An Austro-Hungarian Anti-Aircraft Artillery Section deployed in the open field. It is composed of two 8-cm m.5/8 field guns adapted to anti-aircraft fire on a 360º rotating base, and whose height allowed a considerable angle to the pieces. The logs that can be seen around the Section were probably used to build blockhouses to protect the gunners from possible strafing by enemy aircraft.
The trunks that can be seen around the Section were probably used to build blockhouses to protect the artillerymen, totally exposed to possible strafing by enemy aircraft.
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Una Sección de Artillería Antiaérea Austro-Húngara desplegada en campo abierto. Esta compuesta por dos cañones de campaña de 8-cm m.5/8 adaptados al tiro antiaéreo sobre una base giratoria de 360º, y cuya altura permitía un ángulo considerable a las piezas.
Los troncos que se observan alrededor de la Sección, probablemente, se utilizasen para construir blocaos que protegieran a los artilleros de posibles ametrallamientos por parte de la aviación enemiga.
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Posted by Jose Luis Castillo © 2022- Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI
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