Monuments with cannons in Romania, an inventory

[Morar Andrei]

There are two WW1 era cannons in Șercăița, Brasov county. I couldn't identify the model. At least, their barrels... A bit of help would be useful.

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_2018_01/...670cbf49298.jpg

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Note: how to upload photos? I have no idea how to do so...

[Vici]

Thanks, I ve added them to the list.
I cant ID them too, I ll have to research a bit to find out what they were.

[Vici]

Sorry, no positive ID. They are certainly Krupp by the look of the breech, I suspect a 77 or 80 mm version, but beyond that I dont know the exact version.

Since yesterday I found another 12 cannons (6 locations) and added them to the list on page 1.

Most rare is in Provita de Sus, Prahova County - a Gruson model 1888, 120 mm howitzer which was taken during 1915-16 from the fixed fort emplacements and put on a Romanian made cradle and wheels, used troughout the 1916-17 campaigns. I know of only two other examples, in Stoenesti, Arges. I m not sure if even the Central Military Museum has one.

This post has been edited by Vici on March 26, 2018 04:51 pm

[Morar Andrei]

I think that I found the answer about the cannon barrels from Sercăița. They might be from two 100mm Skoda M.1934 howitzers.
I think there is a picture of such an artillery piece on this forum too. You can check if they match.

[Vici]

4 years late, but I must say you are right. I will update the list.

[Vici]

Apparently I cant edit the initial post and cant repost that text, always an error message pops up from the forum. Even if I try to post just a part of the list.

Also encountered a lot of bugs and errors when I tried to moderate the forum.

Guess this is the end of it.