Marienwagen II mit 5,7 cm Hotchkiss L/40

Ghostmaxi · February 1, 2024, 9:44am

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I would like to suggest the unique one of a kind Marienwagen II armed with a (presumably) russian captured 57 mm Hotchkiss L/40 gun.
It was a test combination near the end of WW1 around 1918, along other allready made self propelled guns such as different 7,7 cm guns on the KD-1 and 8,8 cm SK L/45 on Benz Gaggenau.
It was not used and propably unmounted later on and only 1 picture exists of it in a very basic way.
Its ammo would have most certainly been stored behind the cabin in their standart wooden crates.
Created as a simple way for an mobile SP AT gun.

While it is a 5,7 cm Hotchkiss L/40 gun, germany produced and used their own ammo in their different 5,7 cm guns such as the: (Click on the name to show).
It has 550-554 m/s, -15° ti + 90° elevation with 20-25 rpm

5,7 cm Gr. (P). HE 2,75 kg 0,16 kg Fp.02 and 554 m/s