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

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