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2- 5,7 cm Kanone in Panzer-Lafette (Fahrpanzer)
3- 17 cm S.K. L/40 in Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/02 from Battery Gneisenau II
4- 25,4 cm L/45 M92 Russian gun captured and used by the Germans
5- 28 cm S.K. L/45 in Küsten-Panzer-lafette from Battery Tirpitz
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Thank you for your help with these. I find I struggle with the old guns due to a lack of references and Google is of little help.
Here's some more for your puzzlement
1. German howitzers surrendered after the Armistice - look very old with massive carriages
2. Another German long range gun - I think this one is a Canet gun but not sure if Russian or French.
3. Mangled 10cm(?) guns, can't decide if Krupp M92 or Russian 1877 guns
4. Looks de Bange but the barrel seems too massive for a de Bange gun
5. We have a model of the carriage on the forum at the moment don't know about the gun though.
The 25.4cm M92 Russian gun from the last post was emplaced outside Crepy-en-Laonnais - it was on another print of the image.
On Google maps there is a location for a "Berta emplacement" in a wood north of the village of Crepy so the emplacement in the image may still be there.
Regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Thursday 4th of June 2020 11:21:52 AM
Charlie, You've produced an interesting pic in the first one listed.
These are "Beute" systems, converted and pressed into service. They were original Krupp produced, in place, 15cm Belgian fortress pieces. They were given purpose built all steel carriages. At least two batteries were provided with these guns; perhaps more.
The 2nd gun was previously identified.
The remaining 3 are all Italian; likely abandoned Caparetto victims.
.... can't open the pics, but from the naked eye, the first clearly illustrates Brit depressed flats. Can't make out the ordnance though..... Can you re-post ?
Found the second one - the strange looking railway guns. They are American built to carry 12 inch Model 1890 coastal defence mortars. The mortars had elevation
between 35 and 65 degrees and fairly modest range but someone thought it a good idea. About 60 of these were built but they never made it to France before the Armistice.
The other image is a German Lange 15cm Kanone, or more commonly called "Ringkanone". They were crewed by Reserve Foot Artillery personnel during the Great War. The same weapon system was a popular Krupp export item. Large numbers were sold to the Ruski and some to Belgium. The export versions had solid trunnion supports while the German version was skeletal.
