Wednesday, September 14, 2022

A German 7.7-cm Feldkanone 96 n/A (Field Gun), on a improvised anti-aircraft mount.



A German 7.7-cm 'Feldkanone' 96 n/A field gun, on a makeshift anti-aircraft mount. The cannon rests on a framework of thick wooden planks, firmly tied together with thick ropes. The assembly is capable of rotating 360º on a metal axis located above and in the center of a truncated concrete cone, which serves as the raised base of the anti-aircraft mount.

Note the two guides, possibly made of concrete, which were used to place the barrel on the concrete base, and also to remove the piece when it had to change its location.

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Un cañón alemán de campaña de 7,7-cm 'Feldkanone' 96 n/A, sobre un montaje antiaéreo improvisado. El cañón descansa sobre un entramado de gruesos tablones de madera, amarrado firmemente el conjunto con gruesas cuerdas. El montaje es capaz de girar 360º sobre un eje metálico situado arriba y en el centro de un cono truncado de hormigón, que sirve como base elevada del montaje antiaéreo. 

Obsérvese las dos guías, posiblemente de hormigón, que servían para emplazar el cañón sobre la base de hormigón, y también para retirar la pieza cuando debía de cambiar de emplazamiento.

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Posted by Jose Luis Castillo © 2022- Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI

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