IrishGunner Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We've had some old threads showing periscopes; so, I thought I'd start on showing artillery observation techniques... I'm including this here because it's a good image of an artillery observation balloon supporting the guns - even though it's an artist representation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Speaking of periscopes... When I commanded an artillery battery in the early '80s, we still had something called a Battery Commander's Scope that looked exactly like this one in the photo...even though it was usually with the forward observers and not with the Battery Commander. It's legacy goes back to how field artillery was observed in the late 19th Century and the early part of WWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Telegraph Truppen supporting artillery observation with communications... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 An artillery observation post in the Hochvogesen; this card was posted by a soldier in the Kgl. Württemberg Gebirgs Battl. - Leutnant Manfred Rommel's WWI unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Befehlstand der Artillerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 WWI saw the transition from purely observed fire to unobserved (or planned) fires... This card seems to be a gesture to that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Artillerie Trommelfeuer / Leuchtgranaten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 The far end of the periscope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hello Rick. Regarding your post # 8 which shows the impact of a 42 cm Moerser. You may be well familiar with the following: Going by memory this artillery piece was a surprise when WW I began. .It could penetrate any then existing fortification. It was "affectionally' called Die dicke Bertha which was derived from Mrs. Bertha von Krupp, wife of the then head of the Krupp weapons manufacturing company. BTW: are you familiar with Oberst Georg Bruchmueller ( Durch-bruchmueller), artillery expert during operations in East and West? Received his book " Die Deutsche Artillerie in den Durchbruchschlachten des Weltkrieges", 1921, Mittler und Sohn, Berlin. 2nd edition. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Here are a few, am not 100% sure if they are arty---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IrishGunner Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hello Rick. Regarding your post # 8 which shows the impact of a 42 cm Moerser. You may be well familiar with the following: Going by memory this artillery piece was a surprise when WW I began. .It could penetrate any then existing fortification. It was "affectionally' called Die dicke Bertha which was derived from Mrs. Bertha von Krupp, wife of the then head of the Krupp weapons manufacturing company. BTW: are you familiar with Oberst Georg Bruchmueller ( Durch-bruchmueller), artillery expert during operations in East and West? Received his book " Die Deutsche Artillerie in den Durchbruchschlachten des Weltkrieges", 1921, Mittler und Sohn, Berlin. 2nd edition. Bernhard H. Holst Bernhard, thanks for adding the info; yes, I'm quite familiar with Bruchmueller's work on the "Feuerwaltz"... I still have to get that book, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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