The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
c. 1920. A captured German Lange 21cm Morser, without a shield. The range of this gun was 10,280 yards with a 1914 short shell and 11.155 yards with a 1896 long shell. Next to it (in the background) is a pre First World War 122mm siege gun. Note the letters IWM probably meaning the Imperial War Museum written on the barrel. (Donor J. Whitelaw)
c. 1920. A captured German 15cm sFH13 Howitzer with a sign on the shield which reads "by 20th Battalion Australian Imperial Force" indicating that it was captured by the 20th Battalion. Next to it is
c. 1920. A captured German Lange 21cm Morser (Mortar), with a shield, but without a buffer and recuperator cover. The range of this gun was 10,280 yards with a 1914 short shell and 11.155 yards with a
c. 1920. A captured German 21cm Morser (Mortar) with a damaged barrel, missing its shield. The Morser had a range of 10,280 yards with a 1914 short shell and 11,155 yards with a 1896 long shell. This
Hollebeke, Belgium. May 1918. A German Army 21cm Morser 16 howitzer and crew operating in the open near the town in the Ypres salient. (Donor German War Museum Bufa 8959)
c. 1920. A captured German 7.5cm Model 97 Field gun (left) and a Lange 15cm Kannone (probably Krupp) field gun (centre), with other guns captured during the First World War. The limber in the foregrou
c. 1920. A captured Austrian M1915 mountain gun. The words "Second Army Dept of Defence Melbourne" are faintly visible on the shield. (Donor J. Whitelaw)
