Hans Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 What types of railroad artillery did the French have in 1940? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 My guess would be the Germans would have used the French railroad artillery as spoils of war. So doing a search, I got this , which is a good starting point. Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 Excellent, I did search thru the French artillery and didn't find anything. Any idea what 'sur affut' in "sur affut M 17", means? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 sur affut according to babelfish is 'on mounting' Could the M17 etc indicate the type of rail platform it was mounted on? Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 M17 probably designates the year it was accepted into service. The French may have scrapped most of their RR arty as the British did, saving only a few guns. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: M17 probably designates the year it was accepted into service.I'll pay that. There's mention of a Model 17 in this list of WW1 French rail mounted artillery. Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_the_wino Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 holy crap...when did Mace actually become somewhat useful? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 When he turned old enough to buy the grog for his mates! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkelried Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Originally posted by Hans: What types of railroad artillery did the French have in 1940? They had 400mm Model 1915 mortars (obusiers), 340mm (other sources talk about 320 and 360mm) and 274mm guns. Some of the were used as single guns other were organised in railroad artillery regiments. I know only few things about those: The 371e RALVF was used in Flandres. It had 6 400m mortars. The 372e RALVF was used in the SF (Fortified Sector) Dauphiné. No idea about their guns. The 373e RALVF had 4 340mm RG and 8 274mm RG. It was located in the SF Hagenau. Three pieces of 320mm were located in the SF Altkirch at Steinsoultz. Some 240mm canons model 1884/1917 St.Chamond were put on 40mm rails within the fortifications. See two batteries in the SF of Altkirch Strengwald and Breitenhaag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Originally posted by winkelried: Some 240mm canons model 1884/1917 St.Chamond were put on 40mm rails within the fortifications. See two batteries in the SF of Altkirch Strengwald and Breitenhaag Neat stuff, Winkelried. Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkelried Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I dug some deeper: There seems to have been a 374e RALVF. It seems to have consisted of 3 groups of 6 194mm guns each (1/374 with XLII CAF, 3/374 with XVIII CA). There is also a reference to a 370e RALVF (XLIII CAF, SF Rohrbach). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 For a detailed rundown on captured French railway artillery taken into German service, please see WEAPONS OF THE THIRD REICH, by Gander and Chamberlain. Once you know the types, I believe there's also a list showing the disposition of railway artillery assets. Would also suggest you Google "railway artillery," seeing as how there are a number of sites devoted to this bit of military specialist exotica. Some verge on the incredible. Need a scratchbuilt 1/35th scale Gustav?! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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