44), it's impossible to say which gun it was originally fired from
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-valuable note-Thx!
PPG's were fired and recovered, to my knowledge 3,7 cm, 10,5 cm, 28 cm and 30,5 cm PPG's have been tested and most of those have been found by now.
-I'm happy to hear this

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by kerrd » 04 Jun 2010, 19:29

I just found this post on Hillersleben.

If anyone wants a high-resolution copy of my U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph of the Minenraumer,

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 7&t=162075

just let me know.


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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by beackeat » 24 Apr 2013, 14:12

Hi all, does anyone know of any local historians in the Hillersleben area, who are knowledgeable about the Dora/Gustav? Any ideas how I might contact them?

Any help is much appreciated!

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by jopaerya » 14 Oct 2013, 18:57

Please note that all guns and parts are marked as Versuchsplatz Hillersleben , picture's Ebay and Natter

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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 19 Nov 2013, 10:49

I have found the photo of 40P8 cupola parts, excavated at Hillersleben. Does anybody knows the fate of cupola? Is it placed in any museum? And what about the other armoured parts, like the revolving turret "vorpanzer"?
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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by jbb20p7 » 19 Nov 2013, 11:48

Hello

IMPRESSIVE picture 8O

you have more pics about this cupola here http://www.nexusboard.net/sitemap/15919 ... ekte-t631/

Bye :wink:
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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by AvB » 19 Nov 2013, 14:40

I think it's a 36P8 even! 8-) See the difference between the two.
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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 19 Nov 2013, 23:09

Thanks jbb20p7 for the link. Interesting photos. Is not it a nonpublic "museum" inside the military area?

Arhur is right, it is a 36P8! I see the remnants of two cupolas at page, linked by jbb20p7. Hard too say, if both are 36P8 ...

By the way, could anyone identify the rests of high resistance cupola, which has been excavated few years ago at former German proving grounds near Darłowo. It has a similar shape as A1 MG cupolas (40P8 or 69P9) - rounded bottom edge. But it has no embrassures, only the side periscope holes. Could it be any observation type? Or the casted coupola with the embrassures never finished?
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Re: HILLERSLEBEN

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Post by AvB » 20 Nov 2013, 15:02

I think they're both 36P8. You see the middle part with bolts.

Interesting one Ondrej! Looks like a prototype? Also because of the X, don't think it's a roman number. The turret indeed looks like an unfinished 40P8, but an actual turret would always be completed in the factory, including Schartes. You've found more photos, from the other side? :D

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