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It
was a gun on a fixed wheel carriage, with the tube fixed
to the carriage, without any recoil system. The gun had mechanisms
for small elevation and traverse.
The fixed iron sights allowed for firing up to 2,600m. Emplaced, the gun itself
weighed 175kg. The gun fired solid armour-piercing shells, that could penetrate 15mm of armour
plating at a distance of 500 meters. The gun could be pulled by one
horse, and on the battlefield by four men dragging it in harnesses.
When the war ended some 600 guns
had been issued to the troops, where it had proved its worth on the
front: it was stable in firing, and it proved accurate.
My model is made from MGM's 1/72 scale resin kit. Details have been added, and others have been substituted for once with more scale-like appearance. Click on the thumbnails below to see more views of this model:
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In the
summer of 1918 the allies used tanks
in masses for real effect for the first time. The German High Command
then started several crash programmes to quickly find a new AT weapon for use in
ranged defence against tanks.
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