Artillery in WW1 East Africa

[MediumAL]

Hi, looking for guidance on which models to use.
I have some of the 10pdr screw guns, but other guns in use were;
13pdr used by South African Field Artillery.
12pdr and 15pdr used by imperial artillery.
Heavy Batteries - 4" naval guns
Imperial Howitzers

Germans
105mm howitzer - use GP7?
105mm Field Gun - use GP33?
Batterie Vogel had a 3.7cm filed gun - would that be the gun in GP26? That is described in the catalogue as an Anti-Tank gun.
Is there anything suitable as a Konigsberg gun?

[fred.]

If you have photos of the various guns, it might help people suggest options from other ranges.

I'd be surprised if the 3.7cm AT gun is the same as the field gun.

I think for 13pdrs you can use 18pdrs, they were pretty similar.

[MediumAL]

Thanks, I'll see if I can find some pics. Problem tends to be that when you find a pic, it's often not captioned.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi, looking for guidance on which models to use.
I have some of the 10pdr screw guns, but other guns in use were;
13pdr used by South African Field Artillery.

Agree with Fred, 13pdrs and 18pdrs indistinguishable at this scale.

12pdr and 15pdr used by imperial artillery.

In the Boer War range there is the naval 12 pdr http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW8-p3823/


(masterfully painted by Ace of Spades) - middle right

The 15pdr, again from the Boer War range http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW7-p3822/


Bottom centre

Heavy Batteries - 4" naval guns

Boer War has 4.7" guns available http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW9-p3824/ (bottom middle of the the first AoS army shot).

Imperial Howitzers

If you're looking for the 5.4" howitzer then the there is one of the them in the Boer War range http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW9-p3824/



Can't find a picture of the model, but the original looked like this

Germans
105mm howitzer - use GP7?

That's what I'd use.

105mm Field Gun - use GP33?

Ditto

Batterie Vogel had a 3.7cm filed gun - would that be the gun in GP26? That is described in the catalogue as an Anti-Tank gun.

My guess would be the 3.7 cm Automatic Machine Gun (Pom-pom). There were some in German South West Africa.

http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW11-p3826/

Is there anything suitable as a Konigsberg gun?

Nothing purpose built. You could try modifying the 4" naval guns, using the 40pdr/5" gun http://www.pendraken.co.uk/BW35-p3850/ - no picture of the model I'm afraid.  Or scratchbuilding.

Picture of the original 5" gun


Pictures of the Konigsberg gun


Close enough?

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[MediumAL]

Thanks very much, that is fantastic info. Didn't even think about the Boer range. Order going in tonight. The figures are great, plenty of inspiration there,


Al

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Al

Thanks very much, that is fantastic info. Didn't even think about the Boer range. Order going in tonight. The figures are great, plenty of inspiration there,


Al

No probs for the info, I enjoy doing this stuff. Don't forget to ask for WW1 era/ME crew if possible (British ME or Boer could be used for German crew), and most of the limbers looked like they were pulled by oxen rather than horses.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan