22nd Royal Marine Independent Armoured Support Battery "Chaplain"

[tigercat]

Experimental SPG used by Royal Marines for extra fire support on D Day . Given nickname " The Chaplain " intesponse to British  Army naming protocols .

[GTX_Admin]

More details please?

[tigercat]

it's a Sexton hull with  a 6 inch gun ish

It's the Italeri 149/40 Kanone

[Jacques Deguerre]

That’s awesome in its own pure damn terrifying way! You could almost imagine the recoil knocking the vehicle backwards a bit farther with each shot.

[tigercat]

That's the Navy for you always looking for a bigger bank . The counterweight at the rear is some kind of DIY  plastic block with screw holes in for fixing corners .

Turns out they're the same width as a 1:72 Sexton .

[Camthalion]

very cool

[The Rat]

You could almost imagine the recoil knocking the vehicle backwards a bit farther with each shot.

The army teaches the infantry that when you hear artillery, run toward the guns. So what you have here is a gun that self-corrects for that! 

[robunos]

That’s awesome in its own pure damn terrifying way! You could almost imagine the recoil knocking the vehicle backwards a bit farther with each shot.

I could imagine the recoil dismantling the vehicle after the first shot . . .      


cheers,
Robin.