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11 September 2019

A German anti-aircraft gun 7,62-cm Räderflak L/30 (russ 02). Belgium 1917-18.


A German anti-aircraft gun: The 7,62-cm Räderflak L/30 (russ 02). 
Belgian coast, 1917-18. 


This is the transformation by Krupp of the 76.2-mm L/30 M1902 Russian Putilov field gun, turning it into an anti-aircraft gun, in this case fixed on a two-wheeled carriage: the 7.62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 02). 120 pieces were transformed between March and June 1917.

With a design reminiscent of the 7.7-cm anti-aircraft gun "Räder B.A.K." [Räderflak from mid-1916] L/35 (fraz 97) Krupp M1915 and also the 7.62-cm Räderflak L/30 (russ 00) Krupp M1916, however had better technical characteristics.

See in my main Blog: Armored Cars in the WWI, the following two posts:

Sunday, May 20, 2018
German 7,62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 00) Krupp M1916
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/german-762-cm-raderflak-krupp-russ-00.html


Thursday, February 7, 2019
German 7,62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 02) Krupp M1917
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2019/02/german-762-cm-l30-raderflak-russen-02.html


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Se trata de la transformación realizada por Krupp, del cañón de campaña ruso Putilov de 76.2-mm L/30 M1902, convirtiendolo en un cañon antiaéro, en este caso, fijado sobre un carruje de dos ruedas: el 7,62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 02). 120 piezas fueron transformadas entre marzo y junio de 1917.

Con un diseño que recuerda el del cañón antiaéreo 7,7-cm "Räder B.A.K." [Räderflak a partir de mediados de 1916] L/35 (fraz 97) Krupp M1915 y también el del 7,62-cm Räderflak L/30 (russ 00) Krupp M1916, tenía sin embargo mejores características técnicas.

Ver en mi Blog principal: Armored Cars in the WWI, los dos posts siguientes:

Sunday, May 20, 2018
German 7,62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 00) Krupp M1916
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/german-762-cm-raderflak-krupp-russ-00.html


Thursday, February 7, 2019
German 7,62-cm L/30 Räderflak (russ 02) Krupp M1917
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2019/02/german-762-cm-l30-raderflak-russen-02.html


A small column of 1.5 ton Italian light trucks Fiat 15 Ter. Libya, circa 1916.


A small column of 1.5-ton Italian light trucks Fiat 15 ter.
The first two, modified as reconnaissance vehicles. The third support.
Libya, circa 1915.

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Una pequeña columna de camiones ligeros italianos de 1,5-ton Fiat 15 ter. 
Los dos primeros, modificados como vehículos de reconocimiento. El tercero, de apoyo.
Libia, circa 1916.


07 August 2019

Austro-Hungarian Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Ehrhardt-Skoda 8-cm L/35.


Austro-Hungarian Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Ehrhardt-Skoda 8-cm L/35. 
(Registration number: A.XII.592)

Note: Observe the two curved masts on the vehicle, the one on the right with an electric lamp installed, which would facilitate the night air defense.


Deployed, along with other pieces, for the antiaircraft defense of an important industrial zone, in the area of the 12th Army.
This equipped with two electric lamps, whose illumination of the combat chamber, would facilitate the crew the possibility of night anti-aircraft combat. I have seen in other Austro-Hungarian anti-aircraft guns, in photographs taken in 1918, the same lamps for night shooting, so the scene I present here must be of that same year or the end of 1917. Dates that also coincide with the increase in aerial raids and the allied capacity to carry out night bombers to "strategic" areas, in 1917-1918.


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Vehículo Antiaéreo Austro-Húngaro Ehrhardt-Skoda 8-cm L/35. 
(Número de matrícula: A.XII.592)

Nota: Obsérvense los dos mástiles curvos sobre el vehículo, el de la derecha con una lámpara eléctrica instalada, que facilitarían la defensa antiaérea nocturna.

Desplegado, junto a otras piezas, para la defensa antiaérea de una importante zona industrial, en el área del 12º Ejército.
Ésta equipado con dos lámparas eléctricas, cuya iluminación de la cámara de combate, facilitaría a la tripulación la posibilidad del combate antiaéreo nocturno. He visto en otros cañones antiaéreos austro-húngaros, en fotografías tomadas en 1918, las mismas lámparas para el tiro nocturno, por lo que la escena que aquí presento, debe de ser de ese mismo año o de finales de 1917. Fechas que también coinciden con el incremento de las incursiones aéreas y la capacidad aliada de realizar bombarderos nocturnos a zonas "estratégicas", en 1917-1918.

Russian armored car Austin Type 2 in a workshop behind the front. Spring of 1917.


03 August 2019

System Merker Armored Car, Model 1912. Carnival parade: «The Peace Congress in Haag». Germany 1912


System Merker Armored Car, Model 1912 
Carnival parade: «The Peace Congress in Haag»
Germany 1912

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Panzerauto, System Merker (Modell 1912) 
Fastnachtsumzug 1912: «Der Friedenskongress in Haag»
Deutschland 1912 

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Coche Blindado Sistema Merker, Modelo 1912
Desfile de Carnaval: «El Congreso de la Paz en Haag»
Alemania 1912