15cm quick firing navy gun, 40 calibres, on wheeled carriage
Contribution :
Bernard Plumier
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Location :
Belgium
Brussels
Musee Royal de l'Armee
The tube of this marine gun has been cut in two.
View on the 45 kg shell and the grooves.
This gun most probably fired at a higher rate that it was allowed to, and the increasing heat did create a permanent deformation, visible on this picture !