RodB Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Below is a photo of a gun at Zeebrugge, Lubeck Battery, identified as 15 cm, from the IWM, after capture in October 1918. It looks like some sort of de Bange or eccentric screw breech, with part of the breech mechanism on the ground against the wall : not the typical German sliding block breech. Does anybody know what it is ? Would it have been commandeered from occupied territory somewhere by the Germans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Hi, guns are German 15 cm S.K.L./40, placed there after the British raid of 23/4/1918 Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 30 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2011 But the breech doesn't look anything like the German horizontal sliding block. Or has the whole breech been deliberately blown off ? The gun at the Kaiserin Battery, also at Zeebrugge, does look like the standard hoizontal block : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 But the breech doesn't look anything like the German horizontal sliding block. Or has the whole breech been deliberately blown off ? I'd say that's what it looks like. There's a horizontal flat visible across the remains of the breech ring reinforce - maybe that was the original bearing surface for the sliding block? The smashed handwheel suggests a fairly violent event nearby. Regards, MikB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 30 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Thank you gentlemen. I should have realised that no gunner gives up his guns intact. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Battery Kaiserin was situated at Blankenberge regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 picture of Batterie Kaiserin: against the concrete base of the position one can see the zinc containers that held the shell cases with charges for the gun Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Eddy, no picture here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 30 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2011 Egbert, I think he's referring to the photo I posted earlier. Here's another from IWM, of Eylau Battery at Ostend. 88 mm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 30 December , 2011 Share Posted 30 December , 2011 sorry, indeed referring to 2nd foto regards, Cnock 3rd foto: indeed 8,8 cm guns Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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