69RAA 75mm Pack Howitzers
Back in October I posted a mule packed 75mm Howitzer:
https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2024/10/goumier-support.html
The idea was this would represent the moving battery from 1st Battalion, 69RAA (Regiment Artillerie d`Afrique) which were part of Gillaume`s French Mountain Corps and were attached to the Goumier during the hard mountain fighting in Italy.
However I painted the deployed gun with a Goumier crew, which wasn`t really correct, so I decided to build a second deployed gun - Waterloo1815 (pack APO38) and painted up crews for both guns plus a battery command element.
The new gun with a mixed crew - 2 by Esci, the other from Waterloo1815
Same gun with the No2 crew - Waterloo1815 and a heavily converted (including a new head) Airfix ground crew figure
Battery command - Waterloo1815 (with a new kepi head) and a converted Esci figure
A couple of shots of the complete deployed battery
Nice Richard i have always had a thing about mountain guns...
ReplyDeleteThank you, the Waterloo1815 guns are nice hard plastic, but as seems to be the rule these days - the assembly instructions were shit! I eventually replaced the kit axle with a piece of metal wire. But once assembled the gun looks pretty good.
DeleteThe gun kit is very detailled but fragile, smart move to put it on a base. Struggling to find out wich Airfix ground crew you used, so it must be quite a conversion! Regards, Pat
ReplyDeleteCheers Pat, The figure is the guy kneeing on the wing feeding MG ammo into it from a box. I pruned away most of the box and slotted in a shell, then gave him an US helmeted head - crude, but 20mm always you to hide faults :)
DeleteSome artillery support will, I suspect, always be appreciated. You’ve done a decent job there 👏👏
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Geoff
Thank you, The fact the guns could be transported by mule over tough mountainous terrain made them invaluable.
DeleteThanks Richard, I failed to discover the figure on PSR until looking at the hard plastic ones: https://plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=62 Regards, Pat
ReplyDeleteThat is the fella :)
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