Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza
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#1: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:55 pm
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I passed by and managed to snap some new pictures. Light wasn't ideal:

M 42 da 75-18 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#2: Re: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:55 pm
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M 42 da 75-18 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#3: Re: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:56 pm
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At first you may believe this is an Austro-Hungarian Infanteriegeschütz M.15, but it's not, it's a copy build for the Italian Army.

37 mm mod. 1915 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#4: Re: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:58 pm
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Italian Army first acquired 75 mm guns from Krupp (mod. 1906), then moved to Deport (mod. 1911). While the Deports were being build under license, a small amount of 75 mm guns from Krupp were acquired to be used by horse artillery (mod. 1912):

75 mm mod. 1912 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#5: Re: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Pzkpfw-e PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:36 am
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It's a pity that nothing has been done to try to preserve the wooden parts of the wheels.

#6: Re: Lonate Pozzolo. Parco della Rimembranza Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:23 am
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Nothing has been done to preserve anything

Massimo



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