Above:  The most recent photograph of the 7,7cm l.F.K. 1896n/A after painting wartime field grey.  In this image it has incorrect wheels just used for moving it around the shop.  Updates of this page will show the piece with correct wheels.

Above:  A close up photograph showing the breech ring of the 7,7cm lFK 96 n/A after painting.

Above Left:  A photograph of the Kaiser William II (WRII or William Rex II) scroll. You can see that this Kaiser William II  scroll is not complete.  When the barrel was first rebuilt in 1906 as an upgrade from the 7,7cm lFK 1896 non-recoil gun type to the 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A with a hydro-spring recoil mechanism the lathe work for the new bands partly erased the scroll.  When this piece was first produced as a 7,7cm lFK 1896 type there was a Prussian Eagle scroll etched onto the muzzle end of the barrel.  During the wartime period when this piece was yet again arsenal rebuilt the breech ring sleeve was retained with the Kaiser William II scroll but the barrel sleeve, with the eagle scroll, was replaced.  This is a fairly common occurrence and it is actually less common to see a 7,7cm lFK 96 n/A with both scrolls   Above Right:  Another view of the Kaiser William II scroll after the barrel was remounted onto the recoil mechanism and painted field grey.

Above:  The barrel sliding back into position along the recoil cradle.  The cylinder of the recoil mechanism is visible fitted to the breech ring.  The piece is still only painted in red oxide primer.

Above:  The barrel almost in place.

Above:  The barrel hosted up into position and lined up with the recoil mechanism.

Above:  A side view of the barrel hosted  into position with the recoil mechanism.

Above:  New leather head pads riveted onto the shield.  These cushion the heads of the crewmembers who ride on the axletree seats. 

Above:  Close up of the left shield head pad riveted into place.

Above:  Close up of one of the two new shovel mounts riveted into place on the lower shield.

Above:  The shovel mounts for the 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A are for two shovels each.  One is the large pioneer shovel and the other is the short handled trench shovel.  In this view one shovel mount is disassembled and the other is riveted together. 

Above:  In this view of the restoration process, the elevation and traversing mechanisms  are laid out  to the side of the carriage.

Above:  Close up of the elevation and traversing mechanisms.

Above:  The axletree seats are seen is this view of the carriage of the 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A.

Above:  A rear view of the carriage of the 7,7cm. l.F.K. 1896 n/A.

Above: Both 7,7cm’s recoil cradles after sand blasting.  The Hydro-Spring Recoil system is removed.

Above:  These are the barrels of the two 7,7cm. l.F.K. 1896 n/As being restored. In this view they have been sand blasted and have their breech blocks and internal parts laying beside them.

Above:  The registered 7,7cm. l.F.K. 1896 n/A being disassembled for a ground up restoration.

We need a sight mount of this type for the 7,7cm. lFK “96 n/A.   

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