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Skoda 30,5 cm mortar, Pieces captured by Romanian army

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Enrico	Posted: July 10, 2016 03:51 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 4 Member No.: 3773 Joined: July 10, 2016	Hallo, I hope to find good information about the Skoda 30,5 cm mortars captured by the Romanian Army after WWI. As far as I have found out for the moment, it seems that Romanian army captured two pieces, in 1919 during the war against Hungary, a M11 and a M16, that now are on display in the Military Museum in Bucarest. Is this true and, overall, is this all? No other pieces fell into Romanian hands? Which units had them assigned between the wars? Were they used in WWII? How could be possible to obtain some pictures of the pieces on display in Bucarest? Is there a book that contains information on this topic? I am writing an article on skoda 305 and any help would be most valuable regards Enrico

Agarici	Posted: July 10, 2016 07:16 pm
Maior Group: Members Posts: 745 Member No.: 522 Joined: February 24, 2005	As far as I know, they weren't used at all by the Romanian army, being only considered prestige trophies. But other members might have additional info.

Enrico	Posted: July 10, 2016 07:32 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 4 Member No.: 3773 Joined: July 10, 2016	thank you Agarici, it coincides with the info I gathered so far. Can you confirm that they were only the two pieces captured in Hungary? Do you have by any chance any good picture of the pieces on display in Bucarest?

Vici	Posted: July 11, 2016 08:27 am
Caporal Group: Members Posts: 138 Member No.: 2455 Joined: April 18, 2009	Hi Enrico here are some good photos of the examples in the Bucharest museum: https://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/a...595717860/page3 the author, Massimo Foti is active on the landships forum, you can contact him there to ask for usage rights: http://landships.activeboard.com/t55444485...-guns-in-sofia/ I'll check the books I have to see if they mention the number of pieces captured, and post here later

Enrico	Posted: July 11, 2016 10:35 am
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 4 Member No.: 3773 Joined: July 10, 2016	Thank you Vici, are there books on the topic that can be consulted? Even in Romanian I can find my way around, provided I can find them somewhere... Enrico

Agarici	Posted: July 11, 2016 08:42 pm
Maior Group: Members Posts: 745 Member No.: 522 Joined: February 24, 2005	Enrico, you might want to take a look here (Chapter VII/Capitolul VII, dealing specifically with that topic) http://www.revista.forter.ro/_wsn/01_bibli...-si-imagini.pdf and (to a lesser extent) here http://www.revista.forter.ro/_wsn/01_bibli..._artileriei.pdf

Enrico	Posted: July 12, 2016 10:38 am
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 4 Member No.: 3773 Joined: July 10, 2016	Great, Agarici, I will have a look: things are getting interesting! Enrico

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