Chris Boonzaier Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Does anyone have any info on these and which units still used them in WW1?http://www.gunsmithsociety.com/arms-conser...tion-ethics.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 The shipping on this one's gonna be outrageous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hello Chris.The British "Handbook of the German Army in War. April 1918"lists this gun as being used in considerable numbers in the German foot artillery.It does not give units equipped with this gun but lists it as in commonest use together with 10, 15 and 24 cm (naval gun) but gives specifications .Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hi,Thanks for the reference. from what I can make out the 10 and 15 cms were used the most,the 13.5 cm was actually obsolete and reentered service. maybe in lage numbers, but much less comman han the 10 and 15cm.BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensF. Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I only have informations about the 13 cm Kanone which was a very modern gun. These old 13,5 cm were not used in Verdun btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 I only have informations about the 13 cm Kanone which was a very modern gun. These old 13,5 cm were not used in Verdun btw.Here it is.... 1909.The shell was made end of 1917.http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bi...09&offset=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 These old 13,5 cm were not used in Verdun btw.I would not be so sure... you found a heavy M?rser or Artillery round a couple of years ago that was not supposed to be there either.The Krupp 13.5 was being phased out, but was still being used till the end of the war... problem is... where? the the book of the Schwere feldarty it does not say..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 According to the French book on german artillery rounds.... the 13cm Feldkanone has a round that is 13.5 cm.So I guess that is the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensF. Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 (edited) The model 1909 was used at Verdun, but designated as "13 cm Kanone 09". Its construction was far from obsolete; it was a modern gun with a long range. I thought there was an old 18whatever gun with the same caliber, you were talking about. The 13 cm 09 was used during the conmplete war and its only problem was its heavy weight. See my post here:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11257&st=20# Edited September 30, 2006 by JensF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 The model 1909 was used at Verdun, but designated as "13 cm Kanone 09". Its construction was far from obsolete; it was a modern gun with a long range. I thought there was an old 18whatever gun with the same caliber, you were talking about. The 13 cm 09 was used during the conmplete war and its only problem was its heavy weight. See my post here:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11257&st=20#But when you look in the huge book on the WW1 Fussarty... very few units seem to have had it, inspite of it being used through the war. if I understand correctly, after its into, it was decided the calibre was not a good one and they stopped making it just after the outbreak of the war, although still using those they had.BesChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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