Rlangham Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Still preserved at their original site on the Gallipoli peninsula is this battery of four French 24cm Modele 1876 coastal guns on their 360 degree traverse GPC mountings. Three had the ends blown off but the charge in the fourth didn't go off. The guns are sited in two seperate fields, two guns per field. Thanks to Landships forum member ALVF for identifying these. What an amazing site! I knew there'd be pieces of artillery still around at Gallipoli but had no idea they'd be this complete... and for a whole battery to be in one place, stunning Gun 1 - I went into the gun pit, and as I got to the bottom something large could be heard (and seen from the movement in the long grass) running, or slithering, from the bottom of the pit to the top! After that I decided not to go in any more of the pits..... Gun 2 Gun 3, with the full length barrel, unfortunately it wasn't possible to view it from the other side so this was the best image I could get Gun 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Great pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Great pics, thanks for them! Must have been a helluva charge in the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Thanks, going back to Gallipoli later this year so look forward to seeing them again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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