22 juillet 2017

De la part de Sibork At first a little bit about myself. My name is Stanislav and I am young adult from Western Siberia who interested in artillery and small arms of 1870s — 1930s time period. Also my interest is The Great War and related conflicts like Balkan, Russian Civil, Soviet-Polish, Greco-Turkish wars etc. My main focus is collecting photos from internet of surviving guns and high quality archive photos. But I plan some trips in the future to make my own photos. The first such trip was in Saint-Petersburg this june, where I... [Lire la suite]

De la part de Bill Rickers A cleaner example (of a 4.7 inches M1906 fieldgun) is in another town nearby and in Wikipedia Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:4.7_inch_Gun_M1906_(Millbury,_Massachusetts)   No. 379, on carriage No.700, confirms what goes where on muzzle!   Fiche détaillée : http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/AfficheCanonGET.php?IdCanonAffiche=1228

De la part de Bill Ricker : Bonjour !I found another that is not in any of the lists, yours or elsewhere.A newly reactivated Field Artillery "Battery" (Company) in the US Army National Guard (Massachusetts) has a 4.7" gun out front of their Armory.SITE: MA NG Armory, 2 Armory Rd, Danvers, MA 01923 42.568588, -70.975547Gun : 4.7 inch M1906M1- Looks like it says "Northwestern Ordnance Co", which seems to be a normal phrase per others.- No. 5?6 (?)- but much too much paint!  Number are hard to read! Even with CSI:ENHANCE... [Lire la suite]

De la part de acesar55 Ce 3,7-cm Maschinekanone Flak canon se trouve dans la mairie de Ethe, en Belgique. Je pense qu'il doit être visible aux heures d'ouverture de la mairie sur simple demande. On peut éventuellement prendre contact avec l'association "Sur les pas de la mémoire" qui organise et met en musique les commémorations de la bataille des frontières. http://ethe22aout1914.be/ Cordialement,   Fiche détaillée : http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/Eng_AfficheCanonGET.php?IdCanonAffiche=1226