France
Schneider 155mm C17S with Crew
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Plastic model kit |
This boxed set contains:
- 1 x Schneider 155mm C17S with Crew 1/35 scale heavy field howitzer with crew
French Army
United States Army
German Army
Spanish Republican Army
Product Details
Highly detailed static plastic model
WWI versions, Spanish Civil War & German WWII Version
Can be built in transport and firing position
Two types of ammunition
Ammo crates (transport boxes) & shell handling cradle included
Two types of loading rammer included
Breech can be built open or closed
Photo-Etch-Parts included
Please note:
No Figures are included
History
The Schneider 155mm C17S Howitzer, written out Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 S, from Schneider et Cie, dates back to the time of the First World War.
At that time it served primarily in the armies of France, Belgium, Russia and the USA.
After that, the gun was involved in combat again. On both sides, it was heavily used in the Spanish Civil War.
Even after that, it was still used in World War Two, among others by the French and the Germans. There the captured howitzers ran under the designation 15.5 cm sFH 414 (f) and were used in the service of the Afrika Korps in North Africa.
Marking Options & Colour Profiles
The kit includes four different marking options.
Two of these for the era of the first world war, one for the period of the spanish civil war and one from the second world war.
World War I - French Army
„Calamity Jane“ of Battery E, 11th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force (AEF),
fired the last artillery round of World War I at 11100 hrs, 11 November 1918
Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939
World War II - Germany, Africa, Tunisia (DAK)
This boxed set contains:
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1*Schneider 155mm C17S with Crew 1/35 scale heavy field howitzer with crew
Product Details
Highly detailed static plastic model
WWI versions, Spanish Civil War & German WWII Version
Can be built in transport and firing position
Two types of ammunition
Ammo crates (transport boxes) & shell handling cradle included
Two types of loading rammer included
Breech can be built open or closed
Photo-Etch-Parts included
Please note:
No Figures are included
History
The Schneider 155mm C17S Howitzer, written out Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 S, from Schneider et Cie, dates back to the time of the First World War.
At that time it served primarily in the armies of France, Belgium, Russia and the USA.
After that, the gun was involved in combat again. On both sides, it was heavily used in the Spanish Civil War.
Even after that, it was still used in World War Two, among others by the French and the Germans. There the captured howitzers ran under the designation 15.5 cm sFH 414 (f) and were used in the service of the Afrika Korps in North Africa.
Marking Options & Colour Profiles
The kit includes four different marking options.
Two of these for the era of the first world war, one for the period of the spanish civil war and one from the second world war.
World War I - French Army
„Calamity Jane“ of Battery E, 11th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force (AEF),
fired the last artillery round of World War I at 11100 hrs, 11 November 1918
Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939
World War II - Germany, Africa, Tunisia (DAK)
