±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: 300
Total: 300
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: CPGlang
06: Home
07: Home
08: Community Forums
09: Home
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Downloads
15: Community Forums
16: Community Forums
17: Home
18: Photo Gallery
19: CPGlang
20: Photo Gallery
21: Downloads
22: Community Forums
23: Home
24: Community Forums
25: Photo Gallery
26: Community Forums
27: Community Forums
28: Home
29: Statistics
30: Community Forums
31: Home
32: Community Forums
33: Community Forums
34: Home
35: Member Screenshots
36: Home
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Home
41: Statistics
42: Home
43: Community Forums
44: Member Screenshots
45: Photo Gallery
46: Home
47: Community Forums
48: CPGlang
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Photo Gallery
53: CPGlang
54: CPGlang
55: Home
56: Community Forums
57: Community Forums
58: Community Forums
59: Your Account
60: Community Forums
61: Home
62: Home
63: Community Forums
64: CPGlang
65: Home
66: Community Forums
67: Home
68: Member Screenshots
69: Downloads
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Downloads
73: CPGlang
74: Home
75: Home
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: CPGlang
81: Home
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Community Forums
88: Photo Gallery
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Member Screenshots
92: Photo Gallery
93: Community Forums
94: Photo Gallery
95: Home
96: Community Forums
97: Home
98: Home
99: Community Forums
100: Home
101: Home
102: Community Forums
103: Downloads
104: Community Forums
105: Downloads
106: Home
107: Community Forums
108: Photo Gallery
109: Home
110: Community Forums
111: Downloads
112: Home
113: Community Forums
114: Home
115: Downloads
116: Photo Gallery
117: Community Forums
118: Community Forums
119: CPGlang
120: Home
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Home
124: Community Forums
125: Photo Gallery
126: Home
127: Member Screenshots
128: Home
129: Photo Gallery
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Home
133: Photo Gallery
134: Community Forums
135: Home
136: Community Forums
137: Member Screenshots
138: Community Forums
139: Home
140: Home
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Photo Gallery
145: Photo Gallery
146: Home
147: LinkToUs
148: Photo Gallery
149: Community Forums
150: Home
151: CPGlang
152: Home
153: Community Forums
154: Member Screenshots
155: Photo Gallery
156: Home
157: Community Forums
158: Downloads
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Photo Gallery
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Community Forums
165: Downloads
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Community Forums
169: Photo Gallery
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Home
174: Community Forums
175: Home
176: Statistics
177: Photo Gallery
178: Photo Gallery
179: Community Forums
180: Community Forums
181: Photo Gallery
182: Community Forums
183: Photo Gallery
184: Photo Gallery
185: Downloads
186: Community Forums
187: Home
188: Community Forums
189: CPGlang
190: Home
191: Community Forums
192: Statistics
193: Community Forums
194: Photo Gallery
195: Photo Gallery
196: Community Forums
197: Community Forums
198: Home
199: Photo Gallery
200: Downloads
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Photo Gallery
204: Home
205: Home
206: CPGlang
207: News
208: Home
209: Community Forums
210: Home
211: Community Forums
212: Home
213: Photo Gallery
214: Community Forums
215: Photo Gallery
216: Photo Gallery
217: Home
218: Community Forums
219: CPGlang
220: Community Forums
221: Photo Gallery
222: Home
223: Community Forums
224: Home
225: Community Forums
226: CPGlang
227: CPGlang
228: Community Forums
229: Photo Gallery
230: Community Forums
231: Home
232: Community Forums
233: Community Forums
234: Community Forums
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: Community Forums
238: CPGlang
239: Home
240: Community Forums
241: Community Forums
242: Home
243: Community Forums
244: Home
245: Photo Gallery
246: CPGlang
247: Home
248: Home
249: Home
250: Photo Gallery
251: Downloads
252: Home
253: CPGlang
254: Community Forums
255: Home
256: Home
257: Member Screenshots
258: Home
259: Home
260: Community Forums
261: Photo Gallery
262: Community Forums
263: Community Forums
264: Home
265: Home
266: Statistics
267: Community Forums
268: Home
269: Member Screenshots
270: Home
271: Home
272: Photo Gallery
273: Home
274: Home
275: Home
276: Community Forums
277: CPGlang
278: Home
279: Home
280: Home
281: CPGlang
282: Photo Gallery
283: Community Forums
284: Community Forums
285: Community Forums
286: Community Forums
287: Downloads
288: Home
289: Community Forums
290: Community Forums
291: Home
292: Community Forums
293: Community Forums
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Member Screenshots
297: Community Forums
298: Downloads
299: Community Forums
300: Home

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