Artillerie abbreviations
Re: Artillerie abbreviations
It generally meant, (v) batteries had guns on field carriages, which could be moved just anytime in a matter of minutes, while guns of the (o) batteries had just pedestal mounts and had to be bolted to a concrete foundation.
Re: Artillerie abbreviations
Hi Grzesio,
Here is picture from batterie Cap Roux
I don't think that they could move that in a few minutes, or maybe you meant that figurative
Here is picture from batterie Cap Roux
I don't think that they could move that in a few minutes, or maybe you meant that figurative
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Re: Artillerie abbreviations
You're right it would take some time but the gun got there on its own set of wheels and would leave, eventually, on its own set of wheels unlike an 88mm on a "behelfslaffette".
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Alan
Re: Artillerie abbreviations
I agree, thx