Chris Boonzaier Posted August 3, 2008 Author Posted August 3, 2008 Thats a thing of beauty Chris!!!EricIndeed.... next time you come around we can play with it....
Eric K. Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 I have an old charge/range book, I think it's dated 1913-1915 somewhere around that time frame. I'll look for it tonight. Eric
xxx Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 btw, the "patrone" in the grenade was a 8x57 IS case, many times one of the early steal cases not good enough for battlefield ammo. they had have many problems with steel for cartridge cases so go first time only for blanks and similar.
sef1962 Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Just got these two minenwerfer postcards, more of an artistic slant, a nice Divisional Feldpost stamp and Kompanie stamp on back of one of them. 8.Ersatz Div. and Minenwerfer Kompanie 162
Ulsterman Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 What self respecting garden gnome wouldn't want one of THESE, fully accessorized? Oddly enough- I actually have one of these in front of my local library-quietly rusting away, painted light blue.
Naxos Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 From the album of Leutnant Hurst. The Minenwerfer of 52. (Baden) Division am Winterberg 1917
bob lembke Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) The first mine thrower, in the first post of the thread, was the 76 mm spigot mortar. There also was a 76 mm tubed mortar. The "fuze" in the photo is actually a long lanyard to pull to fire the device. This model was called "the Priester" as it was supposedly designed by a priest! (A practical application of "Gott mit Uns", I guess!) The workshop of my father's flame regiment made a version that only weighed 20 kilos and could be worn on the back like a back-pack. (You put it on the ground to fire it, of course.)Bob LembkePS: "Naxos", I finally burned a CD of the Gruss thesis and will mail it when I get some packing material. Edited January 23, 2009 by bob lembke
Naxos Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 PS: "Naxos", I finally burned a CD of the Gruss thesis and will mail it when I get some packing material.Thanks Bob
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 23, 2009 Author Posted January 23, 2009 . This model was called "the Priester" as it was supposedly designed by a priest!Hi,the Priesterwerfer could fire the same bomb as this one, but was a totally different werfer altogether.bestChris
sef1962 Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 What type of minenwerfer ? any help on unit thanks Mark
sef1962 Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) is this any big enough I need a better scanner! Edited January 30, 2009 by sef1962
sef1962 Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks for the information Cnock How many types of minenwerfer are there ?
Naxos Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) The group belongs to "K?nigin Elisabeth" Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.3 (note the Garde Litzen on the collars)Hardy Edited January 30, 2009 by Naxos
bob lembke Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Thanks for the information Cnock How many types of minenwerfer are there ?I think there was the tubed 76 mm weapon pictured just above, at least two types of spigot 76 mm mortars as discussed and pictured above (I think all three 76 mm weapons were called licht M. W., or "light mine thrower"), the 17 cm "medium" MW, and the 24.5 cm "heavy" mine thrower. The Pioniere I think served all three for a while and then the infantry (such as in the photo just above) got the light MW back, while the Pioniere continued to serve the two heavier calibers.I would also imagine that there were variants and some odd things like pneumatic mine throwers earlier in the war, but I think that they eventually settled on the devices listed above. Bob Lembke
cnock Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 HI,Spigot and Priest mortars are Granatwerfer, not MinenwerferRegard,Cnock
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 1, 2009 Author Posted February 1, 2009 Great to see it in use without the base plate.
cnock Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Chris,I used to have a Granatwerfer Taube in my possession, the launcher itself is heavy enough to be fired without the base plate (no, I didn't try to fire it)Fuzes heavy and medium Minewerfer (middle), and light Minenwerfer.Cnock
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 1, 2009 Author Posted February 1, 2009 Hi,the problem is that in softer ground it would be pushed into the ground without the plate.On the solid ersatz base it could work.BestChris
cnock Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Hi Chris,yes, indeed, and that is why it was fired from the parapet of the trench in the dunes at the Belgian coast, when there was no base plate.Cnock
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