Tom W. Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 Looks like a mountain gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 I think it may be a rather poor drawing of this French mortar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre792x57.y Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 The soldiers with Centurion's mortar or gun appear to be Belgian actually although the Lion Mask on the helmet isn't too clear. Can't help with the gun.- SW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 The soldiers with Centurion's mortar or gun appear to be Belgian actually although the Lion Mask on the helmet isn't too clear. Can't help with the gun.- SW Except I think that their great coats are not standard Belgian pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 If you look closely at the right hand man you can see that the muzzle of his rifle just above his helmet has the piling "prong" of the French Lebel rifle. The Belgian Mauser does not have this. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 Having delved further the drawing appears to be of the Krupp trench howitzer on it's travelling carriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre792x57.y Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 Must admit I can't make out the rifles too well - I was going on the ammunition pouches which are certainly a Belgian Pattern. We need Cnock. SW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 September , 2012 Share Posted 14 September , 2012 The photo I posted is in fact of the French 75mm Schneider trench mortar. For a good photo of it on this carriage and being moved by a French crew see page 51 of Mortars by Ian V Hogg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 14 September , 2012 Author Share Posted 14 September , 2012 Having delved further the drawing appears to be of the Krupp trench howitzer on it's travelling carriage. You're right. Here's a link to photos and data: http://books.google....owitzer&f=false It's funny because other sources--such as Saunders' Weapons of the Trench War 1914-1918--claim that the image of the howitzer with the round shell in place was a fantasy of ill-informed journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 15 September , 2012 Share Posted 15 September , 2012 Hi, indeed Belgian soldiers in post nr.2 Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 15 September , 2012 Share Posted 15 September , 2012 Hi, indeed Belgian soldiers in post nr.2 Cnock But a French mortar which is all I originally said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 15 September , 2012 Share Posted 15 September , 2012 You're right. Here's a link to photos and data: http://books.google....owitzer&f=false It's funny because other sources--such as Saunders' Weapons of the Trench War 1914-1918--claim that the image of the howitzer with the round shell in place was a fantasy of ill-informed journalists. And in a way they are right as such journalists usually portrayed it (with out any indication of scale) as a gigantic siege machine capable of flattening cities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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