German artillery with barrel blown up
German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Two images from Ebay: A 15cm sFH18 and a 21cm Mrs18
Sturm78
Two images from Ebay: A 15cm sFH18 and a 21cm Mrs18
Sturm78
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Inbore explosion is a ugly thing. I saw some photographs of exaples during my basic artillery training, Fortunatly never experienced this relatively rare event.
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
This was one of the barrels from Battery Roon - 22cm K532(f) - in Jersey which blew up on firing, killing at least one of the crew. They buried the blown bits near the gun pit, I assume, which were then discovered when excavation work was being done in preparation for the football pitch at the new prison at La Moye, and the pieces removed to the No.3 gun pit at Battery Möltke, where they still lie today...
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Another two images from Ebay:
Image 1: 15cm sFH18
Image 2: 42cm M-Gërat from WW1
Sturm78
Another two images from Ebay:
Image 1: 15cm sFH18
Image 2: 42cm M-Gërat from WW1
Sturm78
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Were these all accidental explosions, or "spiking' the guns?
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi Spontoon,
I think most of these photos show accidental explosions, although it is sometimes difficult to differentiate.
Another image from Ebay:
Sturm78
I think most of these photos show accidental explosions, although it is sometimes difficult to differentiate.
Another image from Ebay:
Sturm78
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Another image of a 15cm sFH18 german howitzer KO by internal explosion:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Another image of a 15cm sFH18 german howitzer KO by internal explosion:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
10.5cm K18 gun or 15cm sFH18 howitzer; It is difficult to distinguish
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
10.5cm K18 gun or 15cm sFH18 howitzer; It is difficult to distinguish
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Another image from Ebay: It is the same gun of my first image in this thread
Sturm78
Another image from Ebay: It is the same gun of my first image in this thread
Sturm78
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Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Another 15cm sFH18 howitzer with barrel blown
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Another 15cm sFH18 howitzer with barrel blown
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Banana split odd gun on tracked chassis from exp. eBay.de auction, ex-Soviet barrel carriage?
Markus
Markus
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
Another 15cm sFH18 german howitzer with barrel blown up:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Markus your image shows a 203mm Br-4 tracked barrel trailer (Soviet)
Another 15cm sFH18 german howitzer with barrel blown up:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Markus your image shows a 203mm Br-4 tracked barrel trailer (Soviet)
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Thanks Sturm,Sturm78 wrote:Markus your image shows a 203mm Br-4 tracked barrel trailer (Soviet)
I suspected as much, it's just that the milled protrusion behind the barrel step looks different from the ones I've seen. No wonder, a portion of the barrel seems to be covered with canvas or some such stuff.
Markus
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
An image from WW1: 21cm Mrs howitzer with barrel blown up
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
An image from WW1: 21cm Mrs howitzer with barrel blown up
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: German artillery with barrel blown up
Hi all,
15cm sFH18 howitzer near Sevastopol:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
15cm sFH18 howitzer near Sevastopol:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78