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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 619)
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Germany
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com
Jean-Luc Jalabert            |
Location :
France Seclin (59) Fort de Seclin
Coordinates :
Lat : 50.55630 / Long : 3.00330
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General comments on this surviving gun :
This rare howitzer has been sent from South Africa to France in 1980 to be exposed in the Delville Wood Memorial in Longueval (Somme). It is now in Fort de Seclin museum, after being for some years in the famous "TOMMY BAR" in Pozieres (Somme), where these pictures were taken
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This very rare howitzer is now integrated in the collections of the Fort de Seclin (the pictures here have been taken when it was owned by the Pozière's Tommy's Bar museum. |
Two arms are engraved on the seemingly unusually thick walled tube. Breech markings : ' Nr ???? - 1898 - 1900 FRIED. KRUPP' |
Characteristic aspect. Note the absence of recuperator. |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     10.5cm lFH 98 | Origin :       ( Krupp)           | ||||
Historic context :
One of the learnings from the Russo-Turkish war demonstrated that the flat-trajectory fieldguns projectiles were unable to destroy troops entranched into fortified positions. That lesson induced the development of light field howitzers, capable of high angle fire, but keeping a mobility compatible with its use in field artillery |
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