German WW1 6cm Gun Boat Round

[christhurston]

That's a very interesting looking round from siegfreid on SA.
Does anyone know anything about these??? I've never seen one before.

 

[dano1917]

6cm gunboat round

Never seen, or even heard of it. I did see it on SA and it is quite impressive to say the least. He won't ship overseas, so that took me out of the hunt. Dano

 

[Quatermass]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]6 cm/21 (2.4") Casemate Gun C/98 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]6 cm/21 (2.4") S-Bts KL/21[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]6 cm/21 (2.4") Bts KL/21[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Originally developed as a small anti-torpedo boat gun. During World War I this weapon was mounted on some landing craft and also used as a landing gun. Used during World War II on some small coastal defense boats and submarine chasers.[/FONT]
Source. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_6cm-21_skc00.htm

 

[christhurston]

Very interesting!!! I can imagine that a round like this would be very much a "one off" in most peoples collection.I wonder how long it's going to take for it to move out of my price range???

 

[Falcon]

I got the case for one of these at my local car boot last year for a fiver. They are nice little shells.

 

[fert]

ciao
her my 6cm
I would like to see some picture in action.
best regards

 

[christhurston]

Very nice,fert,I think it would be fair to say that,just like me,the projectile
is starting to show it's age a bit!!! I am wondering if seigfreid's example is
much the same under the paint???

 

[dano1917]

still there

The gunboat round is still there for snap it up for 65gbp. I'm really surprised nobody's jumped on this one yet. It is a gem...Dano