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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 828)
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Russia
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AA artillery
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Contributor :
Alain Bohée     
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com       |
Location :
Russia St Petersburg Artillery Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 59.95360 / Long : 30.31580
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     76.2mm DCA M1915 'Lender' | Origin :       ( Putilov)           | ||||
Historic context :
The Russian Army showed very little interest to AA guns before WW1. Some teachers of the Mikhailovsky Military Academy proposed a project for a 76.2 mm AA gun in 1908, whose drawings were finished by V.V. Tarnovski in 1913. The War Minister finally approved the design in 1914, but Tarnovski had to sell the plans ton the Putilov Company under political pressure. The Putilov engineer F.F. Lender made some modifications and the fabrication could finally start in August 1914. |
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