The guns are made in a scale halfway between 15mm and 20mm because I noticed that the products of various manufacturers varied wildly from one to the other and scale was therefore a bit contentious. I noticed that some 20mm guns and some 15mm guns looked OK depending on which figures were placed with them. In other words, that the eye of the wargamer perceived them on the scale of the artillerymen and if it looked OK, then they accepted it. With that in mind I realised that with the rather larger 15mm of today and the 20mm, you could make an artillery model that looked OK with either, making them "very useful".
In addition I noted that many component parts of guns were very similar (and again varied widely from one manufacturer to the other) so I reasoned that if some components could be made 'common' to several weapons, it would make it feasible for a manufacturer to produce a large number of guns.....something most had always claimed was too costly. In the first three batches therefore, I spent a considerable time researching which shields looked very similar, which trails, which barrels etc. The guns based around KRUPP designs were numerous and the easiest, because they simply were so similar....having come from a common base. Often the alterations were only in designation number! Particularly with the 7.5cm guns of the turn of the century up to WW1.
The RUG range was born early last year and has been a success. Irregulars took on the manufacture and distribution and now own the rights for the UK , Europe, Australasia and Asia. Unfortunately no one has yet taken on the rights for the USA but wargamers from there have been purchasing them from Irregulars or from Eureka. As you can see the RUG range has grown very large and Irregulars designer Ian Kay has been putting out Artillery crew especially to match them.
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
FIELD GUNS
8cm FG M18 BOHLER (Actually 7.5cm) WW1. AUSTRIAN & HUNGARIAN armies to WW2. GUN TYPE 2A.
8cm FG M5 STATE/SKODA. This is the main field gun of the Austro/Hungarian Army in WW1. It is almost identical to the SKODA 7.5cmFG M12 supplied to CHINA also used by the Austrians. GUN TYPE 2E.
HOWITZERS.
10CM FIELD HOWITZER M99,STATE. STANDARD HOWITZER 1900 - WW1. GUN TYPE 8A.
15cm M99 HOWITZER. USED 1900 - END WW1. BALKAN STATES. . GUN TYPE 7D
15CM HOWITZER. FH M14/16. STANDARD HEAVY FIELD HOWITZER WW1. GUN TYPE 6H.
BELGIUM
75mm/Modernised Krupp fieldgun. The equipment of the Belgian Army in 1940. GUN TYPE 2A.
7.5cm BELGIAN KRUPP TR. Supplied pre-WW1. Later modified and imporved. GUN TYPE 1A.
12cm SCHNEIDER M11 & MO7. HOWITZER.Used in WW1 and later. GUN TYPE 4C
12CM QF HOWITZER. ST.CHAMOND USED BY BELGIAN ARMY WW1. GUN TYPE 5A
12cm BAQUET. M90 SHORTGUN (HOWITZER). FROM 1892 TO WW1. GUN TYPE 7C
BOER
7.5cm KRUPP 99/ 00. Used against the British. GUN TYPE 1A.
BULGARIA
7.5cm KRUPP M04. Field gun. GUN TYPE 1A.
12CM HOWITZER. SCHNEIDER M11 & M07 WW1 AND LATER. GUN TYPE 4C.
BRITAIN
15PDR KRUPP M.00 as used in the Boer War. It was used with and without shield. A matter of wargamer individual choice. See later for another version of this under 3B GUN TYPE 1A.
15pdr KRUPP M00 WW1 version. In this form the gun was issued to Territorial Artillery, then used in the Middle East, also used by Indian Army. GUN TYPE 3B.
13pdr WWI Horse artillerygun. There is almost no difference to 18pdr except calibre. GUN TYPE 3A
18pdr Mk1 WW1 main fieldgun from 1904 . Issued to all Empire forces as well. GUN TYPE 3A
18pdr Mk3 Extra elevation, modified trail. supplied in the latter part of WW1 GUN TYPE 3C.
4.5" Mk1. 1909. FIELD HOWITZER. Main field howitzer of WW1. GUN TYPE 32.
4.5" Mk2 on carriage 1PA. 1939-44 version of above. Main Brit. field howitzer France 1940. GUN TYPE 33.
5" HOWITZER. MK.2. 1895. FH 127mm IN SERVICE 1895 to WW1. INCLUDING BOER WAR. TYPE 8B
6" HOWITZER. 30cwt . 1886. EXTENSIVE SERVICE ,COLONIAL WARS to WW1. GUN TYPE 8C.
6" HOWITZER. 26CWT M1915 FIELD HOWITZER INTRODUCED DURING WW1. GUN TYPE 7A
6" 26 CWT M1915 HOWITZER WW2. VERSION. TRUCK TYRES,VEHICLE TOW. GUN TYPE 7A(1)
CHINA
7.5cm KRUPP M.00 CHINESE KRUPP 75mm M00, GUN TYPE 1A.
SKODA 7.5cm FG M12 which was supplied to CHINA . GUN TYPE 2E.
18pdr Mk3 Vickers, British gun, with extra elevation, supplied to CHINA, post WW1 GUN TYPE 3C.
CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
70mm Type 92 Battalion Gun. Japanese type. GUN TYPE 39
75mm Type 41 Kept in PRC production until 1974. Japanese.Unusual light tubular trail. GUN TYPE 42
150mm Type 4. Howitzer. Heavy Divisional Artillery. Japanese. 1919-45 GUN TYPE 49
Many Soviet types also used.
DENMARK
7.5cm KRUPP M02, GUN TYPE 1A.
ESTONIA.
18pdr Vickers Mk3 with extra elevation, supplied to ESTONIA, post WW1. GUN TYPE 3C.
EIRE 18pdr Vickers Mk3 with extra elevation, supplied post WW1. GUN TYPE 3C.
FINLAND.
12.2mm HOWITZER. M10. Schneider. Still in use WW2. GUN TYPE 4A.
12.2cm A re-worked older Soviet gun, the 122mm Howitzer M10/30 was captured in very large numbers by both the Finns and the Germans and being very sturdy was placed in service. GUN TYPE 4B.
12.2cm Captured SOVIET M1938, 122mm Field Howitzer. This was a well prized weapon taken in some numbers and extensively employed. Some became coast defence weapons. GUN TYPE 31A
15.2cm M09/30 Captured SOVIET Model 09/30 152mm Howitzer. (Modernized) GUN TYPE 29B.
FRANCE
37mm Canon d'Infantrie de37mle 1916TRP. Trench Cannon. GUN TYPE 36
12cm BAQUET. M90 SHORTGUN (HOWITZER). IN SERVICE 1892 TO WW1. GUN TYPE 7C
120mm SCHNEIDER HOWITZER TR.1915 USED BY FRENCH ARMY WW1. GUN TYPE 4D.
155mm SCHNEIDER HOWITZER M1917. GUN TYPE 7D.
GERMANY
FIELD GUNS.
15PDR KRUPP M.00 as used in the Boer War. It was used with and without shield. A matter of wargamer individual choice.
DANISH M02, SWEDISH MO2, RUMANIAN M03, BELGIAN KRUPP TR, CHINESE KRUPP 00, BOER KRUPP 00. JAPANESE KRUPP 00 (used against the Russian 1904-1905) Also used by various small BALKAN countries in the first and second Balkan Wars prior to WW1. TURKISH M03 and M03/10 FIELDGUN, the most common gun used against the Allies in the Middle East in WW1. The same gun was sold to the SPANISH army and was used by both sides in the Spanish Civil War. In most cases these guns soldiered on from the turn of the century up until WW2. The Gun is also similar to the Russian M02 fieldgun. If supplied without shield it is very similar to the EGYPTIAN Krupp Quickfirer of the Omdurman Campaigns some of which became MAHDIST. This widely used gun was not in service with the German Army . GUN TYPE 1A.
7.7cm FG.96 field gun WW1. Also supplied to Central Powers allies. GUN TYPE 2D..
7.7cm FK.17 fieldgun. 1017 higher elevation, longer range version. WW1 GUN TYPE 2A..
7.5cm FK28 Horsegun. German Cavalry WW2 on the Eastern Front Use GUN TYPE 2A..
10.7cm K325(r) Captured SOVIET10/30, 107mm Fieldgun. (Mod) Russian front, Atlantic Wall GUNTYPE28A.
12.2cm H390(r) Soviet122mm gun M1931/37. Also used in the Atlantic Wall & in the field. GUN TYPE 30A.
FLAK GUNS.
7.7cm Fk96. IRREGULARS TRUCK converted as "BALLOON KANNONE" OR LUFTKANNONE" THE GERMAN WW1 S.P. AA GUN. Order as GERMAN AA TRUCK WW1. 3.7cm Flak M.39a(r) Captured SOVIET WW2 model, 37mm AA gun. Large numbers used. GUN TYPE 9.
7.62cm Flak M31(r) Large numbers of this captured SOVIET AA gun were taken into German service in WW2 with a few being rebored to 8.8cm under designation 7.62/8.8cm Flak M31(r). Many were manned by the Hitler Jugend. On two wheel style trail. GUN TYPE 10.
7.62cm Flak M.38(r) Large numbers of this captured SOVIET WW2 Model 1938. 76.2mm AA gun were taken into German service and were an important part of the Reich Defences. Some were rebored to take the 8.8cm shell and designated 7.62/8.8cm Flak.M38(r). On four wheel style trail. GUN TYPE 10B
8.5cm/8.8cm Flak M39(r) Captured SOVIET WW2 85mm AA guns on wheeled trail. This gun was re- bored to 88mm and extensively used by the Germans due to the large number captured. It formed an important part of the belt of AA weapons defending the Reich. GUN TYPE 11.
8.8cm Flak17 WW1 AA gun on 4 wheel trail. GUN TYPE 37
INFANTRY GUNS.
7.62cm IG289 (r ). Model 10P 76.2mm Infantrygun. Captured Russian guns extensively used by WW1 German Storm troops as close support weapon on the Western Front. In WW2 captured examples again used as Infantry Gun for second line units. GUN TYPE 14.
76.2cm IKH-290 (r ). SOVIET model 1925, 76.3mm WW2 Infantry Gun. This small, neat and efficient weapon was captured in huge numbers and used extensively used by German Troops on all fronts from 1941 rivaling the Wehrmacht produced weapons in numbers. GUN TYPE 15.
ANTI TANK GUNS.
3.7cm PaK 36. Early WW2 German Anti Tank Gun GUN TYPE 16.
7.7cm PAK16. Used as an anti tank gun during WW1 from 1917 onward, Also provided to the special STURMTRUPPE units as support and anti-tank gun. Standard 7.7cm with new shield and lower wheels. Some are supposed to have appeared in the Spanish Civil War. GUN TYPE 1E.
7.62cm PaK 36(r) Re-worked SOVIET WW2. ZIS Model 1936, 76.2mm FIELD GUN. This gun was extensively used by the Germans on all fronts, due to the huge number captured, but with a muzzle break added. Order as GUN TYPE 25/with muzzle brake.
7.62cm PaK 39(r ) SOVIET Model 1939, standard 76.2mm Field Gun. The most common Soviet Field Gun of WW2 and Post War as well as client states. Large numbers also used by the Germans GUN TYPE 27.
HOWITZERS
10.5cm FH98/09 Main light howitzer of WW1. GUN TYPE 34.
10.5cm FH16. Improved version of above from 1917. Still used in WW2. GUN TYPE 35.
11.4cm leFH 361(e). Captured British 4.5" howitzer used in Atlantic Wall. GUN TYPE 33
12.2cm leFH 388(r) A re-worked older Soviet gun, the 122mm Howitzer M10/30 State/Schneider was captured in large numbers and being very sturdy was placed in Wehrmacht service. GUN TYPE 4B.
12.2cm sFH 396(r) captured SOVIET M1938, 122mm Field Howitzer. This was a well prized weapon taken in some numbers and extensively employed by the Germans. Some coastal defence weapons. GUN TYPE 31A.
15CM FH13. (SHORT)KRUPP Large weapon with unusual short barrel. Important Howitzer used by GERMANY throughout WW1. GUN TYPE 6E.
15CM FH13/17 LANGE. KRUPP (LONG HOWITZE) Last two years of WW1. GUN TYPE 6F.
15CM FH/13/17 LANGE. KRUPP SECOND LINE WW2 SERVICE. Vehicle tow. GUN TYPE 6F (1)
15cm FH80. KRUPP 1880 HOWITZER. Still in use in WW1, usually with reserve units, GUN TYPE 8D
GREECE
SCHNEIDER M11 & M07 12CM HOWITZER. WW1 AND LATER. GUN TYPE 4C.
ITALY
75mm ITALIAN KRUPP M06, M11 used extensively WW1 as main fieldguns alscolonial . GUN TYPE 1C
8cm FG M5 STATE/SKODA. WW1. Captured guns used by Italy. Actual caliber 75mm. GUN TYPE 2E.
15CM HOWITZER. FH M14/16. WW1 CAPTURED. USED TO THE END OF WW2 GUN TYPE 6H
JAPAN
20mm Type 89 (Army) AA Machine Cannon. 1938 - 45. GUN TYPE 52
25mm Type 96 Naval. AA Machine Cannon. Single. GUN TYPE 53
25mm Type 96 Naval AA Machine Cannon. Triple mounting. GUN TYPE 54
37mm Type 11. Infantry gun. 1922-1945. Tubular trail. No wheels. GUN TYPE 37.
37mm T94. Infantry/Anti-Tank gun. 1934-45. GUN TYPE 38
47mm Model 01, Anti Tank Gun. GUN TYPE 46
70mm Type 92 Battalion Gun. 1936-1945. GUN TYPE 39
7cm KRUPP light field gun. Russo/Japanese war and WW1. GUN TYPE 40
75mmMEIJI38suppliedJan.1905 GUNTYPE 1C.
75mm Meiji 38 (Improved). Used extensively against China and standard WW2 equipment. GUN TYPE 2A.
75mm Meiji 41 Mountaingun used as Infantry gun after WW1. GUN TYPE 41
75mm Type 41 Regimental gun.1908-45. Unusual light tubular trail. GUN TYPE 42
75mm Type 90 OSAKA/SCHNEIDER, Divisionl fieldgun.1930-45. Horse towed. GUN TYPE 43
75mm Type 90 OSAKA/SCHNEIDER, Divisionl fieldgun.1930-45. Truck towed GUN TYPE 43(A)
75mm (Pack) Type 94 Mountain and Regimental gun. 1934 - 1945 GUN TYPE 44
75mm Type 95 (Osaka) Fieldgun. 1935-45 GUN TYPE 45
75mm Mobile field AA gun type 88. (Army) GUN TYPE 55
100mm (3.9") Dual Purpose type 98 Naval mount on coastal mount. GUN TYPE 56
105mm Type 91 Osaka/Schneider, Divisional Field Howitzer. 1931-45. GUN TYPE 47
105mm Field Gun. Type 92. Divisional long range gun. Used 1932 - 1945. Replacement for the Model 14 which was not successful and did not enter full production. GUN TYPE 48
12CM HOWITZER. KRUPP MO5 MEIJI 38/12CM. 1905 ONWARD. GUN TYPE 6C
15CM. MEIJI 38/15CM. KRUPP JAPANESE 15CM HEAVY FIELD. 2nd LINE WW2. GUN TYPE 6G
120mm (4.7") Dual purpose gun. Type 10. (Naval) On SINGLE coastal mount. GUN TYPE 57
127MM (5") Dual purpose gun. Type 89 (Naval) On twin coastal mounting. GUN TYPE 58
150mm Type 4. Howitzer. Heavy Divisional Artillery. 1919-45 GUN TYPE 49
150mm Type 96 Howitzer. Heavy Divisional Artillery. 1936-45 GUN TYPE 50
150mm Type 89 Heavy long range gun. 1929-45 GUN TYPE 51
LATVIA
18pdr Vickers Mk3 with extra elevation, post WW1. GUN TYPE 3C.
NETHERLANDS.
75MM Krupp M03 GUN TYPE 1C. 7.5cm (MOD) used in Europe WW2. GUN TYPE 2B.
7.5cm(MOD)(mech)Fieldgun, AntiTank & truck tow.Main fieldgun Far East WW2 GUN TYPE 2C.
12cm L14. & M09 KRUPP HOWITZER. USED BY DUTCH ARMY WW1 TO WW2. GUN TYPE 6A
NORWAY.
12CM MO9. KRUPP HOWITZER. USED BY NORWAY 1910 TO WW2. GUN TYPE 6B.
ROMANIA
7.5cm KRUPP/RUMANIAN M03, GUN TYPE ONE A.
SERBIA
12cm HOWITZER.SCHNEIDER M11 & M07 WW1 GUN TYPE 4C.
12cm Howitzer SCHNEIDER M97. Serbia 1898. GUN TYPE 4E
SPAIN
3.7cm PaK 36. Early German WW2 Anti Tank Gun GUN TYPE 16.
120mm SCHNEIDER HOWITZER TR.1915 USED DURING CIVIL WAR. GUN TYPE 4D.
7.7cm PAK16. Used as anti tank & infantry support.7.7cm with new shield and lower wheels. GUN TYPE 1E.
7.7cm FK.17 fieldgun. Extensively used during the SPANISH CIVIL WAR. GUN TYPE 2A. 76.2mm Infantrygun. Model 10P RUSSIAN WW1 and REVOLUTION, SOVIET WW2. GUN TYPE 14.
76.3mm WW2 Infantry Gun Model 1925- 1927.SOVIET. Made in large numbers. GUN TYPE 15
SWITZERLAND
SWISS KRUPP 75/30, GUN TYPE 1C.
TURKEY
7.5cm KRUPP/TURKISH M03/10 FIELDGUN, the most common gun used in WW1. GUN TYPE 1A.
7.7cm FG.96 also supplied to Turkey. Not as good a weapon as the Krupp 7.5cm version above. GUN TYPE 1D.
7.7cm FK.17 fieldgun some supplied to TURKEY. GUN TYPE 2A..
12CM KRUPP M92. HOWITZER.USED BY TURKEY 1894 ONWARD. GUN TYPE 6D
15CM FH13. KRUPP (SHORT) HOWITZER. Supplied to TURKEY during WW1. GUN TYPE 6E.
15CM FH13/17 KRUPP LANGE. (LONG HOWITZER) Only a few went to Turkey. GUN TYPE 6F.
15cm M99 HOWITZER. Supplied by AUSTRIA until end of WW1. GUN TYPE 7D
15cm HOWITZER. KRUPP 1880 Supplied by Germany during late 1800's. GUN TYPE 8D
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
155mm SCHNEIDER HOWITZER M1917. French gun used in WW1. GUN TYPE 4D.
VIET MIHN and VIET CONG.
37mm Canon d'Infantrie de37mle 1916TRP. Trench Cannon. GUN TYPE 36
37mm Type 11. Infantry gun. 1922-1945. Tubular trail. No wheels. GUN TYPE 37.
70mm Type 92 Battalion Gun. 1936-1945. GUN TYPE 39
75mm Type 41 Regimental gun.1908-45. Unusual light tubular trail. GUN TYPE 42
75mm (Pack) Type 94 Mountain and Regimental gun. 1934 - 1945 GUN TYPE 44
YUGOSLAVIA.
8cm FG M18 BOHLER (Actually 7.5cm) Used by YUGOSLAV ARMY up to and during WW2. GUN TYPE 2A. Many Soviet types used during WW2 and post war.
RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION
FLAK. 37mm AA gun. SOVIET WW2 model, GUN TYPE 9.
76.2mm AA gun. SOVIET WW2 model 1931. On two wheel style trail. GUN TYPE 10
76.2mm AA gun. SOVIET WW2 Model 1938. On four wheel style trail. GUN TYPE 10B
85mm AA guns SOVIET WW2 on wheeled trail. GUN TYPE 11.
INFANTRY AND MOUNTAIN GUNS. 37mm Infantry gun Model 15K. RUSSIAN WW1, RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, SOVIET WW2. GUN TYPE 12
76.2mm L16 Infantrygun. Model 1943. GUN TYPE 13.
76.2mm Infantrygun. Model 10P RUSSIAN WW1 and REVOLUTION, SOVIET WW2. GUN TYPE 14.
76.3mm WW2 Infantry Gun Model 1925- 1927.SOVIET. Made in large numbers. GUN TYPE 15
76.2 mm Model 1938 Skoda Mountaingun. Soviet produced mountaingun. GUN TYPE 1B
ANTI TANK GUNS.
37mm L45.SOVIET model 1930. Basically the same as the German Pak 37mm. GUN TYPE 16
45mm Anti Tank Gun. SOVIET Model 1937 GUN TYPE 17A.
45mm Anti Tank Gun. SOVIET Model 1942, GUN TYPE 17B.
45mm gun on M1938 field carriage. SOVIET Model 1942 War Emergency Anti Tank Gun. GUN TYPE 18.
57mm (Long) Anti Tank Gun or early trail. SOVIET Model 1941. GUN TYPE 19A.
57mm (Long) Model 1943 ZIS, on later tubular trail. Also used by client states post WW2 era.GUN TYPE 19B.
76.2mm Anti Tank Gun. SOVIET Model 1942. GUN TYPE 20.
76.2mm Anti Tank Gun. SOVIET Model 1942 ZIS, GUN TYPE 21.
85mm Anti Tank/Field Gun. Early type. SOVIET Model 1943. GUN TYPE 22A.
85mm D44, Antitank/Field Gun.SOVIET Model 1944 (low long trail). Used extensively Postwar.GUN TYPE 22B.
100mm Anti Tank/Field Gun. SOVIET Model 1944, BS-3 Also extensively used Post War. GUN TYPE 23.
LIGHT FIELD GUNS.
76.2mm KRUPP M00 fieldgun. Main field gun and horse gun of Russo Japanese war & WW1. GUN TYPE 1A.
76.2mm L50 on FH M10/30 carriage. Model 1933 Divisional Field Gun 7 GUN TYPE 24.
76.2mm ZIS Model 1936, FIELD GUN.. SOVIET WW2. GUN TYPE 25.
76.2mm.Model 1939/42 SOVIET Standard Field Gun. GUN TYPE 26A.
76.2mm Model 1941. ZiS-3. SOVIET Standard field gun. Similar to the above, different trail .GUN TYPE 26B.
76.2mm Field Gun. Model 1939. The most common Soviet Field Gun of WW2 Post War. GUN TYPE 27.
8cm FG M5 STATE/SKODA. AUSTRIAN WW1 Captured guns used by Russia. GUN TYPE 2E.
MEDIUM TO HEAVY FIELD GUNS AND HOWITZERS.
107mm Field Gun. Model 10/30 (Modernized) GUN TYPE 28A.
12cm PULITOV/OBUCHOV MO4.HOWITZER. RUSSIA 1904 -WW1. LATER USSR. GUN TYPE 7B
122mm HOWITZER. M10. Schneider. Important howitzer Eastern Front WW1. Still in use WW2. GUN TYPE 4A
122mm M10/30. STATE/SCHNEIDER. Modified version of the M10 used up to the end of WW2 GUN TYPE 4B
122mm gun. M1931/37 GUN TYPE 30A.
122mm Field Howitzer. M1938, GUN TYPE 31A.
127mm (5") Howitzer 1895. Mk2. British. Supplied to Russia. In service through WW1. GUN TYPE 8B
152mm Howitzer. (Modernized) Model 09/30 GUN TYPE 29B.
152mm Howitzer. M1937 ML20 GUN TYPE 30B.
152mm Howitzer, M1943. M1937 ML20 GUN TYPE 30C.
152mm Howitzer. SOVIET M1943. GUN TYPE 31B.
203mm Tracked Howitzer. Model 1931, B4. GUN TYPE 32.
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