WW I German gun on NBC News?
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#1: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: Kurt_Laughlin PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:07 am
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I was just watching the news and the reporter was speaking from Jackson MS, I would guess the capitol or the legislature building. In the background one could clearly see what appears to be a German WWI gun on the lawn.

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A little searching and I see it is the current capitol, and there are two of them.

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KL

#2: Re: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: bsmartLocation: Central Maryland PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:13 am
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Yea I saw that in the background tonight!

#3: Re: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:49 pm
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Looks like a 15 cm sFH 13:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_cm_sFH_13

Massimo

#4: Re: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: armyjunk2 PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:12 am
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They have two (2) 15cm sFH 13 L/17 numbers 973 and 2837 both at 32° 18.213'N 90° 10.928'W, very close together, either side of steps.

#5: Re: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: Kurt_Laughlin PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:19 am
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Ah - I was thrown by the Wikipedia photo. The tube on that one is out of battery.

But hey, I feel good about IDing it as German!

KL

#6: Re: WW I German gun on NBC News? Author: lovett155Location: Falls Church/Washington DC PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:07 pm
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The tube is not out of battery. It is a 15cm sFH 1913 (In the Wikipedia article). That is the correct tube length.

The 15cm lg,sFH 1913 has the long barrel. It is the 15cm lg.sFH 13 in Jackson, MS not the 15cm sFH 13.

You can see the differences on my German Foot Artillery identification web pages:

lovettartillery.com/Ge...wings.html

lovettartillery.com/MA...Detail.htm

lovettartillery.com/MA...etail.html

I also own examples of both types shown on these pages:

lovettartillery.com/15..._1913.html

lovettartillery.com/15...13_02.html

Hope this helps

R/

Ralph Lovett



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