German 21cm Morser 18 Heavy Artillery Gun 1/35 Trumpeter

The Morser 18 was designed to replace the obsolete World War I-era 21cm Morser 16. While the gun design itself was nothing innovative, the same cannot be said for the carriage. It was one of the first weapons, if not the first in quantity production, that used the interesting dual-recoil system. The barrel recoiled normally in its cradle, but in addition the whole top carriage, which carried the barrel and its cradle, recoiled across the main part of the carriage. This system damped out the recoil forces and made for a very steady firing platform. The Morser 18 was an enormous weapon that was transported in two pieces. For travel the barrel was slid on to a separate trailer. The carriage carried an integral firing platform that was lowered to the ground when emplacing the howitzer. The wheels were then cranked up off the ground and it was now ready for firing. A rear castor-wheel jack was used to raise the rear spade off the ground if the gun needed to be traversed more than allowed by the 16° allowed by the mount proper.

Please see the paint guide below for Trumpeter’s suggested colors. 

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/35
Parts: 494
Length: 16.7”
Width: 3.3”
– Painting and assembly required
– 13 sprues, barrel carriage and 4 rubber tires
– Metal springs and brass tubes
– Photo-etched parts
– Includes instructions

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Paint Guides:

Dark Yellow
Tire Black
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