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Posted on the Axishistory forum, but I guess there are some folks here who might be able to help. No information, just two pics. Could be some German WW1 era prototype or modification.



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The gun looks very similar to the 1918 9cm Rheinmetall field gun but there are a number of detail differences.

The Rheinmetall design was recycled after WW1 by Solothurn (effectively Rheinmetall in Switzerland) as an 88mm field gun - this design was sold to the Chinese and built as the Liao Type 18 88mm field gun. There is a surviving Liao gun in the Beijing Military Museum. My guess is the images are of the prototype of the Solothurn gun.

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Charlie

Edit: Found an image of the Type 18 in Beijing - attached

-- Edited by CharlieC on Thursday 28th of June 2018 11:15:55 PM



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 29th of June 2018 12:49:51 AM



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 29th of June 2018 11:16:03 AM

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Thanks Charlie, that's a good option.

I found another one, the 10,5cm Krupp howitzer M/2 Z.A. (screenshot from the Nuremberg files):



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