The Fortified Region Focsani-Namoloasa-Galati
A series of nine drawings made for the 2015 non-fiction book "The Fortified Region Focsani-Namoloasa-Galati" published by the Romanian Military Museum about the eponymous Fortified Line (also known in English as the "Sereth Line" and by it's abbreviation "FNG") built by Romania for defence against a presumptive Russian invasion during 1888-90.
In October 2015, a few drawings from this series were stolen and published without permission or attribution by the Czech magazine "I. světová" belonging to the publishing house Extra Publishing s.r.o. from Brno, the Czech Republic.
Cutaway of the 5.3cm Schumann-Gruson Fahrpanzer (a shortening of "fahrbaren Panzerlafette", "mobile armour"), a type of late 19th century mobile gun turret whose role was to combat enemy infantry attacks.
The smallest of the "Fahrpanzer", the 3.7cm Md.1887 turret.
225 of them were imported and only used in the forts of Focsani. The only other user was Denmark.
The gun and ammunition of the 3.7cm Schumann-Gruson Fahrpanzer.
The 5.3cm Schumann-Gruson Fahrpanzer, the main turret in use by the Romanian Army. This is the deployed configuration, in it's concrete emplacement.
The 5.3cm Schumann-Gruson Fahrpanzer in transport configuration, mounted on its horse drawn carriage.
The Md.1887 Gruson disappearing cupola. Mounting the same quick firing 5.3cm gun as the Fahrpanzer, but more durable and with a larger supply of ready ammunition. Downside? Fixed in position.
The 5.3cm L/25 Gruson quick firing gun Md.1887/88 and it's ammunition, used in both the Fahrpanzer and cupola. During the war these guns were used on wheeled carriages for close infantry support.
The main artillery installations for the fortified position, the mixed 12cm battery of one gun in an armoured cupola and two spherical mortars.
The 12cm Krupp L/25 gun Md.1887, the 12cm Gruson "Kugelmörser" ("Spherical mortar") as well as their ammunition.