Help Id. coastal gun

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by ROLAND1369 » 26 Aug 2015 00:42

FRENCH 105 MM M1897
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 26 Aug 2015 08:41

Thank you, ROLAND1369

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by ROLAND1369 » 26 Aug 2015 22:30

Always glad to give any limited help. however always temper my answers with the knowledge that I am much more aquainted with the US coast artillery than French coastal artillery.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 02 Sep 2015 23:03

Hi all,

240mm Mle 1903

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 07 Sep 2015 10:24

Hi all,

An 100mm Mle 1897-17 french coastal gun (I think):

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by ROLAND1369 » 08 Sep 2015 02:29

You are totally correct in your ID. From ethe 95 mm gun in the background this id the french battery at Cape Griz Nez in 1940.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by ROLAND1369 » 08 Sep 2015 02:33

Let me try again. From the 95 MM gun in the background this is the french battery at Cape Griz Nez in 1940.`
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by ROLAND1369 » 08 Sep 2015 02:37

you are totally correct. From the 95 mm gun in the background this is the French Battery at Cape Griz Nez in 1941.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 08 Sep 2015 23:35

Thank you, ROLAND1369

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by forttravel » 26 Dec 2015 12:23

More of 240mm M1903 french coastal guns captured.
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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 31 Dec 2015 16:50

Hi all,

Two images from Ebay: 95mm Mle 1888 Latiholle

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Manuferey » 31 Dec 2015 19:52

Sturm78 wrote:Latiholle
Lahitolle, not Latiholle. :wink:

I don't know where the pictures were taken. But the fact that these two guns are mounted on a platform made of wooden beams indicate a "batterie de circonstance" (i.e. an ad-hoc battery) as the most probable or a "batterie de semonce" (i.e. a "warning shot" battery). :idea:

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 01 Jan 2016 21:28

Emmanuel wrote
Lahitolle, not Latiholle. :wink:

I don't know where the pictures were taken. But the fact that these two guns are mounted on a platform made of wooden beams indicate a "batterie de circonstance" (i.e. an ad-hoc battery) as the most probable or a "batterie de semonce" (i.e. a "warning shot" battery). :idea:
Thank you, Emmanuel

Here an image (from Ebay) of an 164mm Mle 1893-96 gun

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Sturm78 » 03 Feb 2016 11:01

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun ??

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Re: Help Id. coastal gun

Post by Manuferey » 04 Feb 2016 01:21

There are actually two guns on the picture: :wink:
1) Foreground: 24 cm Mle 1876
2) Background: 90 mm Mle 1877 "sur affût de bord" Mle 1916

Location: Fort du Chay in Royan (France)

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