SURVIVING GUN FILE

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Germany

Anti-aircraft artillery

7.7cm L/35 Flak (franz.)

Contribution :

Hervé Toulotte

WW1 artillery blog link

Location :

France

Renty (62)

War Memorial

Seen from behind, this German Flak tube demonstrates its French origin by its shape and the presence of the Nordenfelt breech system. Breech markings (French and barred) : 'FBs - 909'

This war memorial owns two of tese rarest guns

Seen on the front, the French tube is a little less reckognizable because of the absence of the typical guiding wheels (probably dur to the replacement of the originla French tube by a German one) and the special protection plate

This flak gun could be mounted on a circular track platform in order to give it a 360 degrees horizontal range

The exposed gun, painted with a typically German camouflage, is a modification using a simplified french 120mm de Bange gun carriage, and a German replacement inner tube (without guiding wheels)

View on the German sight optics. Breech markings (French origin) : 'Nr35 (barred) - ABS'

The original French AA gun was mounted on a circular rails platform for increased mobility

This gun has been captured and used by the German Army, explaining the camouflage scheme and some markings.

View on the aiming optics