Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI: Italy

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Monday, September 5, 2022

Italian heavy machine gun 'Perino de 6,5-mm M1908', adapted for anti-aircraft fire.

Italian heavy machine gun 'Perino de 6,5-mm M1908', adapted for anti-aircraft fire on a fortune mount.

Italy, Alpine Front, ca. 1917.

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Ametralladora pesada italiana ‘Perino de 6,5-mm M1908’, adaptada para el tiro antiaéreo sobre un afuste de fortuna.

Italia, Frente alpino, ca. 1917.

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Monday, July 26, 2021

Italian Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Battery. Circa 1917.

Italian Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Battery. Circa 1917.

Italian Anti-Aircraft Battery formed by four 5-ton trucks Itala Type X, carrying Anti-Aircraft guns 75-mm L/27 CK*.

* CK = Commissione Krupp - Commission Krupp).

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Batería Autopropulsada Antiaérea italiana. Circa 1917.

Batería antiaérea italiana formada por cuatro camiones de 5 toneladas Itala Tipo X, portando cañones antiaéreos de 75-mm L/27 (CK)*

*CK = Commissione Krupp - Comisión Krupp).

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Italian 75-mm L/27 Déport M1911 Anti-Aircraft Gun.

Italian 75-mm L/27 Déport M1911 Anti-Aircraft Gun.

A versatile Italian 75 mm L/27 Déport M1911 gun, used as an anti-aircraft gun. It was installed on a "drum" type concrete platform, located in the center of a shallow pit. The gunners of the piece pose around. As a curiosity, we provide the data that the 75/27 Déport Mod. 1911 gun, was the most used piece by the Italian Army in anti-aircraft functions, during the First World War.

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Cañón antiaéreo italiano de 75-mm L/27 Déport M1911.

Un versátil cañón italiano de 75 mm L/27 Déport M1911, utilizado como cañón antiaéreo. Estaba instalado sobre una plataforma de hormigón tipo "tambor", situada en el centro de un foso poco profundo. Alrededor posan los artilleros de la pieza. Como curiosidad, aportamos el dato de que el cañón de 75/27 Déport Mod.1911, fue la pieza más utilizada por el Ejército Italiano en funciónes antiaéreas, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System. Photo-1.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System.

(Cannone da 70-15 su affusto contraereo Mod. Marchionni)

The 104th Italian 70-15 [70-mm L/15] Anti-Aircraft Battery, deployed on an agricultural farm in San Zeno di Montagna, Verona, in the Venice Region, Italy, July 1918.

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La 104ª Batería Antiaérea italiana de 70-15 [70-mm L/15], desplegada en una granja agrícola en San Zeno di Montagna, en la Región de Venecia, Italia, julio 1918.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System. Photo-2.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System.

(Cannone da 70-15 su affusto contraereo Mod. Marchionni)

The 104th Italian 70-15 [70-mm L/15] Anti-Aircraft Battery, deployed on an agricultural farm in San Zeno di Montagna, Verona, in the Venice Region, Italy, July 1918.

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La 104ª Batería Antiaérea italiana de 70-15 [70-mm L/15], desplegada en una granja agrícola en San Zeno di Montagna, en la Región de Venecia, Italia, julio 1918.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System. Photo-3.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System.

(Cannone da 70-15 su affusto contraereo Mod. Marchionni)

The 104th Italian 70-15 [70-mm L/15] Anti-Aircraft Battery, deployed on an agricultural farm in San Zeno di Montagna, Verona, in the Venice Region, Italy, July 1918.

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La 104ª Batería Antiaérea italiana de 70-15 [70-mm L/15], desplegada en una granja agrícola en San Zeno di Montagna, en la Región de Venecia, Italia, julio 1918.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System. Photo-4.

Italian 70-mm L/15 Gun on Marchionni Anti-Aircraft Carriage System.

(Cannone da 70-15 su affusto contraereo Mod. Marchionni)

The 104th Italian 70-15 [70-mm L/15] Anti-Aircraft Battery, deployed on an agricultural farm in San Zeno di Montagna, Verona, in the Venice Region, Italy, July 1918.

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La 104ª Batería Antiaérea italiana de 70-15 [70-mm L/15], desplegada en una granja agrícola en San Zeno di Montagna, en la Región de Venecia, Italia, julio 1918.

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Italian Anti-Aircraft Battery of Ansaldo 76-mm L/17 M.1918 guns.

An Italian Antiaircraft Battery of Ansaldo 76-mm L/17 Model 1918 guns.

Note the pedestals of two other guns behind the gun in the foreground.

On the right, a 75-mm L / 27 Model 1906 cannon, on a stepped construction platform.

Possibly also part of the battery.

See also, in this same blog:
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Italian 76-mm L/17 Ansaldo M1918 Anti-Aircraft Guns on Monte Vignola.
https://anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-wwi.blogspot.com/2020/08/italian-76-mm-l17-ansaldo-m1918-anti.html

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Una Batería Antiaérea italiana de cañónes Ansaldo de 76-mm L/17 Modelo 1918.

Obsérvense los pedestales de otros dos cañones detrás del cañón en primer plano.

A la derecha, un cañón de 75-mm L/27 Modelo 1906, sobre una plataforma escalonada de obra.

Posiblemente también forme parte de la batería.

Ver también, en este mismo blog:

Sunday, August 9, 2020
Italian 76-mm L/17 Ansaldo M1918 Anti-Aircraft Guns on Monte Vignola.
https://anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-wwi.blogspot.com/2020/08/italian-76-mm-l17-ansaldo-m1918-anti.html

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Italian 76-mm L/17 Ansaldo M1918 Anti-Aircraft Guns on Monte Vignola.

"Italian 76-mm L/17 Ansaldo M1918 Anti-Aircraft Guns on Monte Vignola"

A section of Italian antiaircraft artillery, composed of two fixed guns on pedestal, 76-mm L/17 “Cannone da 76-17 Ansaldo M1918”. To your right, on a platform, the direction of shooting of the pieces. This section, which had to be completed with another, possibly on the same top, completing the battery, turns out to be one of the few graphic testimonies of these rare guns “deployed in the field”. Monte Vignola, Trentino, Italy 1918.

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“Cañones antiaéreos italianos de 76-mm L/17 Ansaldo M1918 en el Monte Vignola”

Una sección de artillería antiaérea italiana, compuesta por dos cañones fijos sobre pedestal, de 76-mm L/17 “Cannone da 76/17 Ansaldo M1918”. A su derecha, sobre una plataforma, la dirección de tiro de las piezas. Esta sección, que debía de completarse con otra, posiblemente en la misma cima, completando la batería, resulta ser uno de los pocos testimonios gráficos de estos raros cañones “desplegados en campaña”. Monte Vignola, Trentino, Italia 1918.