So AFV's Long Tom will be my entry.
As I don't actually have the models yet I'll go ahead and give some information on it. But I'll keep it short.
During the period between the two world wars, the U.S. military have envisaged to develop a powerful artillery, learning from the WW1 lessons.
In 1920, following the recommendations of the Westervelt Board study, specialized in the artillery, the first plans for a long-range 155 mm gun were drawn. This project lasted until the 1930s, the engineers being reluctant to set the gun on a mobile structure.
In 1939, the first prototypes appeared under the name T3 8in howitzer. It was installed on eight wheels and finally adopted the name M1.
Used on the various theaters of World War II, it was deployed during the Battle of Normandy, where it offered a strong and long range fire power. It was nicknamed "Long Tom".
After the war, it is modernized (model M4) and installed on a powered chassis to improve its mobility (model M40). Appreciated for its reliability and its fire power, it was sold to many nations such as Denmark, Greece, Japan, Italia and Austria.
Country creator/user: USA
Name: 155mm Gun M1
Caliber: 155 mm
Shell weight: 57,7 kg
Maximum range: 23,100 m
Rate of fire: 8 rounds/10 minutes
Rotation : 7°
Elevation : -1,5 to 60°
Weight: 4,11 kg
Length: 1,129 mm
The M4 High Speed Tractor by Hobby Boss will accompany it.
The Great War has shown the importance of the artillery mobility and nations start replacing horses by vehicles to move artillery guns on the battlefield before World War II.
The Americans design a all-terrain vehicle capable of towing heavier guns on all the different combat zones. The Allis-Chalmers company produces a tracked vehicle in 1942 built from the M2 light tank chassis.
Deployed artillery units in 1943, it consists of a large excavator cabin at to the front of the tractor with the gun crew at the rear with space for additional equipment.
Deployed on many fronts, particularly in Normandy during Operation Overlord and during the fighting that followed, the M4 Tractor is used by the U.S. Army until 1960. Several versions are developed as M4C configured for the gunners compartment accommodates extra ammo.
M4 Tractor is also used in other armies after the Second World War such as Brazil, Greece or the Netherlands.
A more powerful version, the M6, is also produced by the Allis-Chalmers company.
Country creator/user: USA
Name: M4 high-speed tractor
Total production : 5 000
Length: 5,23 m
Width: 2,46 m
Height: 2,51 m
Weight: 14 288 kg
Maximum speed: 53 km/h
Range: 290 km
Armament : one 12,7 mm Browning M2 machine gun
Engine: Waukesha 145GZ gasoline 6-cylinder, four-stroke, OHV, 190 hp (156 kW) at 2100 rev / min, 13 395 cc
Tried to make as easy a cut as possible but it just snapped. I forgot to take a picture but I glued it back on just fine.
