Historia Magistra Vitae

Kiedyś znalazłem w sieci coś takiego:

Togo: no kanonen at all. Its weapons were limited to the weapons of the Polizeitruppe, some MG (IIRC, 8), and Gewehr-71 & Karbiner-88, and the privately owned weapons of the European settlers in the colony.

Kamerun: 8 kanonen [4 x 9 cm c73/91 Geschütze, 3 x 3,7 cm Schnellfeuergeschütze, 1 x 6 cm Gebirgs-haubitze], 60 MG, 3,861 Karabiner-98 (2,2 million rounds), and 2,920 Gewehr-71 & Karbiner-88 (0.5 million rounds).

DSWA: 68-75 kanonen in the colony (sources differ on whether the old "museum pieces" were ever mounted) of a myriad of makes and not all of which were fielded in the defense of the colony [only the first 46 took the field at any point, the rest were in various forts]: 4 x 10,5-cm leFH 98 (2,000 shells), 8 x 7,7-cm FK 96 n.A., 22 x 7,7-cm FK 96 (16,000 shells), 12 x 7,5-cm Ehrhardt Geb.K L/17 m08 (6,000 shells), 4 (9?) x 3,7-cm Krupp Maschinenkanone (pom-pom), 3 x 5,7-cm QF guns, 3 (2?) x 3,7-cm Revolverkanone, 6 x 7 cm Krupp Geb.K L/14 M 98, 4 (3?) x 6-cm Krupp Geb.K, 4 x 8-cm FK C/73 [not used]

DOA: 59 kanonen, although not all at one time. At the start of the war there were 35 kanone available in the colony of which they were able to field 31: 19 x 3,7 cm light guns with 3,120 shells, 3 x 4,7 cm light guns with 1,189 shells, 2 x 6 cm colonial guns with 257 shells, 7x 7,85 cm Krupp C.73 field cannon with 2,512 shells (5 were saluting guns; 4 others were lost when the lighter carrying them was scuttled on 5 August 1914 and they were not recoverable)

Additionally, the Germans were able to field 10 other kanonen in early 1914: 2 x old 4 cm guns that had been supplied years before for the lake steamers Hedwig von Wissmann and Hermann von Wissmann to use in tariff enforcement, 3 x old cast off museum & show pieces [1 x 6,5 cm Gebirgs gun, 1 x old C.73 gun, and 1 x old 15 cm naval gun that could only fire ancient British ammunition (which was obtained from recovered duds!)]. When SMS Möwe was scuttled she supplied 3 x 3,7 cm revolverkanone, and the light cruiser SMS Königsberg had sent ashore 2 x 8,8 cm QF guns with 400 shells she had carried to equip a raider.

In addition, 18 additional kanonen were fielded later: 2 x 6-cm- Bootslandungskanonen brought by SS Rubens in 1915, 10 x 10.5 cm Schnellladekanone salvaged from SMS Konigsberg in 1915, and 4 x 10,5-cm Feld-Haubitze m.98/09 and 2 x 7,5-cm Gebirgs-kanon m.08 brought by SS Marie in 1916.

Ostatnio edytowany przez Gregorus (2009-08-05 09:29:03)