ACE – 72544 – Cannon de 155 C m.1918 (wooden wheels)

Description:

Cannon de 155 C m.1918
(wooden wheels)

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a French WWI Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, produced under license in the U.S. with modifications as Model 1918. The main modifications were a straight shield, rubber rather than steel tyres on wheels, pivoting spade and a slightly different firing mechanism.

The U.S. produced gun never entered service before the end of the war. This guns as well as the French produced (Model 1917) where upgraded in the 30s with pneumatic rubber tires and metal wheels, being still deployed in the very early WWII.

The kit includes also the two wheels transport limber, that was not used when gun was transported by slow mechanical traction, being the trail hooked directly to the tractor. When using animal traction and the limber a team of eight horses was need.

The kit is a variation of ACE – 72543 – Cannon de 155 C modele 1917 with new wheels and a new shield.