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Miniatures The Warmongers Convention

US 3 inch Gun M5

3 inch M5

Originally I needed 4 of these guns for the Mortain scenario. After that I realized they would be useful for other scenarios as well.

The gun barrel was made from two pieces of a small wood dowel on top of 3mm wide card laminated to get the right looking thickness. The gun carriage was made from balsa and has paper tires[1] from the PTA Kubelwagon.

25 mm M/34

The French Hotchkiss factory produced these guns in the 1930's. During the battle for France they were used by the French to good effect against the Panzers. The flash hiders made them hard to spot in concealment. One account says a hidden gun killed 7 panzers (3 Pz II and 4 Pz III) before running out of ammo and being discovered.[6]

Reference Links

[1] Paper wheel techniques

[2] Scratchbuild: 3-inch gun M5

[3] Anti-Tank Artillery 1941-45

[4] 25mm French Hotchkiss

[5] 20 mm - 37 mm Guns

[6] The Battle of Gembloux

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