Skip to main content

These arrived today. The Howitzers are stunning as is the Abrams.  The packaging was impressive. I wish I would have thought to take pics before I removed them from the box. The howitzers actually fire included artillery rounds.  105mm Howitzer side view

"Go ahead, make my day!"

!05mm Howitzer[1)M1A Abrams overheadM1A Abrams

These will be added to my Veterans' Day military consist!

Attachments

Images (4)
  • 105mm Howitzer side view
  • !05mm Howitzer(1)
  • M1A Abrams overhead
  • M1A Abrams
Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

ToledoEd posted:
Fredstrains posted:

The “Howitzers” look out of Scale!

 

Here's another pic with 2 O scale soldiers next to the Howitzers. 105mm howitzer_ 2 soldiers

Image result for 105mm howitzer in action

Korean War 105.

 

The upper photo of the model looks too big, in my opinion, for the small, towed 105 (note how much smaller/lower to the ground the real one is in the lower photo). The nice small, towed 105s we had in the 2nd Armored Division (1965 & 1966), looked like the photo of the Korean War 105. I'm wondering if the MTH model might be a towed 155?

Ed Boyle posted:

The M1 Abrams seems to be scale proportioned.  Remember, the real one weighs 60 tons plus when loaded and is considerably larger than the World War 2 vintage M4 Sherman tank.

Ed Boyle

Seems to me, the Abrams is pretty well scaled, although the comment about the track overhang is right. I looked at a number of photos of these beasts on flatcars and the tread does overhang a bit.

ToledoEd posted:

I was considering building a 155mm Long Tom (Built one of those when I was kid)  and put it on a flat car...then i saw these MTH Howitzers and decided to buy them.  I agree, the barrel for sure looks too long.

Well, the "Long Tom" Howitzers we had (one battery of them) were 175mm. They were eventually taken away from us in late 1966, and sent to Viet Nam. Thus, all we had remaining were some towed 105mm, a bunch of self-propelled 155mm, quite a few 8" self-propelled, and two Honest John rockets. By far the absolute best, and most accurate, Howitzer was the 8" self-propelled; 220 pound projectile and with white bag propellent, was good for 20 miles.

Are we sure this is not a 105 "Recoilless rifle ' ?  The mth Howetizers resemble 155s and not the 105'.. that would justify the longer barrel... remember rarely are these accessories actually perfect 1:48 scale. Probably  closer to 1:43, 1:45...

When I was in the first Armored Infantry Div.  our M60A1, 120 ton tanks, tracks, hung way over the rail cars.  Especially when on exercises in Germany, when we moved equipment by rail from Graphinvere to KT  on Reforger war games... So Ed, your tanks tracks hanging over are prototypical...

Image result for 105mm howitzer in action

It's been a long time since I was in tube artillery, but I do not recognize this model. The carriage sort of looks like a hybrid 155 M1 (Long Tom) carriage, but it's missing the second set of wheels. The howitzer mount, elevating mechanism, equilibrator, recuperator, recoil cylinders, and muzzle brake are of unknown design. But, having said that, I'll be the first to admit that it's not fair to compare this to a scale model. It's an approximation and it makes a great flat car load.

Which reminds me … didn't Life Like produce M1A1 105mm howitzers in 1:40 or 1:44 scale back in the day?

Add Reply

Post

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×
×