Thursday, December 21, 2023

Turkish field artillery

While I wait for the arrival of the next order of 6mm equipment I have been scouring the boxes to see what else I could use to flesh out the WW1 projects. I found a number of German artillery pieces sitting unused in a box of what I thought was surplus 6mm WW1 models and figures, and a little research showed quite a lot of the Turkish artillery was in fact supplied by German manufacturers. 

An easy decision, as the Middle East Turkish forces had no artillery yet. So.. a full division's worth of 77mm Field Guns for the Turkish army.




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3 comments:

  1. Tales from Shed HQDecember 21, 2023 at 9:46 PM

    Very nice 👍 Great little models those Turkish artillery

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2024 at 10:13 PM

    not to nitpick, but if they're german-supplied, they should be 77mm

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