Question on Artillery

[The Prussian]

Hello!

I´ve got this nice photo of a gun, maybe a howitzer?

I checked my books and the internet, but I couldn´t find this one.

Because of the house in the background the photo could have been taken in Italy.

It seems to be about a 155m.

It looks like a french 155mm M17, but the counterweight is half-round. Normally they were square.

Maybe italian 210 or 260mm?

Note the additional "bars" at the wheel. For what?

Unfortunatly I can´t read the letters, it reads like a M224 or anything else.

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

 

Edited May 18 by The Prussian

[The Prussian]

No-one? 😭

[Farkas]

On 18/05/2024 at 08:58, The Prussian said:

No-one? 😭

I’m going with the Italian 

CANNONE DA 149mm MODELLO ??

i think its some model of the 149mm,

Seems some were repurposed from static deployment at fortresses so maybe regular carriage wheels needed ‘reinforcement’ to carry them?

 

regardless… you were right about Italian 😊

 

 

 

 

 

tony 🍻

[The Prussian]

Hello Tony!

For me, this is the 260mm mortar from Schneider, which was only supplied to Italy. That would also fit with the Italian-looking picture.
The struts are probably an additional improvement to the chassis, which was also completely overloaded on the 220mm mortars. They were probably only allowed to be pulled at a maximum speed of 5 km/h, otherwise there was probably serious damage. This meant that marching infantry could easily overtake the carriages.