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Photo album of a horse-drawn 105 battery in Barbarossa
PHOTO ALBUM OF A HORSE-DRAWN 105 BATTERY IN BARBAROSSA
As we who collect photos of German soldiers during World War II so often see, someone has sold their grandfather's or great-grandfather's photo album.
The photos are auctioned individually, but before they are dealt among a hundred hands, if they are placed in a logical order, they tell a story.
There are about fifty photos of the advance of a horse drawn artillery unit in the first weeks or months of the German attack on the Soviet Union.
There are no written references on its back, except for one that has written: Eingang zum tal des todes. Kessel von Bialystok. 30 June 1941 (Entrance to Death Valley. Bialystok pocket. 30 June 1941)
Someone took a few photographs of the advancing horses pulling the cannons, of various “Kriegsbrücke” pontoon bridges, of churches, of other motor vehicles circling the column of wagons, of destroyed Russian equipment, of prisoners, of the cannons opening fire, of the effect of the mud in the advance and two magnificent of the men and the horses enjoying the freshness of the waters of a river in a moment of rest.
I couldn't get any of the photos I bid on. I hope you enjoy them….
We must not forget that it is always possible that an image has slipped through the photos in the album, but I don't have the feeling that any of them contrast too much with the rest.
Image of an artillery piece like the ones in the photo album that we are going to see
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02-25-2023 08:23 PM
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Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 (leFH 18)
LeFH designed Rheinmetall 105 mm, 18 as a substitute for light howitzer leFH 16 entering service in 1935 becoming the standard shell light group artillery regiments. It was a conventional design with pure lines and reliable as a weapon but left something to be desired in terms of firepower. Like most German artillery pieces could shoot a good variety of projectiles such as high explosive anti-tank shaped charge anti-tank, piercing, etc. Despite its flaws could play many roles in the battlefield.
All divisions of infantry, panzer grenadiers or had a normal complement of an artillery regiment of at least two groups of three light artillery batteries with four pieces each. Most of the guns would be horse-drawn. A team of six horses was the standard allocation, but in very bad conditions, as would be found in the Soviet Union, up to ten would be required. When horse-drawn, the gun was used with a two-wheeled limber which carried ammunition and members of the gun crew.
A new role for this canyon he had to play with the invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941 having to deal with Soviet tanks. The leFH 18 with the 88 mm Flak 18/36 was immersed in pure functions using anti-tank penetrators and shaped charge in an attempt to confront the T-34 and KV series in direct fire.
During the Soviet counterattack in the Battle of Moscow, the retreating German horse-drawn artillery vehicles often had to be abandoned due to heavy snows and exhaustion. The experience of the first winter led to the use of larger draft horses and more fodder loaded on the limber. The crews had to walk on foot to spare the easily exhausted heavy horses
Another well known pic of a German Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 (leFH 18)
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all the men look miserable. thanks for posting the images. can still hear from the band of brothers "we have trucks, you have horses, what were you thinking?"
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Interesting thread. Santi.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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