VINTAGE BRITAINS 18 INCH HEAVY HOWITZER FIELD GUN No. 9740 & SHELL & CARTRIDGE

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VINTAGE BRITAINS 18 INCH HEAVY HOWITZER FIELD GUN No. 9740 & SHELL & CARTRIDGE


Superb piece of engineering from Britains.


The 18 inch Howitzer was a British WW1 gun used extensively in France and Britains made a scale version of it from about 1916 up until the late 1970s, continually evolving and refining the design, flexing it as materials became scarce or parts better made.


This is an 1960s/70s example in “Forrest”green with a straight, double saw-tooth tread pattern for the wheels. It’s all intact and comes with the shell cartridge plus a plastic shell. The photos show the process but essentially you put shell on top of the spring in the cartridge and press together to ‘prime’ it. Pop the shell and cartridge in the breech and shut & lock the breech door. Push forwards on the firing arm and the shell is good for at least 3m of high speed travel.


The large lever at the side rotates the barrel level for cartridge insertion/ejection and controls the general elevation. Fully forwards is full elevation, stright up is half elevation and all the way back puts that barrel at level. The knurled brass wheel is your fine tuner for degrees of elevation


It’s a hefty piece of kit, weighing in at nearly 430g. Beautifully made, incredibly well looked after and in full operational status.


I also have an earlier version listed from the 1950s in ‘olive drab’.


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  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Britains
  • Type: Field Gun
  • Signed: No
  • Scale: 1:32
  • Material: Metal
  • Vehicle Year: 1914
  • Features: Elevating Barrel, Breech Loading Shells, Automatic Cartridge Ejection
  • MPN: 9740
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: England
  • Colour: Green

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