1/72 WWI French 75mm Cannon (with late war crew) Box (HaT)

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4 guns and 48 figures in 8 poses
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Unpainted 1/72 Scale Plastic Toy Soldiers (24 mm)

French artillery in the Great War was dominated by the 75 mm Mle 1897. When it was adopted in 1897 this French-developed gun revolutionised artillery by combining many recent innovations to produce a gun that could fire much more rapidly than anything that had gone before, thanks mainly to a system of absorbing the recoil without moving the carriage, ensuring the gun did not need reaiming after each shot. This introduced a new breed of ordnance, the quick-firing gun, and it instantly made every other field artillery piece obsolete. It was a fantastic weapon, and the French were justly proud of it. It first saw active service in China in 1900 and proved to be excellent against mass ranks of men in the open. France idolised the gun, and went to great lengths to keep others from learning its secrets.

1/72 WWI French 75mm Cannon (with late war crew) Box (HaT)

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