Author Topic: Naval Guns and Army Gatling (Read 8021 times)

Helen · « **on:** March 02, 2008, 07:44:41 AM »

Hi Guys,

Found these photos whilst exploring through all the pages of photos.

Enjoy!
Naval Maxim (Pom Pom)

To me this looks like a 8.8cm boat gun!

6cm Landing Gun

Gatling

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Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2008, 08:01:43 AM »

Grossartig! I really like this one "Budapest" photo, someone has to sculpt that guy on the right, thanks Helen!

fastolfrus · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2008, 09:46:31 AM »

Interesting mount for the gatling.
Any background info for these ?

Are they all KuK marine ?

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2008, 07:23:10 PM »

Good photos thanks.

Helen · « **Reply #4 on:** March 02, 2008, 08:39:25 PM »

Quote from: "fastolfrus"

Interesting mount for the gatling.
Any background info for these ?

Are they all KuK marine ?

Hi,

AFAIK they are all German sailors apart from the gatling gun.

The first photo show the SMS Panther which was a gunboat and used in WW1. Not sure on the service of the other photos, moveover the second and third photgraph shows boat guns and the latter a 6cm landing gun used on shore by naval units. The former 8.8 cm were standard deck guns on smaller fighting vessels and possibly secondary armarment on larger fighting vessels also used for arming captured vessels. The Konigsberg had two stored in the hull for such purpose before using them in the land campaign on impriovided mounts.

I don't know the history behind the gatling gun, but I'll attempt to find out.

God Bless

Helen

XCIV · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2012, 11:05:39 PM »

that last is a Gatling, not a Hotchkiss Revolvign Cannon?

Looks mighty big caliber, is all. More 1-pdr or even 3-pdr than 1".

ZuluPaul · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2012, 11:23:02 PM »

Looks like the gatling is on a sled for some reason.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2012, 12:17:19 AM »

I like the monkey on the pompom

Inspirational set of photos

cheers

James

aircav · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2012, 08:03:51 AM »

Quote from: ZuluPaul on March 08, 2012, 11:23:02 PM

Looks like the gatling is on a sled for some reason.

It's for extreme tobogganing

Great pictures Helen

Mr.Marx · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2012, 10:39:04 AM »

That's a Hochkiss 3-pdr Revolving cannon, not a Gatling. Still cool though, I had no idea that they were used so late or that they were ever used on land outside of fixed mounts on forts.

MM

Plynkes · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:13:38 AM »

Quote from: Mr.Marx on March 09, 2012, 10:39:04 AM

I had no idea that they were used so late or that they were ever used on land outside of fixed mounts on forts.

They were sold as field pieces as well as on fixed mounts.

I think the Americans used them like this.

The Germans certainly did in Africa...

Now this is all very nice, but what is it with all the casual threadomancy lately? Is it really necessary to hunt down and then dig up a four-year-old thread just to tell someone they are wrong? Bizarre.

Plynkes · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:24:14 AM »

Smokey old business once she gets going, eh?

HerbyF · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:25:45 AM »

Is the Hotchkiss photo from WWI or maybe the Russian Civil War? Sled mounted guns were not uncommon during the RCW.

Plynkes · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:28:27 AM »

"Apotheke" is German for pharmacy, I think. So RCW is perhaps unlikely. Uniforms look German too.

Lowtardog · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2012, 12:26:36 PM »

That first photo and the oil painting, it must ahve been used as a basis for the painting!

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