Landships II

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

RE: I need help for Id. heavy artillery

Date: Dec 24, 2009

Yep, it's definitely the BL 6 inch Mk. VII gun in traveling carriage. Originally these were statically mounted coast guns.

SASH155 · Major

Yep, it's the BL 6 inch Mk. VII on traveling carriage.

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

Thank you very much, SASH155.

Here another super heavy gun for Id.� I think it is only the barrel being transported by railcar and I guess it is of French origin.

Image from www.delcampe.net
Regards Sturm78

Lafettenheini · Colonel

Dear Mr. Martin ,

so sorry that i wasn't on here for long and saw your post earlier .

I am glad to know now to where some Krupp Guns dissapeared

after they have been jused here in Germany till the I WW .

They have been builded 7 miles away from me in Essen and i builded and

build them still as steelmade models original riveted as you may see on the

pics below. Will seek out some pictures from a great Krupp book and some

other archives next . Fellows here will please forgive me cause i posted

them allready on other topics. I have also some pics from Obuchov cannons

which where mostly license or covered types of our Krupp ones . Only

the breeches were a russian - most screw-breech construction .

That's all i can say for first - i am looking forward for a long changing of

mails here

sincerely

Gerd Heinrichs ( Lafettenheini )

Ps . : More pics from the model in advance and others by request

SASH155 · Major

Laffetenheini, beautiful model, what is it a model of exactly (you seem to indicate by your last post that is it an Obuchov licensed copy of�a Krupp coast defense gun; is it a 228mm (9 pud.)?

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

Hi all,

I need your help to identify this british gun. I think�it is a 6in field gun but I do not know�the model : Mk�VII or Mk 19 ?? confuse

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Image from LIFE
Regards Sturm78

Brennan · Lieutenant-Colonel

I believe it is a mark VII, as the section over the top of the gun tube just foward of the wheels with a projection sticking out at approx 45 degrees is not something that shows in Mark XIX photos, I have seen things very similsar in Mark VII photos.

In addition, note all the gunners are well clear of the path of the gun rcoil! The Mark XIX is on the 8" Howitzer Carriage & recoil system so while it did move about it was nowhere near as voilent in the recoil as the Mark VII!

SASH155 · Major

Yes, this is another Mk. VII. The BL 6 inch gun Mk. VII "in travelling carriage"�had a ring cradle and bottom mounted recoil cylinders left over from the coastal mounts that this ordnance originally�came from. And indeed, the later purpose built Mk. XIX's had�the carriage and sleigh type cradle with the recoil system mounted inside of the BL 8 inch Mk. VI-VIII howitzers.

-- Edited by SASH155 on Sunday 14th of February 2010 06:35:37 PM

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

Thank you very much, Brennan and SASH155

Regards Sturm78

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

Hi all,

Does somebody if this Krupp 21cm coastal gun on Verschwindlafette (dissappearing carriage) was used by the Germans or any other country ?

I know that Germany use a 28cm Kst. K. L45 gun model on Verschwindlafette in Battery Deich, Wilhelmshaven...but not an 21cm gun model

Image from a Krupp catalog via http://katalog.istanbul.edu.tr/client/e ... 4&isd=true

Sturm78

-- Edited by Sturm78 on Thursday 25th of January 2024 03:30:43 PM

Sturm78 · Lieutenant-Colonel

Nobody for my last image ?

Well, here another image from Ebay. I am not sure if 21cm SK L40 or L45 gun or another gun .....

Sturm78