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Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904

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Type
  
mountain gun

In service
  
1904–1917

Designer
  
Rheinmetall

Place of origin
  
Germany

Wars
  
World War I

Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904

Used by
  
German Empire  South Africa  Portugal

The Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 mountain guns were originally issued to the Schutztruppe in German South-West Africa. The gun was also issued to the Portuguese colonial forces in Angola.

Survivors

12 guns are known to have been produced and all 12 still survive in various museums and open air displays around the world.

  • Nr.1 At the South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
  • Nr.2 Outside the Bloemfontein Law Courts
  • Nr.3 At the Koblenz Museum of Military Technology, Germany
  • Nr.4 Outside the Union Buildings, Pretoria
  • Nr.5 At the Transvaal Scottish Regiment, Johannesburg
  • Nr.6 Outside the Union Buildings, Pretoria
  • Nr.7 At the Imperial War Museum, London
  • Nr.8 Bethal Museum
  • Nr.9 Outside the Bloemfontein Law Courts
  • Nr.10 Outside the Union Buildings, Pretoria
  • Nr.11 At Warrior's Gate MOTH Shellhole, Durban
  • Nr.12 In the Ermelo War Memorial

    • References

    Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 Wikipedia
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