Hello fellows, Here the first pictures of a long day in the museum of war-technic ( Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung ) at Koblenz. A paradise for fans of every sort of artillery you can imagine. I was so astonished of the count of pieces that i took only pictures from the interesting one's in my opinion but be shure i go there in near future (settling down nearby will be better ) to do a more exact excurse. Here three pic's of the 7,7 - C/96 in her first issue -regard the engravements on the barrel ! I thought at once at our comrade Istevano as i "meet" this gun. in the following some pictures of the misterious 7,7 cm AA-Gun from 1917 build by the Rheinische Metallwaaren Fabriken . Explaining text sadfully in German - but i think the details will be understood by our experts.
so far for the moment -more will follow if you all want. Besides : now i got behind the secret of these half automatic serving breeches......
The C96 pics are most interesting. Clearly retaining the carraige, and screw-block breach of the C73 series; this must indeed be a rare early example.
The other item was officially termed ; 7,7cm Sockel-Geschutze "System Ehrhardt 1916". The platform carraige is quite unique, and in travel mode the gun and cruciform actually was folded back onto the platform. They served in appreciable numbers, and the only other surviver I know of resides in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels.
Thank's very much for your comment. At my next visit i will reserche more about the history off this indeed rare example . The words you wrote about the 7.7 cm Ehrhardt -Gun are quite the same text as the german one i posted above - advice fore Your knowledge. Hope i can change it livelike in 1:6 ready for use of Blank cartridges Cal. 12/40. The barrel and pivot is nearly ready- more under modelling nexttime.
best regards Gerd
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Thank's for offering your help . Very politefull. Hope i find enough describtions in the library of the museum. They have 15000 books and 60000 technical handbooks there. But you know -most you want you can`t get.
best regards
Gerd
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