Dragon 6531 1/35 105mm Howitzer M2A1 &Carriage M2A2 w/USMC Gun Crew

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Features:
- Newly tooled gun shield rendered w/delicate detail on both sides
- New slide-molded gun trails have bolt support-bracket details
- 105mm Howitzer M2A1 plus USMC figures included
- Trail spades are finely detailed
- Cleaning rods supplied
- Either combat or travel modes can be selected for assembly
- Includes toolbox on gun shield
- Fully detailed fun cradle mount w/bolt and support-brace details
- Slide-molded spring rendered in great detail
- Shield supports connected to gun have delicate detail
- Gun can elevate to different angles
- Slide-molded gun comes w/great detail
- Gun recoils like the real one
- Recoil system made by slide mold
- Aluminum gun barrel w/finely reproduced rifling
- Detailed ammunition included as bonus
- Accurately reproduced 105mm Howitzer M2A1 w/complete breech
- Slide-molded gun breech
- Intricately reproduced gun elevation system
- Gun cradle w/hand wheels finely reproduced
- Realistic tire tread detail
- Nuts sharply represented on wheels
- Wheel brake is finely reproduced
- Finely detailed gun sight

Produced from 1941 onwards, the M2A1 105mm Howitzer was the workhorse of US Army and USMC artillery units in WWII. With more than 8500 M2/M2A1 howitzers produced, the type saw extensive combat in the European and Pacific theaters. Indeed, one in every five shells fired by the US Army in WWII was from a 105mm Howitzer. The gun had an 11.27km range. In the Pacific the 2260kg weapon was widely operated by the USMC, quickly gaining a reputation for its accuracy and potency. The M2A1 was an improved version of this field gun that had a modified breech, while the new M2A2 split-trail carriage had a larger gun shield, and an enclosed screw traverse system. This howitzer was typically operated by a crew of eight men, and it was usually towed by a 6x6 2.5-ton truck.