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Amazing what a decent search engine will dredge up - the attached is an artillery piece

which the caption said was captured at Cambrai in Nov 1917. The caption says Krupp 21cm M1891 

but I don't think so - opinions please?

Charlie

 

 



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I typed "Krupp 21cm 1898" into Google and got this. I notice they are not quite the same, but pretty close. Caption says:

Krupp 21cm. howitzer mounted gun (Lafette) for siege and fortified defense



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Wikipedia agrees: 

21 cm Haubitze M1891



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Here's a pic of a survivor at Fort Dix Museum, USA:

survivor at Fort Dix Museum



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Yes - convinced me it's a 21cm Krupp M1891.

Wonder if it's worth an entry in Landships II?

Charlie

 



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 22nd of September 2023 11:16:06 PM

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Well, sure it is! I mean, why not?!



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The Russians fielded a similar looking 203mm Model 1892 mortar. - the German Army used captured

Russian mortars on the Western Front - perhaps 20 of them.

Charlie



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