Russian artillery Id.

[Juha Tompuri]

As for the Russian guns I suppose that the turret will be a MB-2-180 mount and the single gun in open mount a MO-1-180 or a MO-8-180, no??

Turret - I suppose too and the single open mount probably the MO-1-180
At least according to the info from:

Three coast defense mounts using these guns were in service. The first one was MO-8-180 using 8"/50 (20.3 cm) guns relined to 180 mm/56 (7.1") with ballistics identical to those of the B-1-P gun. A total of 9 mounts were built in 1933-35 and all were installed in the Far East. The second coastal mount was another open mounting designated as MO-1-180 and designed in 1934. A total of 42 mounts were built by June 1941 and these were installed in 12 batteries located all around the Soviet coastline.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussi ... _m1932.htm

Have you another wartime photo of these guns in coastal use? Especially of the single gun mount version

What batteries used these guns in the Baltic area in the Second World War?

# 18 near Liepaja
#315 at Sõrve peninsula
#317at Ninase Peninsula
#316 at Tahkuna Peninsula
#314 at Osmussaar Island


Photos, maps and info from Yuri Melkonov books:


http://www.melkon.lv/eng/books/pkb.php3


http://www.melkon.lv/eng/books/bm.php3

http://www.melkon.lv/eng/books/shops.php3


Regards, Juha

[Sturm78]

Hi Juha Tompuri, thank you very much for your information, images and links.

Regards Sturm78

[Juha Tompuri]

You're welcome
"Information not shared is lost ", as the Forum motto goes

Regards, Juha

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I need help again for Id. these russian guns:

Image 1: ???
Image 2: russian coastal gun. perhaps 152mm Canet ?

Images from Ebay
Regards Sturm78

[Manuferey]

On picture # 1 it's a 76,2 mm Pattern 1914/15 "Lender's Gun", the main Soviet AA gun in the 20's and 30's.

On picture #2 I don't think it's a 152 mm Canet. It could be a 130 mm Pattern 1913.

Emmanuel

[Juha Tompuri]

On picture #2 I don't think it's a 152 mm Canet. It could be a 130 mm Pattern 1913.

Yes, it well could be:


http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... t=#p123764


http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... it=#p87270


Regards, Juha

[Sturm78]

Hi Manuferey and Juha. Thank you very much for your answers.

Probably you are right : 130mm M1913 russian gun

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me identify this coastal gun? I know it's difficult question because you can only see the rear part of the cannon, but.... I think it is of Russian origin; perhaps a 203mm or 152mm cannon.


Image from Ebay
Regards Sturm78

[Juha Tompuri]

Possibly a Russian/Soviet modernized (barrel turned upside down to increase elevation/range) Vickers 203/50 gun.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussi ... _m1905.htm

Regards, Juha

[Manuferey]

It could also be a 152 mm Canet gun with the barrel turned upside down as in some Finnish configurations.

See Juha's picture posted on Feb. 21, 2003 here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=16816

Emmanuel

[Juha Tompuri]

It could also be a 152 mm Canet gun with the barrel turned upside down as in some Finnish configurations.

I think the recoil cylinder/spring assembly resembles more the (Russian/Soviet) Vickers 203mm one.
A scan from Itsenäisen Suomen Rannikkotykit 1918-1998 ( Coastal Artillery pieces of Independent Finland...) by Ove Enqvist

Regards, Juha

[dvzhuk]

Hello Sturm 78,

Probably you are right : 130mm M1913 russian gun

They are right
This is gun No. 2 of battery "A" in suburbs of Leningrad.

Regards, Denis

[dvzhuk]

Hello Juha,

I think the recoil cylinder/spring assembly resembles more the (Russian/Soviet) Vickers 203mm one.

I agree with you, 6" Canet recoil springs looks different:

6in_Canet_recoil_springs.jpg (36.64 KiB) Viewed 2163 times

The gun of question should be 203-mm.

Regards, Denis

[Sturm78]

Hi Denis, Juha and Emmanuel. Thank you very much for your answers.

203mm Vickers-Obuhov for my last image

Regards Sturm78

[Manuferey]

I agree, the recoil assembly did not seem to quite match the Canet gun in the first place.

But which 203 mm is it ? Pattern 1905?

Emmanuel