Help Id these heavy coastal guns

na4222 · Post by **na4222** » 16 Nov 2022 14:48

Thanks both fascinating stuff!

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 16 Nov 2022 22:09

Hi all,

Another two images from the same Ebay photo serie:

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Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 06 Dec 2022 10:26

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun ??

Image from Ebay
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na4222 · Post by **na4222** » 06 Dec 2022 14:54

15cm SK L/45 perhaps? But not terribly sure.

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 07 Dec 2022 17:14

na4222 wrote
15cm SK L/45 perhaps? But not terribly sure.

Thank you, na4222
If you are right, and Ebay photo caption is right saying that the photo was taken in France, it could be Bat. Hertha on Ile de Re, near La Rochelle...

Regards
Sturm78

tristan-gereon · Post by **tristan-gereon** » 08 Dec 2022 20:31

Hello,
any ideas? Looks french.
Thanks Oliver

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 08 Dec 2022 21:21

Hi Oliver

240mm Mle 1884 on Affut G Mle 1901 (Cherbourg)

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tristan-gereon · Post by **tristan-gereon** » 08 Dec 2022 21:39

Hi Sturm,
woow, a very quick answer!! Thanks!!
Oliver

By the way. Do you know the excact battery?

ROLAND1369 · Post by **ROLAND1369** » 09 Dec 2022 02:16

Batterie de Bretteville Haut

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 11 Dec 2022 12:10

Hi all,

Any idea about this small gun ?
47mm Hotchkiss ??

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jopaerya · Post by **jopaerya** » 11 Dec 2022 13:58

Yes Sturm78

I was told that this was a Polish Hotchkiss gun at Oxhóft. ( Ebay )

Regards Jos

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 11 Dec 2022 18:37

Thanks, Jos

Regards
Sturm78

ROLAND1369 · Post by **ROLAND1369** » 13 Dec 2022 20:36

I would concur that the location is in Poland and was taken no later than 1941. The confirmation is the ID of the ship in the left background. From the design the ship is the EX French Armored Cruiser D'Entrecasteaux which was sold to Poland in 1927 as the Bałtyk. It was used as an unarmed training ship by the Poles, and as a barracks ship by the Germans, before being scrapped in 1941/1942.

ROLAND1369 · Post by **ROLAND1369** » 13 Dec 2022 20:49

Incidentally with the dual side mounted recoil cylinders and the location of the mount it is highly likely that these are 47 MM hotchkisses. At the time of delivery the ship had 6 of them on board.

Sturm78 · Post by **Sturm78** » 13 Dec 2022 21:35

Thanks for your information, ROLAND1369

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