§§- Obusier 15cm sFH 05 Turc à Sofia, Bulgarie

Une photo de Massimo Foti, 

Au Military Museum de Sofia, en Bulgarie, un obusier de 15cm sFH 05 fabriqué par Krupp pour la Turquie, capturé par les Bulgares en 1913 et utilisé par ceux-ci pendant la Grande Guerre

Nouvelles photos et infos de Charlie Clelland (2023) :

Hi Bernard, 

You've got one of these in your database - built at the Imperial Arsenal in Istanbul and now at Goulburn, NSW. 

There is a survivor of the original batch of Krupp M05 howitzers ordered by Turkey. These were all lost in the Siege of Odrion in 1913. 

It's believed the Bulgarian Army took over the captured howitzers and used them in WW1. 

One survives at the military Museum in Sofia in poor condition. The breech markings are obscured by many coats of paint but there is

a plate on the receiver which identifies the maker in Osmanli script and the serial number. 

42.68955881820379, 23.34984631726426 

15cm Krupp Positionhaubitze M1905 

(Krupp did not market these as field howitzers since they were above the

2 ton limit for field howitzers set by the German Army ) 

Serial - #10 Built - markings obscured by paint.

Regards, 

Charlie

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