A Panzer III at 1/32 scale

The Panzer III of Petite Infanterie was built to consider all the versions which have existed. Indeed, three type of turrets were built sporting the 37 mm, 50 mm and 75 mm guns. Eventhough, it was not sufficient to keep it in the front line as quoted in Wikipedia:


"It was intended to fight other armoured fighting vehicles and serve alongside and support the Panzer IV; however, as the Germans faced the formidable T-34, more powerful anti-tank guns were needed, and since the Panzer IV had more development potential, it was redesigned to mount the long-barrelled 7.5 cm KwK 40 gun. The Panzer III effectively became obsolete in the anti-tank role and was supplanted by the Panzer IV. From 1942, the last version of Panzer III mounted the 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24, better suited for infantry support"

A gray one, with the 37 mm and a good  view of the running gear 

The same version but in a "desert yellow" scheme

Original production with the 37 mmgun

The turret with the 50 mm gun

The last version with the 75 mm gun.  

The ligne up

Ready to go to war!

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The famous German 88 mm at 1/32 scale

The German 88 mm is maybe the most famous gun of WWII.

That's why Petite Infanterie badly need to have it in the line-up.

Its ancestor was developp at the end of WWI.  It was improved during the Twenties  (in the Krupp swedish unit because of the Versaille treaty) and  in the Thirties (under Nazi rearmament program).

It is known that it was built as a anti-aircraft gun.  What it is less known is the gun had, from the beginning, sights aimed at ground target fire.  The gun was designed as multi-purpose weapon.  It was first used against tanks during the Spanish civil war and very successfully during WWII where it became famous.

The 88 in the firing position

Reloading the beast

I read somewhere that it was possible to shoot eventhough the gun was on its wheels

The gun with its tractor

Aerial view of the all kit

A view on the two axles

The Petite Infanterie official photo!


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WWI heavy howitzers at 1/32 scale

Why showing WWI heavy howitzers in a blog on WWII?

It's simple!  Time to time, it is fun to do quick projects not inspired by real machines.  It's a luxury which is allowed by scratchbuilding.  And at the end of the day, we don't realy care if it is WWI or WWII.  Fun is more important!

The following guns are pretty simple. They do look like WWI howitzer though.

They were made on a periode of a couple of year.  Some, at the very beginning of our journey into 1/32 war gaming 13 years ago.

More mortar than howitzer isn't it?

Pretty heavy caliber...at that scale, it almost 300 mm!

...let's answer the question.  The navy blue one is clearly a howitzer with the two recoil cylinders on the barrel.  The light blue has no cylinder; it's a mortar

Could it be the Port Arthur gun?

Again, I pretty big gun.  

Where is the crane to put the shell in the breech?

This one is unpainted.  

Those guns are for a fortress.  The plateform is too heavy to be install and dismantle in the field

But again great fire power!!!!

We could have show more heavy WWI howitzers.   I hope you have appreciate those examples.

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