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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 1235)
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Russia
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia Commons) sheff1982      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Location :
Russia Maloyaroslavets Mass Grave of the Heroes of 1812 Memorial
Coordinates :
Lat : 55.01147 / Long : 36.47079
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
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Items covered by this file : 3 |
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According to the breech bloc markings, this one is the Nr 163 manufactured by Obuchov |
The monument (picture Google Earth) with 3 identical guns |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     8cm M 1877 | Origin :       ( Krupp)             ( Obuchov )             ( Russie ) | ||||
Historic context :
In 1877 the Russian armies ordered 1850 field guns of different variants of the well known 9cm K 73 to the German manufacturer Krupp, that were delivered from 1878 to 1880 (1700 guns only - 935 standard 87mm ; 195 lightweight 87mm and 570 heavy 107mm). Then they continued the production of the same model (with some technological differences) in numerous quantities in the Russian plants of Obuchov (3191 guns), Perm (41 guns), Putilov (108 guns) and Alexandrovsky (36 guns).
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