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Do we have any WWI artillery gurus here?

There are two WWI Krupp 77mm field guns as war memorial trophies in our area. One appears to be a standard issue, that matches all the pictures in books, but the other is a maverick.

Instead of a long barrel, this one has it cut off short of the end of the recoil slide. It’s not accidental because the attachment and cover was clearly designed to accommodate the short barrel. Since it’s on a memorial at the village of Frank in the Rocky Mountains, I first assumed it must be a mountain gun version, but I’ve never seen a reference to such a thing in a Krupp 77. Is it possible that this is a trench gun – the short barrel necessary to fit in a confined space? I’ve never heard of one of those either.

When I post this, I’ll look to see if I can send images with a post, but I think these would be too large and I don’t have the software to thin the files.

Kester.
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