Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI

Sunday, August 30, 2020

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

Belgian 75-mm De Dion-Bouton Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1918.

Belgian 75-mm De Dion-Bouton Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1918.

A Belgian self-propelled anti-aircraft battery deployed in fixed camouflaged positions. This battery (D.C.A.) was composed by four anti-aircraft vehicles De Dion-Bouton mounting a 75-mm L/35 M1897 modified gun. Probably Flanders, Belgium, 1918.

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Una batería antiaérea autopropulsada belga desplegada en posiciones fijas camufladas. Esta batería (D.C.A.) estaba compuesta por cuatro vehículos antiaéreos De Dion-Bouton montando un cañón de 75 mm L/35 M1897 modificado. Probablemente Flandes, Bélgica, 1918.