German Artillery

[IrishGunner]

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

[IrishGunner]

21 cm Mörser 99

[IrishGunner]

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.

[IrishGunner]

21 cm Mörser M10 (the result of the VersuchMörser tests)

[IrishGunner]

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

[Chris Boonzaier]

This is not bad... "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!!"

[Chris Boonzaier]

what kind of cannon thingy is this??

[IrishGunner]

what kind of cannon thingy is this??

A captured French de Bange Canon de 155mm L Modèle 1877

Edited December 14, 2013 by IrishGunner

[IrishGunner]

This is not bad... "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!!"

This one is a 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze M13 kurz

[Chip]

Here's a crew in action on one of the big boys.

[IrishGunner]

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

[IrishGunner]

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.

[Chip]

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

[IrishGunner]

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.

[The Prussian]

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

[The Prussian]

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

[IrishGunner]

Great photos Andy