Hello fellows, Here the first pictures of a long day in the museum of war-technic ( Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung ) at Koblenz. A paradise for fans of every sort of artillery you can imagine. I �was so astonished of the count of pieces that i took only pictures from the interesting one's in my opinion but be shure i go there in near future (settling down nearby will be better ) to do a more exact excurse. Here three pic's of the 7,7 -�C/96 in her first issue -regard the engravements on the barrel ! �I thought at once at our comrade Istevano as i "meet" this gun. in the following some pictures of the misterious 7,7 cm AA-Gun from 1917 build by the Rheinische Metallwaaren Fabriken . Explaining text sadfully in German - but i think�the details will be understood by our experts.
so far for the moment -more will follow if you all want. Besides : now i got behind the secret of these half automatic serving breeches......
The C96 pics are most interesting.� Clearly retaining the carraige, and screw-block breach of the C73 series; this must indeed be a rare early example.
The other item was officially termed ; 7,7cm Sockel-Geschutze "System Ehrhardt 1916".�� The platform carraige is quite unique, and in travel mode the gun and cruciform actually was folded back onto the�platform.� They served in appreciable numbers, and the only other surviver I know of resides in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels.
Thank's very much for your comment. At my next visit i will reserche more about the history off this indeed rare example . The words you wrote about the 7.7 cm Ehrhardt -Gun are quite the same text as the german one i posted above - advice fore Your knowledge. Hope i can change it livelike in 1:6 ready for use of Blank cartridges Cal. 12/40. The barrel and pivot is nearly ready- more under modelling nexttime.
best regards Gerd
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Thank's for offering your help . Very politefull. Hope i find enough describtions in the library of the museum. They have 15000 books and 60000 technical handbooks there. But you know -most you want you can`t get.
best regards
Gerd
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