[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by Butelczynski

Old gun or not,it was still put to good use in Finland but wear,age and bulk of it limited its use.Good read about them here FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ARTILLERY PART 2

The barrel on the gun in that image was from one of the original batches made in the 1880s. You can tell because the lifting eye on the barrel is aligned along the barrel. The more common version in WW2 was from the batch of barrels made in 1916 - this had the lifting eye across the barrel.


Regards,


Charlie