Ralph Lovett Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 In the last week and a half I nearly completed the restoration work on the 10,5cm lFH 98 Limber. It is made up of original parts found in France, Germany, Poland, and Russia, along with new footboards/trace chain hooks, and arm rest. It has been an eight year restoration project that pulls together the systems that support the 10,5cm lFH 98/09 and 10,5cm lFH 1916 howitzers. At a later date, I will put photos on the web site of the limber with the howitzers, ammunition, fuzes, sights, horse harnessing, and saddles. There are few of these surviving today. There is one at Atatürk's Mausoleum, a reproduction 10,5cm lFH 98 Limber, along with parts to complete much of one in a private collection in Germany and the remains of one, badly rusted, in Russia. remains of one, badly rusted, in Russia. This is the link on the web page for the recent work: http://lovettartillery.com/10.5cm_leichte_Feld_Haubitze_Limber.html This is the link for the two howitzers I have to go along with this limber: http://lovettartillery.com/10,5cm_lFH_1898_09.htm http://lovettartillery.com/10.5cm_leichte_Feld_Haubitze.html The WWI and WW2 Era six horse team, saddles and harnessing: http://lovettartillery.com/Field%20Artillery%20Saddle%20and%20Harness.html http://lovettartillery.com/WW2_ERA_German_Art_Saddle_Harnessing.html and the ammo carried in the limber: http://lovettartillery.com/10,5cm_lFH_98_09_Ammunition.html Hope this is of interest R/ Ralph Quote
Niels v Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 very nice, do you have the gun to go with it, and what are the things in the back ground on the last picture Quote
Ralph Lovett Posted October 4, 2015 Author Posted October 4, 2015 very nice, do you have the gun to go with it, and what are the things in the back ground on the last picture Yes, I have the howitzers that go with this limber, the German 10,5cm lFH 1898/09 and the 10,5cm lFH 1916: http://lovettartillery.com/10,5cm_lFH_1898_09.htm http://lovettartillery.com/10.5cm_leichte_Feld_Haubitze.html The links in my original post are for these and the other associated equipment. The pieces in the background are a German 10cm Kanone 1917, German 15cm lg.sFH 1913, and two German 15cm sFH 1902s. I have 34 pieces of artillery, anti-tank guns, mortars, and naval guns in the collection, not counting the associated equipment like limbers, caissons and prime movers. See my web site at: http://lovettartillery.com/index.html Hope you enjoy it. R/ Ralph Quote
Enigma Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Love the website...some nice items in there. Quote
Niels v Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 A very nice collection. would this limber also have been used with the LeFH 18/40 ? Quote
Ralph Lovett Posted October 6, 2015 Author Posted October 6, 2015 A very nice collection. would this limber also have been used with the LeFH 18/40 ? The 10,5cm lFH 18 and the later 18/40 had different limbers from the 10,5cm lFH 98/09 and 1916 models dedicated to them. However, I have seen photos of the 98 limber being used as a substitute with a 10,5cm lFH 18/40 in the late war period. I have also seen a few images of the 98 limber being used with the PAK 38. R/ Ralph Quote
Enigma Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 I tried to watch the video of the Civil war 3 inch gun but it doesn't work, it only buffers to 38% and then doesn't play. Quote
Ralph Lovett Posted October 7, 2015 Author Posted October 7, 2015 I tried to watch the video of the Civil war 3 inch gun but it doesn't work, it only buffers to 38% and then doesn't play. Enigma Sorry you are having the trouble with the video of the US 3 Inch Ordnance piece. I have just tried it from several different computers and got it to play. It could be a download speed issue. For anyone following this, the link is: http://lovettartillery.com/3_inch_Ordnance_Piece_American_Civil_War.html Just click onto the first image of the US 3 Inch and the streaming video should download. I also have a streaming video at this link for live fire with a French 25mm SAL 1937: http://lovettartillery.com/25mm_SAL_Puteaux_1937.html Again, just click onto the first photo of the 25mm and the video should play. By the way, I'm looking back while firing because I am looking for the signal to fire from a sound technician from Skywalker Sound. This is a sound shoot for War Horse. The filming was done in the UK but because they could not live fire there, the sound of all live fire for War Horse came from a live fire shoot I put together in Georgia, USA. All the sounds came from rifles and artillery from my collection. If you get these to work, another is at: http://lovettartillery.com/15cm_lang_schwere_Feldhaubitze_1913_02.html This was a blank fire with the German 15cm lg.sFH 1913. Hope it works for everyone. R/ Ralph Quote
draganm Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Ralph, any guess on this piece? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?51288-Um-any-ideas-In-Poland&p=453147#post453147 Quote
Gradez Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Hello Ralph, I am following your interesting collection for quite a while now via your very interesting website and just wanted to let you know, how much I appriciate your effort. I added a WWI "Artillery" picture, which I discovered this year together with a couple of other wartime photographs of an enlisted man, who served with 368th Regiment of Infantry in France. Caption on the rear says "Scheingeschütz", which means decoy gun in german. Cheers Gradez Quote
Ralph Lovett Posted October 13, 2015 Author Posted October 13, 2015 Hello Ralph, I am following your interesting collection for quite a while now via your very interesting website and just wanted to let you know, how much I appriciate your effort. I added a WWI "Artillery" picture, which I discovered this year together with a couple of other wartime photographs of an enlisted man, who served with 368th Regiment of Infantry in France. [ATTACH=CONFIG]108750[/ATTACH] Caption on the rear says "Scheingeschütz", which means decoy gun in german. Cheers Gradez Gradez Thanks for the kind words about the collection. It is always great to hear there are others with an interest in these things. Thanks for posting the photo of the decoy gun. Interesting piece. R/ Ralph Quote
Runflat Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 Hi Ralph, You may have know of or have seen this already: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=831209 Quote
Ralph Lovett Posted November 15, 2015 Author Posted November 15, 2015 Thanks for the link. I am quite interested in that R/ Ralph Quote
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