§§- obusier lour de 15cm L/11 1898 'japon' en service de la Russie à Varsovie

De la part d Charlie Clelland et de marcin Ochman

Hi Bernard,

User "przmekm" on the Landships forum back in 2018 posted some images of a 15cm barrel at the Polish Army Museum at Warsaw.

It appears to be one of 18 15cm L/11 howitzers that Krupp sold to the Japanese (4 in 1898, 8 in 1900 and 6 in 1903)

[source - Krupp archive]

These were similar to the German Army 15cm sFH 93 except they had an interrupted screw breech rather than a sliding wedge.

The Japanese sold 12 of these howitzers to Russia during WW1. It seems as the barrel of one of these turned up in Warsaw.

I have some drawings of the Japanese "15cm sFH93" but can't find them at the moment.

Regards,

Charlie

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