Demonstration para Unit (Lehrtruppe) XI. Flieger-Korps ?

[Urmel]

Thanks. The quite heavy clothing also would indicate January or February, I should think. That's very helpful.

[Peter H]

Here's another mystery gun from the same source (well anyway not a LG40).

[Urmel]

Russian 7.62cm Zis-3 gun? A number of these were sent over with the 5 Jan convoy. So this could have been a demonstration of new artillery items to high-level officers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_divi ... 28ZiS-3%29

[David W]

Russian 7.62cm Zis-3 gun?

Looks like it, doesn't it.

[Urmel]

It could be the FSV-22, not 100% certain, but 99% certain it's one of the two.

[Alanmccoubrey]

That is definitely the 76.2mm F-22 divisional gun, the Germans called it the the Pak 36(r) or the Feldkanone 296(r).

[David W]

Muzzle brake? Did one have one, and the other not.

(I was addressing JBond, but Alan's post just got their first, I'm adding this to avoid confusion).

[Urmel]

Alan is right, at least from what I can see. The F-22 had no recuperator above the barrel, while the Zis-3 did. The gun in the picture doesn't have one.

[Urmel]

JBond.

I understand from shipping documents & monthly returns figures, that the guns were 10cm LG 2 (Not sure of full & correct designation) & that they were in North Africa.

Okay, I have found a document in the DAK WD which is from 9 Jan 42 and states that 4 LG2 (correct LG42) were in North Africa with the artillery battery.

[radiosmersh]

Source is NARA T-313 R-437

[Urmel]

Thanks for this. Do you have the archive signature? Is that from the documents held by Russian archives?

[radiosmersh]

Thanks for this. Do you have the archive signature? Is that from the documents held by Russian archives?

The report comes from the NARA microfilm roll T-313 R-437 (Panzer Army Africa), as I stated in my message:

Source is NARA T-313 R-437

[Urmel]

Ah sorry, I overlooked that! Many thanks.