DATABASE OF THE WW1 SURVIVING ARTILLERY

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List and description of the surviving guns sorted by nation or localization
Inventory of the surviving guns from World War 1
The 'Blog de l'artillerie 14/18'
Credits and useful sources (books and websites)

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The surviving guns collection !


Click on the Suippes 150mm sFH picture to access on the guns list sorted by nation
The same guns list sorted by localisation on a Google Map

Localisation of the guns on a geographic map


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Where is this database coming from ?

Genesis of an idea...

Numerous WW1 artillery guns can still be seen nowadays. They are located throughout the world, in museums, near monuments, on former battlefields, etc...

A first inventory have been made by Alain Bohée, and edited in France in the nr 23, 24, 25, 27, 31 and 33 of the periodic 'Grande Guerre Magazine' (printed for the Association 14-18 ).

Internet power allows to give a new dimension to that initiative, collecting pictures of those equipments all arround the world. I created a BLOG at this effect. You can accees this blog by clicking on the following link :

http://canonspgmww1guns.canalblog.com Canons pgm / ww1 Guns : aka 'Le Blog de l'Arrtillerie', is dedicated to the collect of surviving WW1 artillery pieces pictures throughout the world, and is held by the same webmaster than this website.

Numerous WW1 amateurs and specialists (amongst them the 'pionneer' Alain Bohée) answered positively to that idea. their postings can be seen on the blog, but are also gathered in the following pages. If you know other guns that are not present in the database, please join us and send us pictures and description !

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Credits

Information sources

The pictures credits are given on each of the surviving guns files, in the field "contribution". The pictures are published on this website with the agreement of their author, or in accordance with the copyright rules of their website.

The gun information and data have been collected in numerous books and websites. I want to list the most important ones, and encourage anyone to read them too :

Books

  • Wernigk. der Einjahrig-Freiwillige der FeldArtillerie - Collectif, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1908
  • Cours d'Artillerie (divers fascicules) - Collectif, Ecole Militaire de l'Artillerie, 1916 a 1918
  • Notions Sommaires sur les Materiels Austro-Hongrois les Plus Courants) - Collectif, Imprimerie Nationale, 1918
  • Cours d'Artillerie de Tranchee - Capitaine Bouchon, Bourges, 1918
  • Manuel d'Artillerie Lourde - Commandant Alvin et Commandant Andre, Charles Lavauzelle, 1917
  • Les canons de la Victoire - Colonel Alvin et Commandant Andre, Charles Lavauzelle, 1923
  • Les canons en Service - General Alvin et Colonel Andre, Charles lavauzelle, 1930
  • L'Artillerie, Ce qu'elle a ete, ce qu'elle doit etre - General Herr, Lavauzelle, 1923
  • Le Canon, Artisan de la Victoire - General Rouquerol, Lavauzelle, 1920
  • Les Crapouillots 1914-1918 - General Rouquerol, Payot, 1935
  • Les Crapouillots 1914-1918 - Pierre Waline, Charles Lavauzelle, 1965
  • Das Ehrenbuch der Schweren Artillerie (I. Band) - Maj. Franz Nikolaus Kaiser, Verlag Tradition, Berlin, 1931
  • Das Ehrenbuch der Schweren Artillerie (II. Band) - Maj. Franz Nikolaus Kaiser, Vaterlandischer Verlag Berlin, 1934
  • Das Geraet der Schweren Artillerie vor, in und nach der Weltkrieg - Herman Schirmer, Bernard und Graefe, Berlin, 1937
  • Artillerie im 20. Jahrhundert - Franz Kosar, Bernard & Graefe, 2004
  • Feld- und FestungsArtillerie (Band 1) - Hans Mehl, Mittler, 2003
  • EisenbahnArtillerie, General Guy Francois, Editions Histoire et Fortifications, 2006
  • Les canons de la Victoire 1914-1918 - Tome I - L'Artillerie de campagne - Pierre Touzin et Francois Vauvillier, Histoire et Collection, 2006
  • Les canons de la Victoire 1914-1918 - Tome II - L' Artillerie Lourde a Grande Puissance - General Guy Francois, Histoire et Collection, 2008
  • L'Artillerie Allemande 1914-1918, Christophe Dutrone, Batailles HS nr 4, 2005
  • Le Prix d'un Alliance, Jean-Claude Laparra, YSEC, 2002
  • L'Artiglieria Austro-Ungarica Nella Grande Guerra - Filippo Cappellano, Gino Rossato, 2001
  • L'Artiglieria Italiana Nella Grande Guerra - Andrea Curami & Alessandro Massignani, Gino Rossato, 1998
  • British Artillery 1914-19, Field Army Artillery - Dale Clarke, Osprey Publishing, 2004
  • British Artillery 1914-19, Heavy Artillery - Dale Clarke, Osprey Publishing, 2005
  • German Artillery of World War One - Herbert Jager, Crowood, 2001
  • Allied Artillery of World War One - Ian V.Hogg, Crowood, 1998
  • Weapons of the Trench War 1914-1918 - Anthony Saunders, Sutton, 1999
  • De Kust Bezet 1914-1918 - Alex Desyne, Goekint Graphics, 2007
  • Lange Max - Raf Seus & Luc Commeine, Uitgeverij Devriendt, 2002
  • Deutsche FeldArtillerie 1864-1910 - Sonja Wetzig, Waffen-Arsenal #152, 1995
  • Deutsche 21-cm Morser 1911-1945 - Wolfgang Fleischer, Waffen-Arsenal #162, 1996
  • German Light & Heavy Infantry Artillery 1914-1945 - Wolfgang Fleischer, Schiffer Military/Aviation History, 1995
  • Les Uniformes et les Armes de la Guerre 1914-1918 (Tome 2) - Liliane & Fred Funcken, Casterman, 1971
  • Les Materiels de l'Armee Francaise 1940 (Tome 2) - Stephane Ferrard, Charles-Lavauzelle, 1984
  • The Paris Gun - Henry W.Miller, N&M, 1930
  • The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918 - Christian Ortner, Verlag Militaria, 2007
  • Skoda Heavy Guns - Schiffer Military History, Michal Prasil, 1997
  • Artillery - John Batchelor & Ian Hogg, Ballantine Books, 1972
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artillery - Ian V.Hogg, Chartwell Books, 1988
  • Artillery - Curt Johnson, Octopus, 1975
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Websites

Too few websites are specialized on WW1 artillery on the Net. But here is a selection of some very good ones :


http://www.landships.freeservers.com/index.htm Landships : The reference on WW1 artillery for history lovers and modellers !
http://www.lovettartillery.com Lovett Artillery : The impressive website of a WW1 guns American re-enactor and collector !
http://canonde75.free.fr/index.htm Le Canon de 75 : Probably the best website over the famous French 75 fieldgun.
http://www.artillerie.info/ Histoire Technique de l'Artilerie Française A very impressive website from Dr Balliet, specialized in the XIV to XIX century French artillery
http://www.ilmio.net/artiglieria/ ArtiglieriA The Great War Italian artillery website
http://www.clham.org/050342.htm L'Artillerie lourde Allemande a Liege An excellent page written in French language, concerning the German heavy industry in use against the Liege forts in 1914.

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