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Tim R


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Gentleman

 

I am looking for information on this old French Mortar. As well as any other photos you may have.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated..

 

All the Best

Tim R. a.k.a. Mr. Rwink



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Dear Tim,

to Your's question i only can post here a scanned and enlarged picture of the

French Mortar 270mm M1895 on metal-platform M1891 .

I suppose that this "Gun" was the basic of the mortar You asked for information.

In need of heavy artillery the French war department grabbed back on every

existing material -damaged by wrotten barrels - in this case may be the reason

a "Barrel deformation " . This barrels were cut to the "good rest-piece" to come

to a new use at the front.

This sort of resetting the armament was also used in Germany ,Italy and some

other states in this days.

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Gerd

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Hello Tim,

i am back again ! Sorry i missed to post a second pic of the 220 mm French mortar

M 1880 which had nearly the same lafette as the 270 mm one allready shown.

Maybe it helps you to understand the sliding - back system from the rear side.

The "reset " system is nearly the same one used by your people in the "Civil War "

on the "Dictator Mortar " -the heaviest piece of a mortar in this time.

I post the pic of this model allready here on board. If i am wrong i do it again .


Best regards to Denver

Gerd

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The weapon in the photo was not an M-1895 (sic.) but in fact was designated "Mortier de 270 Mle. 1885 de Bange"

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Thank you both, I appreciate your help..

All the Best
Tim R.

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Dear Wesley,

the informations i got where from a book from Franz Kosar. I am very interested to
know where you got the opposite facts !!!
For the first i take an instant look in Hans Linnenkohls : From singleshot to firewalz .
It will take some days cause i am very busy by the time.

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Gerd

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Even in Kosar's "Taschenbuch der Artillerie" (1973) it's designated an M-1885, not M-1895. Try to get yourself a copy of "Les canons de la victoire 1914-1918" by Pierre Touzin and François Vauvillier. I also wrote a piece, in French, on the the de Bange series of artillery pieces for Dominique LeMaire's "Les canons de la deuxième guerre mondiale" at www.lemairesoft.be

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Hello Wesley,

many thanks for your informations . As i allready said : Try to work with them all as
fast as i can.

Best regards

Gerd

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