What's this German field piece?

[Tom W.]

Closer examination of the photo shows that these are Bavarians. The officer wears the M1915 simplified field jacket and the men wearing the M1916 blouse have the blue-and-white collar lace on the front edges of the collar. Bavarian artillerymen didn't use the flaming-bomb insignia, but you can see the "J.G." for "Infanteriegeshütze." Since the number is a single digit, I'd say this is Infantry Gun Battery No. 2.

Thanks to everyone for your replies.

[CharlieBris]

Rheinmetall built a 7.7cm Infanteriegeschutz L/19.5 in the spring of 1918, this gun didn't get into front line service but I think there is a consensus that the first image

in this thread was from something like a service evaluation. The Krupp IG 18 also didn't get into service - only a few guns were completed by the Armistice. According

to Jaeger the IG 18 was used by the Reichswehr post-WW1.

Regards,

Charlie

[nigelfe]

Wheels behind the flat (ie no wheel bulge each side) shield is very distinctive and uncommon apart from with moutain guns/hows. Skoda 7.5 cm M15, 10 cm M16 and 10.5 cm M14 all have this feature. 7.5 has fat and stumpy barrel, 10cm has a noticeable muzzle flare, 10.5 has a distinct fat muzzle lip. Erhardt also produced moutain guns with wheels behind the shield, M 1912 7.5 cm L/19 looks a possible runner as does M1912 10.5 cm L/12. Austrian M8 and M10 10cm are also possibles.

[arie]

Hi Tom, the presence of a British and French Beute-Panzer suggest the photo was taken at a training/test site. Attached is a document I made about Infanterie-Geschütze, it's in dutch and some of the photos are of poor quality but I hope it is helpful. Infanteriegeschütze.doc

[Tom W.]

Hi Tom, the presence of a British and French Beute-Panzer suggest the photo was taken at a training/test site. Attached is a document I made about Infanterie-Geschütze, it's in dutch and some of the photos are of poor quality but I hope it is helpful. Infanteriegeschütze.doc

According to your document, Infantry Gun Batteries 2, 5, 8, 10, 23, 24, 51 were Bavarian. The shoulder straps appear to show a single digit, so I'm betting 2, 5, or 8.