Imperial Russian Artillery

107mm M 1877 (42 Line Gun)

 

Imperial Russian 107mm M 1877

(42 Line Gun)

 

Below: Captured Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Gun) with its German Landwehr Foot Artillery crew. They have an indirect fire sight fitted on the breech ring

 

 

Below: Captured Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Gun) with its new German Landwehr Foot Artillery crew. They have an indirect fire sight fitted on the breech ring. Notice they are also smoking with a propellant powder bag in the hands of another crewman

Below:  A captured Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Gun) painted in camouflage  

Below:  A battery of Russian 107mm M1877, 42 Line Guns that were captured from German  service       

Below:  A captured Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Gun) with a German crew

Below:  A close up of the breech and shell with a German crewman loading a captured Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Gun)

 

 

Above: Russian 107mm M1877 (42 Line Guns) captured by Japanese forces in the Russo-Japanese War, at Nanshan Hill. These guns were used by the Japanese at Port Arthur against their former owners.

To see the Russian 107mm M1877 42 Line Gun in the Lovett Collection

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