The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
10.5 cm Light field howitzer, on a sheet steel box trail. The gun is fitted with two wooden spoked wheels and anti splinter gun shield. Breech operational, with a horizontal sliding breech block. Breech ring number 1457. Manufacturers code Rh Mf. Barrel number 1457A. Imperial German coat of arms on barrel "Pro Gloria Et Patria" and "Ultima Ratio Regis". Sight bracket in working order. Sight would have been a Goerz RBl. f.16. Front seat supports extensively perforated and twisted through battle damage.
This type of field howitzer was also used by other countries in the Central Powers, notably Bulgaria and Turkey.
The weight of projectile was 15.7kg with a muzzle velocity 302 m/sec
This example was captured by the 22nd Battalion at Geneve on 3 October 1918.
10.5 cm light field howitzer with sliding Krupp breech block. Mounted on steel box carriage, with two wooden spoked wheels. Breech number 455. Factory proof M 2787 Kp & S 6552 Kp. No firing pin. Bree
Light field artillery piece on two wheeled Box trail. The gun has a horizontal sliding breech block, and has a splinter-proof Shield. wheels are wooden spoked. Weight of projectile 5.89/7.2 kg; Muzzl
Light field artillery piece. Horizontal sliding breech. Steel box carriage, with two wooden spoked wheels. Breech is stamped with the gun number: 35, and Friedrich Krupp, Essen, 1913. The weight of t
13 cm calibre German heavy field gun, with a box trail, recoil spade, splinter-proof shield and axial recoil system mounted in twin cylinders under the barrel. The barrel can be elevated from -5 to
Spare barrel for a 21 cm Morser, mounted on its transportation wagon. The barrel has a matching breech ring and breech block number. Factory proof marks on breech ring, Kp S 2648. Kp 18; Kp M 1340. Th
German 15cm (5.9 inch) lange schwere Feldhaubitze 13/02 howitzer. Mounted on a steel box trail with two wooden spoked wheels and a slightly curved splinter-proof shield. Breech bears the Krupp manufa