binder001
Command Sergeant Major
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- Apr 30, 2005
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Just got my new K&C 105mm howitzer from the Battle of te Bulge range. One of the nicest cannon models out there. The model represents 105mm Howitzer M2A1 on Carriage M2A2. There are a couple problems - first the K&C version has two towing loops ("lunette"). No way, the real gun has the lunette on the right hand trail (standing at the breech looking forward to the muzzle). The mounting on the left trail is for a trail spike, a rod that helps add leverale to move the gun or spread the trails. The rods on the outside of the left trail aren't red-and-white aiming stakes like the ones on the right trail. The rods on the left trail are cleaning rod staff sections and would be OD or natural wood color. FYI, the breech is molded in the open (loading or ejecting) position. The breech block would not be painted OD, the sliding surfaces were oiled bare metal. The gun doesn't elevate, which would have been nice. Either that or the gun could have been molded in a higher elevation - howitzers fired in a parabolic arc.
Despite te complaints, the model is very well done and represents a long-missing piece of US weaponry. Each infantry division had 36 of these guns and there were more added from corps-level assets.
I'm very glad I got this one.
Gary B.
Despite te complaints, the model is very well done and represents a long-missing piece of US weaponry. Each infantry division had 36 of these guns and there were more added from corps-level assets.
I'm very glad I got this one.
Gary B.