The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
10 cm field gun, on a two wheeled box trail, with splinter proof shield. The trail is of rivetted steel plate. It was, however, generally fired from its cradle in the usual manner, the recoil thrust being taken up by the spade at the rear of the trail and an axial recoil system. The length of this recoil is limited by an oil buffer cylinder. The gun has been painted post-war in a dark vegitation green monochrome semi glass enamel.
The gun was introduced to the German Army fairly early in the First World War. This gun was horse drawn, with a horizontally sliding wedge breech mechanism, semi-automatic, and the carriage is fitted with pinion rods to allow the gun to be fired from a platform. In this manner it was thought to be capable of anti-aircraft gunfire.
The 10cm Kanone 04 was the first cannon introduced into the German Army with an axial recoil system, using twin oil cylinders to buffer the recoil, and springs as recuperators. The breech block is of
10 cm calibre Medium artillery piece. Steel box trail, with axial recoil system. Splinter-proof shield. Brake arms mounted to front of shield - this is unusual - most artillery pieces of that perio
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
The French canon de 75 mm modele 1897 field gun was the standard French and American field gun of the First World War. The gun has an interrupted screw breech, a hydropneumatic recoiling barrel, a spl
Slow firing jacket field gun (Mantelrohr), cylindro-prismatic wedge breech mechanism with an expanding steel obturating ring. It was fitted with a direct fire sight and aiming circle. It was modernise
15 cm sFH 93 heavy howitzer. The gun barrel is made from cast nickel steel. The breech was closed by a horizontal sliding breech block, missing in this example. The gun carriage is made from rivetted
