30.5 cm gun?

[4thGordons]

Photograph in a recently acquired mixed lot of German photographs

My best guess is this is the breech/loading mechanism of a 30.5cm gun (based on caption which I read as "Verschluss 30.5 Kanon") gun. So is this in a warship or a railway gun or.... perhaps even something else and my guess is way off?

Chris

[AndyBsk]

There is Verschluss von 30,5cm Kanone. I assume only ship Kanone could be real, mounted by two barells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30.5_cm_SK_L/50_gun

[AOK4]

Most probably ship guns converted to a heavy land battery, like in Houthulst Forest (if you have my book "Defending the Ypres Front 1914-1918", there's something about such a battery).

 

Jan

[4thGordons]

6 hours ago, AOK4 said:

Most probably ship guns converted to a heavy land battery, like in Houthulst Forest (if you have my book "Defending the Ypres Front 1914-1918", there's something about such a battery).

 

Jan

 

6 hours ago, AndyBsk said:

There is Verschluss von 30,5cm Kanone. I assume only ship Kanone could be real, mounted by two barells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30.5_cm_SK_L/50_gun

 

Thanks both

@AOK4 Also in the batch of pictures was these rather damaged images but they may not be sufficiently large to be the 305mm?

And this of railway guns (although the first word has been obliterated so I am not sure if these are actually German guns or perhaps French Guns which were captured?)

[GreyC]

Hi,

both are not German, as written on the cards:

1) Französische Billy Kanone

2.) Erbeutete Eisenbahngeschütze

GreyC

[AOK4]

57 minutes ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

both are not German, as written on the cards:

1) Französische Billy Kanone

2.) Erbeutete Eisenbahngeschütze

GreyC

Correct. The railway guns are undoubtedly some of the French railway guns captured near Mont-Notre-Dame (Aisne) in June 1918.

The Billy gun is a gun captured in March 1916 near Verdun.

Edited 1 August , 2021 by AOK4

[AndyBsk]

Maybe the backside of the card could help by explanation looks like the turret armor is removed and some repair was done there.

[4thGordons]

Cards are all totally blank on reverse unfortunately.

Feeling rather silly that I failed to recognize Franz. as an abbreviation and read it as a name! (As in Franz Ferdinand) 😩

thanks both

Chris