john_g_kearney Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 This gun seems to have been abandoned in the mud in the Soviet Union - that looks like a Soviet truck in the right background. Can anybody ID the gun please? John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 could be a modern pic at w&p . :red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 If you like it ,there is one for sale on Milweb at the present ! Cannon 88mm Flak M31 ® 7.62 / 8.8 cm Rob..................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Could be the same gun. Though I doubt it... I take it from the lower case 'r' in the gun's designation that it was used by the Germans having been captured from the Soviets. Many thanks for the ID. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 John posted same photo on Axis History Forum today. It is a Soviet 76.2mm M1931 anti aircraft gun left by the treating Red Army. Large numbers of these were captured in the advances of 1941 and 1942. When the ammunition started to run out and the barrels wore out they were relined to fire the German 8.8 cm ammunition like the gun for sale in rnixartillery photo. Spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Yes, I stumbled across the Axis History Forum when looking for something else. Re the Soviet M1931 AA gun, the Forum has a very useful thread: Soviet heavy AA guns in german service. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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