Sources of artillery images for WSS

[Justin Penwith]

Gents,

I have gone through the English language sources that I have access to, here in the States, but am curious about French, Dutch, and German sources which may contain picture, drawings, or blueprints (well, diagrams) of artillery pieces of the NYW/WSS/GNW periods.

If any of you know of free, internet sources, that would be ideal, but if you know of expensive, hard to find, but also possible to acquire texts with this information, then I suppose I can deal with that too!

@Churchill, I do have that picture you have posted here before, do you have any others?

Thanks in advance!

Justin

[Motorway]

For starters, Les Traveaux de Mars, the artillery stuff starts around p. 123

http://books.google.nl/books?id=VRYPAAA ... &q&f=false

[Churchill]

Ray.

[Justin Penwith]

@Motorway

Thank you! Great book, thank you for the link.


@ Churchill,

Nice photo...too bad they are right in front of the gun.

Interesting to see the crew dominated by women...

[Churchill]

Ray.

[pabblo41]

Hi

Here is a picture of what is said to be a French 3 lbr from the WSS.

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If all the 3 lbrs were this size then I would imagine that they would would be man handleable on the battlefield.

[Churchill]

Ray.

[pabblo41]

Ray

With all due respect - could you read what I said!_ I said it is was was "said" to be a gun from the WSS, as the source I got it from indicated that it was. Just because it does not confirm with what you think or know does not make it right or wrong. It might come from a source you are not aware of.

As it happens I thik it is actually a gun from the 7YW but I cannot prove it either way. I put it up to stimulate a debate and would like to hear from anyone who actually knows if it is actually a WSS or 7YW gun. There is a lot of information out there much of it not in English or accessable to the English speaking world, and it is arrogent of us to think that if it is not in English it does not exist or is correct.

[Friedrich August I.]

.... English speaking world, and it is arrogent of us to think that if it is not in English it does not exist or is correct.

*applaude/standing ovation*

There are army museums accross all of europe from Denmark to Italy, from England to Moscow. Most of them have guns of which nobody knows axactly to whome they belong
So keep looking or searching and you may find something

have fun

Günter

[Churchill]

Ray.

[Friedrich August I.]

interesting stuff here even as it is no source for WSS

http://nigbilpainter.blogspot.com/2011/ ... doise.html

http://www.nag-history.de/preussen/Arti ... illon.html
http://www.nag-history.de/preussen/Galerie/index.htm

sometimes you have to look to the russians..

http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dewiki/1414902

[pabblo41]

Ray

Read the emails again . If you dont understand it get someone who does to read it to you.
There are more pictures of the gun , and it came from someone in the USA who was on holiday (I think in Europe) and came across the gun at a Military Museum and whe he enquired about the gun was told it was from the WSS, which again is why I emphesized the word SAID! Because he was sure the gun was real but maybe not from the WSS period.

The gun exists and the pictures exist and they need explaining.

The bit about the 7YW is my view of what period the gun might come. Which IF YOU READ MY EMAIL, IS WHAT I SAID.

AS I SAID - READ WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU - IF YOU CANT. DONT COMMENT.

[pabblo41]

Günter

thank you for the support , and the interesting photo's and references. They may be (as you said) not from the WSS but they do highlight how much info is out there, also that the interest in military history, reinactment socities etc is universal and not just restricted to "the english speaking world".

Regards