SURVIVING GUN FILE

Version Francaise

Germany

Light artillery

Light Fieldgun 7.7cm FK 96 n/A

Contribution :

Bernard Plumier

Artillery blog link

Location :

France

Bois Belleau (02)

Musée en plein air

One of the two similar guns exposed there suffered : its shield plate is fractured

The tubes of both guns are engraved with an arm, and the sentence "Ultima Ratio Regis"

Breech markings : "Nr 2769 Fr.Kp. - gef. 1898 Fr.Kp. - abg 1902 Sg Sp" (difficult to read because of the thick black paint layer)