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[Gspragge]

It's identified as German ? new to me-

 

[waffenamt]

G,Have a search round the forums as i swear ive seen that pic somewhere?

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waff

 

[Gspragge]

It is

similar to those other Trench Mortars that have been discussed lately, but the traverse system on this is very German. I think they sort of stole this design.

 

[paul the grenade]

Heres a pic of a similar one from the book " Weapons of the trench war 1914 - 1918"

 

[Birdseye]

Linkee poo?

 

[Birdseye]

Just saw the date of the OP.

Nevermind.:bigsmile:

 

[Gspragge]

Interesting comment

Looks like the writer of the book never saw the real photo image-
but in 1915 everything was used that came to hand, even if only briefly or experimental. There is one good image of a German Revolving Gun in a static covered position with canister, so clear the seams in the canisters can be seen, later these were used for AA.

 

[Birdseye]

Look at what I found:

THE GERMAN TRENCH-MORTAR JUST INTRODUCED TO THE BRITISH: A WEAPON WHICH THROWS A 187-LB. MINE-SHELL.
"In this quarter," says Eye-Witness of the fighting near Ypres on October 29, "we experienced ... the action of the 'minenwerfer,' or trench-mortar. This piece, though light enough to be wheeled by two men, throws a shell weighing 187 lbs. The spherical shell has a loose stem which is loaded into the bore and drops out in flight. It ranges about 350 yards at 45 deg. elevation. The shell is a thin-walled mine-shell containing a large charge and is intended to act with explosive effect, not splinter-effect." The diagram on the left shows one of the shells and its stem in their most up-to-date form; in the centre is the trench-mortar (its wheels off) with a shell in place; below this are three shells without their stems; on the right is a shell and its stem.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18333/18333-h/18333-h.htm