Trumpeter’s German 15cm FH is now on pre-order at GM. Finally something different.
I just hope that DML or somebody would produce WWI to modern U.S. Artillery pieces soon.
I’m sure that they’re in the pipeline, it is really an untapped well…
Yes, like a 75mm pack howitzer w/airborne crew! Well, I can dream anyways…
I built 1/35 75mm US Pack Howitzer before and I just ordered a few the other day. WWII U.S. Airborne artillery crew would be a very nice thing.
I vote for more modern and older pieces in plastic.
A nice M198, M118/M119, G5, G6, FH-70, M777, etc. would be great.
How about some arty support vehicles too, like the M992A2 FAASV, an M30, or a PLS?
Or some more of the lesser-known '50s Pentomic Army arty pieces; such as an M43, M44, M52, M53, M55 (newer than the ancient '70s Renwall kit), M19, Lance, M65 Atomic Annie (again newer than the ancient '70s Renwall kit), etc. would be great too.
How about a Mack NO to pull the M1 (M59) Long Tom too.
I could go on for some time, but will stop now before I get too frustrated.[|(][banghead]
A sure way to get modern US artillery models made is by photoshopping a bunch of photos of modern arty, placing them in use with WW2 German markings and crewmen. If there was a photo of a captured US Pack 75 howitzer being used by Germans to turn back the D-Day invasion, Dragon would produce one with a new tooled Gen2 set of German figures.
OK…Time for the older of the redlegs to speak…[oX)]
Some of the items missing on Gino’s list…
Missles, Honest John, Corporal, Pershing all in 1/35 (not remakes of the old Renwal or Adams stuff) and cannons T19 & T30 (105 & 75 on M3). [8-]
Rounds Complete!!
Once upon a time I had the honor of serving as one of Uncle Sam’s groundpounding pukes (that’s the Infantry for those not as lucky as me [tup]), in Alaska. We had this FA Bn up there, 1/11th FA if I’m not mistook. We trained with them frequently, especially after one full battery of them went to Abn school, and they could then come out and play with the big boys.
So anyway, as you Redlegs can imagine, their primary field piece was 105mm, painted in what I would call a modified MERDC scheme (more white) and with the rough terrain of Alaska as their playground, there was a whole lotta slingloadin’ goin’ on.
And you boys know what happens to a 105 when the sling breaks.
I wish I had a pic of one of those 105s muzzle down on the drop zone. It’d prolly make for an interesting dio.
I agree we need a 75mm PAK howitzer. How about the little M56 assualt gun? Somebody ought to come out with an M101 howitzer that’s upto todays standards. Have an optional opened breech and maybe PE shields and spades. Same thing for the 155 (M1a1). Also with an adjustable jack & removable firing lock. There’s also another 155 howitzer that was used for the first couple years of WWII and in the late thirties that would be a nice addition to someone’s collection. Kinda looks like a 75mm PAK on steriods.
gary
in 1968 I was making a trade for steaks and plywood with the Seabees in Chu Lai, and looked up to see a Chinnok carring a 155 howitzer overhead. I’d say he was at least 500 ft up there. The guy let go of the load right in front of us (slings were still intact), and we watched that 12,000lb pig become a bird!! It landed about 400 yards in front of us; just like you said barrel in the sand. We went over to take a look as we thought it might have been one of ours. The carriage was buckled, and the springs were just shattered. Often wondered who had to pay for that one!
gary
A 155 muzzle in? Wow, that must’ve been a sight!
we sorta figured that with the heat (a cloudless 125 degree day in April), and carrying a max load that perhaps the chopper started to loose altitude and the crew chief dumped it. Which was kinda stupid as he was maybe a quarter mile from where he would have sat it down in the first place. If he’d dropped it a minute later he would have put it right in the middle of Chu Lai Airbase, and of course that would have been even more exciting. The howitzer was rigged right, and all the straps were intact after it landed.
What’s even more interesting about the event was that somebody’d already called the piece out, and the battalion and Division were probably calling every hour or so to see if it was back on line again! I would love to have listened to the conversation telling DIV ARTY that somebody had just dropped that pig from 500 feet! I know that anytime we ever called one out they would call about every hour or so to see if it was up. And then there was the folks out that were using it! They probably had another gun the next day, and probably had to completely rebuild the replacement. The gun I was on took a hit from a 122 rocket, and the piece was CBL’d. They had another gun in less than 12 hours, but it was pretty much junk. We had a really nice one in less than 48 hours right out of Washington State. The paint was still shiney on it, and the barrel scoped at less than 500 rounds thru it. Came out of an NG unit at Ft. Lewis, and always wondered what they thought when they came in on a weekend to find they only had five guns instead of six.
gary
A new tool 25 pounder would be nice, along with a new Quad. I think the only ones around are the old Tamiya’s.
Man, I was thinking just the same thing before I checked your post. The old Tamiya kit is ancient.
Looks like DML’s going to get in on the arty act too based on the news on PMMS from the Shizuoka show today.
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/dragon.htm
[zzz][zzz][sigh] Oh Boy! Another WWII German piece. [sigh] [zzz][zzz]
Double-whammy Gino…it’s a direct competition with Trumpeter’s too in subject matter. I understand why it happens but there are times when some diversity, especially in artillery, would be nice for a change.
I have to agree with Gino.[zzz].
I wonder I you can put some Zimm on that gun…paint it yellow with black polka dots…or maybe it becomes a rail gun called “BORA” [:-^]
I am at a point the I would almost be intersted in some South African artillery or anything. I understand Bill’s comment also but you would think the only thing to be modeled is German Anything or a Sherman…[banghead]
There has been a lot more before and since then (even German) that could be a good change of pace.
It almost makes you want to go to the “dark side”,…Planes [BH]
Rounds Complete!!
The American taxpayer!