And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Italian gun captured by Austro-Hungarians during Caporetto breakthrough, November 1917
What a beast. I'll bet that thing was a job to even move. Good thing there was no counter battery fire at that time.
Oh, there was counter-battery fire, for sure. Not terribly effective unless a spotter aircraft could help since they were limited to sound and flash ranging.
I'm looking at it and thinking - how the heck is the barrel adjusted left or right without humping that 2,437 ton frame a tad ? Now you've done it, I'm going to have to look this up. Maybe Hickok45 can do a video on one of these.
In WWII they had trouble moving small artillery in the mud with modern trucks and jeeps.
ReplyDeleteAnd in WW-1 they had trouble moving virtually any and all equipment with horses.
ReplyDeleteObice da 305/17 D.S. howitzer. 305mm or just about 12 inch gun
ReplyDeleteGood find, CW!
ReplyDeleteJust look at the joy on the soldiers' faces after being told their job is to move it.
ReplyDeleteOh, there was counter-battery fire, for sure. Not terribly effective unless a spotter aircraft could help since they were limited to sound and flash ranging.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at it and thinking - how the heck is the barrel adjusted left or right without humping that 2,437 ton frame a tad ? Now you've done it, I'm going to have to look this up. Maybe Hickok45 can do a video on one of these.
ReplyDeletehttps://militaryhistoria.com/305-17/
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