Schneider 10.5cm Field Gun M1917

Schneider 10.5cm Field Gun M1917; airbrush illustration by Les Still

Schneider 10.5cm Field Gun M1917

As part or the military aid supplied to the Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War, in 1938 the German's sent an Artillery Instruction Group. This consisted of three batteries each with one of the gun types that were to become standard in the German Army; the 15cm field howitzer, the 10.5cm field howitzer amd the 10.5cm field gun (see above).