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That looks like a Montigny mitrailleuse:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...trailleuse

In Morges there is mitrailleuse, just a different model, maybe a Reffye:
www.flickr.com/photos/...603782891/

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Doug_Kibbey

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That looks like a Montigny mitrailleuse:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...trailleuse

In Morges there is mitrailleuse, just a different model, maybe a Reffye:
www.flickr.com/photos/...603782891/

Massimo

Yep, in that first Wiki link, there are a couple of references to Dr. Patrick Marder. I'm 99.99% sure that's who I was corresponding with. He was very knowledgeable, genial and helpful. IIRC, we determined it was a Reffye (or Montigny) design or variant. It's been a couple of years. I think I got steered to him from a Romanian Army history* website where I had linked "our" thread and asked about this.

www.militaryhistoryonl...leuse.aspx

*http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?s=7d4991d9362d1353d0fb9d96e5015823&showforum=1

Surprise, surprise, Mircea87 is a poster over there, so he can probably help us out on a lot of stuff if he checks in. I found folks on that forum pretty helpful, the little bit I've visited. There is also a publication on Romanian artillery that might interest you, as it's available in pdf and Romanian seems fairly comprehensible to English and Italian speakers (on technical matters, in print). Probably easy for you.

www.rft.forter.ro/17_b...leriei.pdf

Massimo_Foti

Indeed I used www.worldwar2.ro to get additional info on some artillery pieces in the Museum

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Massimo_Foti

47 mm Schneider. This is a pretty exotic piece:

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Massimo_Foti · Last edited by Massimo_Foti on Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:07 pm; edited 1 time in total

57 mm Hotchkiss 1891-1916.
Seems like during WW I the Rumanian Army tried to put together as much artillery as possible, many guns were removed from fortifications and put on top of any kind of chassis was at hand. This is one of those:

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Massimo_Foti

57 mm Hotchkiss 1891-1916 Negrei. Same as above, just different mounting (Negrei design):

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Massimo_Foti

Talking about mitrailleuse and similar weapons from that period (1860-1880), I took some pictures at Solothurn Museum (Switzerland) some weeks ago, among other things there were two funky looking, multi-barrel weapons of the same age. I'll post pictures once they will be ready (my backlog is getting bigger and bigger...)

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Massimo_Foti

75 mm 1897/17 anti-aircraft

The famous french 75 mm mod 1987 on an anti-aircraft mount. Used both in WW I and WWW II:

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Massimo_Foti

75 mm 1936 Vickers anti-aircraft

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Massimo_Foti

75 mm Resita below:

I keep adding more shots to my Flickr space, but I am not done yet. You can check it here:
www.flickr.com/photos/...992545782/

I try to sort the guns by caliber

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Massimo_Foti

- Massimo_Foti

In Morges there is mitrailleuse, just a different model, maybe a Reffye:
www.flickr.com/photos/...603782891/

I am starting a dedicated thread on this topic:
www.com-central.net/in...mp;t=13306

Massimo

Massimo_Foti

76.2 mm Obuhov 1912:

No need to say I new nothing about it before visiting the Museum

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Massimo_Foti

100 mm Skoda M 1934

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Massimo_Foti

105 mm M 1940/43 Skoda

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Massimo_Foti

105 mm Schneider M 1936

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