I'm guessing most know this is the weapon system the German army finally settled on as a close fire-support piece for their strosstruppen. ( Fitting smaller wheels on the FK96, and cutting off the barrel of M02's still left a weapon too heavy for dragging. ) Keep posting those pics; it makes the site interesting !
Then the numbers are still transmitting. The serial number of 2173 150 mm barrel, L/50, sent 17.8 1914, which is not listed production .2173 for 75 mm mountain gun vz. 15 expedition 1.2 1923, the Division Armory 11, Koice.(Czechoslovak army) If I went back to the previous issue - No. 2161 or the 261st Production No. 2161 of 75 mm mountain gun vz. 15 I had found no time should be for the period 1920-1922 CSL. Army, some figures are not filled and there is only the main thing. Eg. No This is the answer from the archives of the damage to the number of gun 1973 :::::::: so I do not always have the numbers somehow. Could this be made to happen in 1923? The matrix works are given 3 numbers - a major production to go after each other and represent an overall ranking produced guns , Followed by the serial number of a given type of guns (in our case 75 mm mountain gun vz.15), and these numbers do not go after them. 2159 and 2160 were delivered in December 1922 and No. 2162 in January 1921. No. 261 to 75 mm mountain gun vz. 15, shipped 7.10 1916 to Felixdorf. Also sign Skoda Pilsen AF is some atypical. By 1918, stated KODAWERKE, PILSEN or SKODAWERKE AG, Pilsen. After 1918, the koda factories or joint-stock company, formerly koda Works in Pilsen. End response ........That's all I said workers from the archives koda ... well maybe a little help for you .. greetings vasek resin
Hello, Yasek Resin: So as I understand it SKODA gun number 2161 was a deck gun sent to Holland on 24.4.1914 and SKODA gun number 2173 was a 150mm howitzer sent somewhere 17.8.1914 and there was also another 2173, a SKODA 75mm mountain gun which was with the Czechoslovakian army in 1923.
Somehow it seems that 2161 made its way to the German army and as for 2173 this remains a mystery. It is not listed in Bill Billett's book. It is perhaps significant that the 2 numbers are not that far apart and it just feels "right" that they are part of a production run by SKODA.
Both guns are certainly War Trophy guns captured from the German army and sent to Australia shortly after the end of the war.
Hi, I do not do a summary. We've found in the archives SKODA Pilsen (Plzen) that the serial numbers 2159,2160,2162 2173. .. production was 7.5 cm mountain gun vz.15 the Czechoslovak army in 1920-1923.Serial number 2161 to 7.5 cm mountain gun we ever find !!!!! So 4 digit serial production numbers for the period after the end of WW I. Attention but 3 digit serial number 261 is dispatched to Felixdorf 7/10/1916 (I do not know if it's in Germany or Austria)! Triple-digit serial number is falling within the WW I. .... The description of the gun in German to the next track .. ... it was during WW I because after the war there will be signs in Czech it already existed Czechoslovakia after 1918
Thanks Jilek, there is a third SKODA mountain gun, in a private collection in Tasmania about which I am asking for information so, hopefully, you can assist with the history of this gun also. Thanks again.
There's another Skoda mountain gun at Bundaberg (attached). The shield is missing and the wheels replaced with something that looks like it came off a tractor.
I don't know what the serial number is but it can be inferred from Billett's book that it may be the Ingham gun - if so then the serial should be 362 - though this needs to be confirmed.
Felixdorf is in Austria - between Vienna (Wien) and Wiener Neustadt.
Regards,
Charlie
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