SURVIVING GUN FILE

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Germany

Heavy artillery

150 mm heavy howitzer L/17 mod 1913

Contribution :

Charlie Clelland

Artillery blog link

Location :

New Zealand

Omaka

Peter Jackson Collection

A 15cm sFH 13 lg. serial no. #60. This is a short barrelled howitzer converted to the longer barrel. Captured by the 26th Battalion AIF on 10 Sept 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux.

It was allocated to South Brisbane and eventually was purchased by a private collector. It was sold in 2011 to the Peter Jackson Collection in New Zealand.