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Model: US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels)

Catalogue number 72544
Scale 1/72
Model state Production line
Weapons and equipment Artillery
Period WWII

Description
The Canon de 155 C modèle 1918 was a French howitzer designed by Schneider. It was essentially the Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Schneider fitted with a different breech to use bagged propellant rather than the cartridge cases used by the older howitzer. It was used by France, Italy, Russian Empire, Belgium and the United States from 1917 during World War I. During World War I it became the standard heavy howitzer of the French Army during the later stages of the war. Model 1918 had another type of a shield and new wheels with rubber damper. These guns widely used by US Army.


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US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels)

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