IrishGunner Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Four photos from a Reserve FussArtillerie Batl; you can see the unit painted on one of the gun carriages - but you can only see the first number - a 2 - in the battalion's number. The gun: 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze 13 L/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 21 cm Mörser 99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 This is a prototype 21 cm VersuchMörser L/10; only 8 were made in 1906 for testing recoil systems with the 21cm caliber. I'm pretty sure this Juteborg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 21 cm Mörser M10 (the result of the VersuchMörser tests) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) 21cm Morser M16 (barrel was lengthened from L/12 to L/14.5 - increased range). The addition of a shield makes it easy to identify this model. Edited November 5, 2013 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 This is not bad... "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 what kind of cannon thingy is this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) what kind of cannon thingy is this?? A captured French de Bange Canon de 155mm L Modèle 1877 Edited December 14, 2013 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 This is not bad... "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!!" This one is a 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze M13 kurz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Here's a crew in action on one of the big boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Here's a crew in action on one of the big boys. That's a great shot of the 42cm M-Gerät L/12 Howitzer (Dicke Bertha) Here's more on the "big boy" or "Fat Bertha" at the Landships II website - http://www.landships.info/landships/artillery_articles.html# (scroll in the menu to the left) Edited December 15, 2013 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Another big gun... The Eisenbahn Kanone - 38 cm Schnellladen Kanone (SK) L/45 "Max" These were originally intended to be naval guns on ships, but many were adapted for land use, first in concrete/metal emplacements and then later on rail cars. As you can see from the caption, this one was destroyed/captured by the Australians near Amiens. I suspect the photo was taken after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 If you like these big caliber guns, you should go to Tony Schnurr's website (Kaiser's Bunker) and see his brass collection. The largest I have is a 21cm, but he has the big mamas. Just the shipping to acquire them was a fortune! Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 If you like these big caliber guns, you should go to Tony Schnurr's website (Kaiser's Bunker) and see his brass collection. The largest I have is a 21cm, but he has the big mamas. Just the shipping to acquire them was a fortune! Chip I've been to every nook and cranny of Tony's site. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I´d like to show you a another big one: It´s a heavy coast-mortar 305mm, L/17 ("schwere Küstenmörser i.R.") - i.R. means "in Radlafette" (wheel-mount - I don´t know if this is the right english translation...) This one is a rare photo, because from this gun only ONE single gun was built in 1912 by Krupp. It was used by the "Schwere-Küstenmörser-Batterie Nr.6" (6th army). Calibre: 305mm Weight: 24.500kg Weight of the shell: 333kg Range: 11,7km Moved by tractor in two parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Another sad photo. Big Berta with a barrel burst. Unfortunaley I couldn´t find out, which unit it was. There were a couple of barrel-bursts of the 42cm Edited January 13, 2014 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Great photos Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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