±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 174
Total: 174
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Photo Gallery
03: Member Screenshots
04: Photo Gallery
05: Photo Gallery
06: Photo Gallery
07: Community Forums
08: Downloads
09: Downloads
10: Home
11: Photo Gallery
12: Photo Gallery
13: Home
14: Photo Gallery
15: Community Forums
16: News
17: Photo Gallery
18: Photo Gallery
19: Photo Gallery
20: Community Forums
21: Photo Gallery
22: Community Forums
23: Home
24: Photo Gallery
25: Photo Gallery
26: Photo Gallery
27: Community Forums
28: Home
29: Photo Gallery
30: Photo Gallery
31: Community Forums
32: Photo Gallery
33: Community Forums
34: Photo Gallery
35: Photo Gallery
36: Community Forums
37: Member Screenshots
38: Home
39: Photo Gallery
40: Photo Gallery
41: Photo Gallery
42: Home
43: Photo Gallery
44: Photo Gallery
45: Photo Gallery
46: Home
47: Community Forums
48: Home
49: Your Account
50: Community Forums
51: Home
52: Photo Gallery
53: Home
54: Downloads
55: Photo Gallery
56: Community Forums
57: CPGlang
58: Photo Gallery
59: Photo Gallery
60: Community Forums
61: Home
62: Community Forums
63: Home
64: Community Forums
65: Photo Gallery
66: Community Forums
67: Photo Gallery
68: CPGlang
69: Downloads
70: Statistics
71: CPGlang
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Photo Gallery
75: Home
76: Community Forums
77: Home
78: Home
79: Photo Gallery
80: Home
81: Photo Gallery
82: Photo Gallery
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Photo Gallery
86: Home
87: Home
88: CPGlang
89: Downloads
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Photo Gallery
93: Downloads
94: Community Forums
95: Home
96: Community Forums
97: CPGlang
98: Photo Gallery
99: Community Forums
100: Photo Gallery
101: Home
102: Photo Gallery
103: Home
104: Photo Gallery
105: Photo Gallery
106: Photo Gallery
107: Your Account
108: Home
109: Home
110: Photo Gallery
111: Community Forums
112: Home
113: Downloads
114: Photo Gallery
115: CPGlang
116: Community Forums
117: Community Forums
118: Photo Gallery
119: Home
120: Community Forums
121: Photo Gallery
122: Community Forums
123: Your Account
124: Community Forums
125: Home
126: Home
127: Photo Gallery
128: Home
129: Home
130: Photo Gallery
131: Photo Gallery
132: Home
133: Photo Gallery
134: Community Forums
135: Downloads
136: CPGlang
137: Photo Gallery
138: Photo Gallery
139: Community Forums
140: CPGlang
141: Community Forums
142: CPGlang
143: Photo Gallery
144: Photo Gallery
145: Community Forums
146: Photo Gallery
147: Community Forums
148: Community Forums
149: Photo Gallery
150: Photo Gallery
151: Your Account
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Photo Gallery
155: Photo Gallery
156: Downloads
157: Community Forums
158: Community Forums
159: Downloads
160: Home
161: Photo Gallery
162: Photo Gallery
163: Community Forums
164: Photo Gallery
165: Home
166: Community Forums
167: Downloads
168: CPGlang
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Photo Gallery
172: Photo Gallery
173: Home
174: Downloads

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
A tricky artillery quiz
A forum dedicated for the discussion of all kinds of artillery topics.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Artillery Forum

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:38 pm
Post subject: A tricky artillery quiz

Time to test your knowledge with a tricky identification quiz Mr. Green









Whoever will manage to identify this piece, and tell at least part of its story, will win a DVD full of high resolution pictures collected by me Cool

You can help each other and multiple attempts are allowed.

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
lovett155
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jun 14, 2007
Posts: 65
Location: Falls Church/Washington DC
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:57 pm
Post subject: Re: A tricky artillery quiz

The howitzer is an Austro-Hungarian 10cm vz14/19 which has been modified with a high speed carriage, a Hogg Device much like the ones fitted to the British 25 pdr and a double baffle muzzle brake.

I have posted two images of the 10cm 14/19 without these modifications displayed and the Belgium Army Museum (photos from the Landships web page).

Ralph Lovett
www.lovettartillery.com

_________________
lovett155
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:49 pm
Post subject: Re: A tricky artillery quiz

The linkage to the gun in the Belgium Army Museum is a good one, but you need more info to be declared a winner Wink

There is a pretty complex story behind this.

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:30 am
Post subject: Re: A tricky artillery quiz

Here is the solution. The gun is in Cecchignola museum, Roma. It's name is 105/22 mod 1961 and it has a very long and interesting story.

During the WW I the austro-hungarians used a 10 cm M14 howitzer. After the war the italians captured many of them and used as 100/17 mod 1914 up to the WW II and even later.

Immediately after WW I, Skoda kept producing artillery pieces and evolved the design into a 100/22, the vz19 you can see in Brussels. At that time the austro-hungarian empire was already gone, so it was a czechoslovakian gun (small correction to Ralph).

The gun was acquired, among others, by Poland and Yugoslavia.

In 1941 the italians captured a bunch of these from the yugoslavian army, and immediately put them into service, since they shared the same ammo with the 100/17. Italians also obtained more guns from the germans (captured from Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia).

The most amazing thing is that after WW II the italian army updated these guns. They were rechambered to 105 mm (to use standard NATO ammo), got a muzzle brake, a Hogg Device and entered service as 105/22 mod 1961.

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Artillery Forum
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum