Studio photo of artillery soldier w/shrapnel projectile.
Schneider and Krupp grenades:
Argentina, Chile and Bulgaria adopted the Krupp universal shell. Also Germany and Austria-Hungary for their field gun and field howitzers introduced the Krupp and Ehrhardt universal shells with only some insignificant changes. The Schneider universal shells on the contrary were not greatly appreciated.
Read more: Universal shells for quick-firing 75mm field guns:
http://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian%20Artillery%201/Equipment/Universal%20shell_field%20guns.htm
Read more: Universal shells for quick-firing 75mm field guns:
http://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian%20Artillery%201/Equipment/Universal%20shell_field%20guns.htm
Field and Heavy Artillery
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The Franco-Prussin War was truly a turning point in modern warfare. With newly perfected arms used by the infantry and the artillery, the cavalry charges began their decline. This was evident in the battle at Sadowa where the precision Prussian Dreyse rifles and grooved cannons defeated the Austrian troops.
Despite the superiority of the French Chassepot rifles and the increasingly visible fire power of the artillery and infantry, the appearance of polygonal rifling, smokeless powder, precision rifles, Gaitling machine guns was ignored by the French high command. They preferred to send their cuirassiers to their romantic death on horseback, dressed in armor and helmets without firearms into the curtain of smoke on the battlefields of Rezonville and Morsbronn where a great portion of the French cavalry was massacred. On some opportunities Prussian officers ordered a ceasefire due to their admiration for the French riders' sacrifice of launching themselves into certain death. The Prussians even offered military honors to them.
These experiences were undoubtedly kept in mind when the Argentine high command had to equip the military with potent firearms fromt he era and teach the new land doctrines. Schneider (French) and Krupp (German) are the 2 industrial brand protagonists in Argentina's artillery at the end of the XIX and middle of the XX centuries.
Artillery Major Domingo Mercante.
Field and heavy artillery
75mm L24 M1884 (Krupp).
75mm L27 M1880 (Krupp).
75mm L24 M1895 (Krupp).
75mm L28 M1898 (Krupp).
75mm L28 M1905 (Krupp).
75mm L30 M1909 (krupp).
75mm L40 M1935 (Bofors)
150mm L11 M1911 (Krupp).
105mm L30,8 M1928 (Shneider).
105mm L17,8 M1928 (Schneider).
105mm L12,4 M1928 (Schneider).
155mm L15 M1928 (Schneider).
155mm L30,8 M1929 (Schneider).
130mm L26 M1902 (Krupp)
Caras y Caretas 1901.
Krupp howitzer. Photo from the book "Universal Military Service in Argentina" by George Marvin
130mm Krupp, L26 M1902 siege cannon circa 1917. Courtesy Georg V.Rauch.
75mm Krupp
Recommended read: The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968 by William Manchester
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75mm Model L30,10 Krupp (1909): http://www.cannonsuperstore.com/sold_german.htm
Krupp 7.5cm 75mm L.30
75mm krupp (Bariloche City). Wikipedia.
Artillery School, Campo de Mayo (May Field) (1945)
155mm 15.5cm Howitzer Shneider. .
155mm Schneider mod. 1928 L.15
Schneider 1.5cm 155mm howitzer
Soldiers of the Artillery School Sgt. Cabral 1945 (Heavy Artillery).
75mm 7.5cm Cannon. Bofors 75mm M35 L40
Demonstration of shooting mechanics (tiro mecanico) before military attaches. Photo is from 1945 from an artillery school.
Schneider Howitzer 155mm L15 M28.
1st Artillery Regiment of Ciudadela (1945)
Left: Schneider 105mm. Right Scheneider mod. 1928 75mm L.1911
Schneider howitzer 15cm 155mm L.15 mod. 1928 and mod. 1929.
1.5 ton Chevy trucks and trailers with Schneider 105mm. Thornicroft truck w/schneiders 155mm L.31.
Schneider howitzer 15cm 155mm L.15 mod. 1928 and Chevys mod. 41/42 w/oerlikon 20mm AA.
Schneider 155mm.
Artillery School, Campo de Mayo (May Field) 1948
CCKW-352 (SWB) Short wheelbase, prime mover for the field artillery (155mm). The trucks were very similar to the CCW but without front wheel drive.
Schneider 155mm howitzer.
Schneider mod. 1928 de 75 mm L.1911 and Schneider mod. 1928 105 mm L.31.
Left: Schneider with hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism (French system), which absorbed the recoil of the weapon's barrel during the firing sequence. Right: US 1897A4 (Based on French 75 modèle 1897 Government arsenals (Puteaux, Bourges,Tarbes and St Etienne). Note the the gun cradle.
105mm howitzer Schneider
Photos from "Caras y Caretas".
Photos from the archives of LIFE magazine
Field Artillery Gunnery Tables. Artillery Board.
Topographic maps and survey to artilery
Artillery Board, (Tablero de Poligonales) .Revista del Suboficial 1944 (NCO, Magazine).
Bofors 7.5cm 75mm L.40 mod. 1935.
Horse Artillery and crew
Schneider 105 m L.18,6 mod. 1928
Bofors 75mm gun
Schneider 105 mm L.18,6 mod. 1928
155mm Schneider cannon transport wagon.
Schneider 155mm L30 M1929.
M1 90mm anti-aircraft. Georg Rauch.
Above photo found on Wikipedia showing a crew loading a cannon. The cannon is a US made 90mm m1a1, a powerful antiair weapon that can be used as antitank under certain cicumstances.
155mm M114a1, (M1A2). Medium Field Howitzer.
M114A2. Aberdeen Museum. Carriage-Howitzer M1A2. The Oliver Corp 1955.
The 155mm M114A1 were an Argentine attempt to replace the older Schneider 155mm. The 155mm were later replaced by the 15mm L33 Citer M77/81 (developed in the 1970s). This gun was based on the French Mk F3 155mm self-propelled gun (also in service in Argentina). In the 1980s CITEFA developed the 155mm L45 CALA 30/2 Gun to replace the CITER-SOFMA 155mm. Info found on Wikipedia.
105 mm M2A1 (M101A1) Light Field howitzer.
Modernized & Upgraded pieces
75mm
Schneider 155mm L30 M1928. Courtesy Georg Rauch.
Schneider 155 mm L.15 mod. 1928
Malvinas Campaign
CITER 155mm L33 Field Gun. Latinoamericastudies.
105mm L14 M56 Pak Howitzer Oto Melara.
Desperate combat until the last of the cartridges which could not be replenished due to the blockade. The enemy continues to overpower the terrain. "La Semana" Magazine 1982.
This page is dedicated to Artillery Conscript Soldier Sol. C/24, Juan Carlos Mazzeo
