Field Howitzer

Field Artillery for the Boer War by Strelets 1/72nd scale.  14 men and two guns.

I think this gun is the 7.5cm Krupp: Schnellfeuer-Feldkanone L/24 and limber as it appeared in a Krupp factory photograph that I found on line.

They were used in the Boer War in 1899, so perfect fit for my War of the Worlds project for 1898.

These were widely exported and certainly a well heeled American militia could have purchased a battery of them and had them on hand in time for the invasion.

The figures look just fine for Americans from the 1890s and even to today in many areas.

The set gives two well done guns and a nice set of crewmen.

Rifled bore and one piece shells, but the barrel still needs to be cleaned.

Here ZZ Top explains the nature of the breech.