Landships II

IrishGunner · Lieutenant

schwere Kanone 12cm M82 - Matrosen Artillerie in Flanders?

IrishGunner · Lieutenant

I definitely agree on "Beute" ... This Swiss website gives another photo different from Kosar on the 12cm M82, which convinces me further that is the gun. Despite the trail being significantly different. The Swiss site also cites Schneider having a hand in supplying this piece. So, I'm very much leaning in the direction of a captured Krupp 12cm M82.

It would be great to see the battery firing pic!

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Swiss site: http://www.sieber-online.ch/artillerie/frauenfeld/goodbye/entwicklung.htm

-- Edited by IrishGunner on Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:41:44 PM

CharlieC · Legend

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Could the gun be Russian? The 152mm M77 looks like reasonable match with your image.

Regards,

Charlie

IrishGunner · Lieutenant

CharlieC wrote:
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Could the gun be Russian? The 152mm M77 looks like reasonable match with your image.
Regards,
Charlie

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Charlie, I considered the Russian 152mm and you are right, they look similar.� I just thought the caliber of the Matrosen piece seemed smaller.

IrishGunner · Lieutenant

I'm now also wondering if it isn't a captured French piece; the carriage looks very de Bange. The closest might be the 95mm Cannon M1888

Ralph Lovett · General

I am not sure in the identity of the gun, but the Russian 152mm M1877 (42 Line Gun) does not have the cut out under the trunnions that this piece has.� Also, the 152mm M77 has wooden wheel hubs, this one has steel hubs.�

These are comparison photographs and drawings of the Russian 152mm M1877 (42 Line Gun):

http://www.lovettartillery.com/MAT_Russian_Artillery_152mm_M1877_Detail.htm

R/

Ralph Lovett

IrishGunner · Lieutenant

Ralph, the cut out under the trunnion is what made me think the 12cm M82.

28juni14 · Hero

Beute Belgium Krupp fortress piece. �I have another pic somewhere of them firing in battery.