Help Id. coastal gun
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Help Id. coastal gun
Hi all,
Can anyone identify this french coastal gun?
Photo from ebay
Regards, Sturm78.
Can anyone identify this french coastal gun?
Photo from ebay
Regards, Sturm78.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hello
I think the gun is a 240 mm Mle 1884 a Pointe de L'Eve a St Nazaire
Regards Jos
I think the gun is a 240 mm Mle 1884 a Pointe de L'Eve a St Nazaire
Regards Jos
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Hi,
Here I have another photo of heavy coast artillery unidentified. According to my information it was a French coastal battery at Dakar. Can someone help me to identify the model of gun?
Thanks in advance
Regards, Sturm78.
Here I have another photo of heavy coast artillery unidentified. According to my information it was a French coastal battery at Dakar. Can someone help me to identify the model of gun?
Thanks in advance
Regards, Sturm78.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hi all,
a 194mm Mle 1870/93 without shield perhaps??
a 194mm Mle 1870/93 without shield perhaps??
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bottom of this thread:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... guese+guns
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... guese+guns
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hi Nuyt,
According to this forum, is a 240mm battery in four single mounts at Mamelles, Dakar.
But, what model??? 240 mm/50 Models 1902 and 1906 ex-battleship Danton, perhaps???
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_94-50_m1902.htm
Thanks
According to this forum, is a 240mm battery in four single mounts at Mamelles, Dakar.
But, what model??? 240 mm/50 Models 1902 and 1906 ex-battleship Danton, perhaps???
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_94-50_m1902.htm
Thanks
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Here is a long and interesting post on the 240 mm Mle 1893-96 M Colonies, including batteries in Dakar, by a top French specialist on artillery. It's in French so you may need to brush up your French lessons:
http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/les-b ... -t4452.htm
Emmanuel
http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/les-b ... -t4452.htm
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Thank you very much for your link, Manuferey.
See also http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/les-b ... -t4478.htm

See also http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/les-b ... -t4478.htm
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hi all,
I found this image on Ebay. Can someone help me to identify the model of old french coastal gun?
Regards Sturm78
I found this image on Ebay. Can someone help me to identify the model of old french coastal gun?
Regards Sturm78
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Sturm,
I've tried to identify your gun from pictures of old French coastal guns in this site
http://www.fortiff.be/iff/index.php?p=3150
under canons de 19 c and up but no luck.
Emmanuel
I've tried to identify your gun from pictures of old French coastal guns in this site
http://www.fortiff.be/iff/index.php?p=3150
under canons de 19 c and up but no luck.

Emmanuel
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hi Sturm78 ,
Thank you for a sharp picture of :
240 mm G Mle 1876 sur affut Mle 1911
Regards
ludvig
Thank you for a sharp picture of :
240 mm G Mle 1876 sur affut Mle 1911
Regards
ludvig
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hi all,
I found these two images on Ebay. According to photocaption the gun is a french coastal gun in Cherbourg.
Can anybody identify the model??
It seems that the crew is firing the gun with the barrel damaged!!
Regards Sturm78
I found these two images on Ebay. According to photocaption the gun is a french coastal gun in Cherbourg.
Can anybody identify the model??
It seems that the crew is firing the gun with the barrel damaged!!

Regards Sturm78
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun
Hello
Nothing on th ID of the gun.
It might be a demolition charge to destroy the gun?
regards
Kurt
kstdk
Nothing on th ID of the gun.
It might be a demolition charge to destroy the gun?
regards
Kurt
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I think it's a 164,7 mm Mle 1887 coastal gun in a hastily prepared position.
The handwritten caption on the back of the picture on ebay contains the following words "Küstenbatterie außer gefecht“. I found a similar expression in my German-French dictionary: "eine batterie außer Gefecht setzen". It translates into "to put a battery out of fighting condition". This would confirm the demolition charge.
The explosion would have blasted a hole on the side of the barrel (see the flames coming out). The hole can then be seen on the other photo.
Emmanuel
The handwritten caption on the back of the picture on ebay contains the following words "Küstenbatterie außer gefecht“. I found a similar expression in my German-French dictionary: "eine batterie außer Gefecht setzen". It translates into "to put a battery out of fighting condition". This would confirm the demolition charge.
The explosion would have blasted a hole on the side of the barrel (see the flames coming out). The hole can then be seen on the other photo.
Emmanuel
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Thank you very much for your help, Kurt and Emmanuel.
But the question is, Why to destroy with this method a captured gun?
On the other hand I have not found information or photos of 164mm Mle 1887 coastal gun
Regards Sturm78

But the question is, Why to destroy with this method a captured gun?

On the other hand I have not found information or photos of 164mm Mle 1887 coastal gun
Regards Sturm78