I love the look of these 8" Soviet guns and think they're a great candidate for the Arms Range.





How about it?

Well done PDA , now WW1 or WW 2 or both ?

Definitely not WW1, although the carriage above the trail reminds me of the British WW1 9.2in Gun.

I checked the Russian Wikipedia and it seems to say that the idea was proposed in 1920, but development only started in 1926 and the first prototype wasn't ready until 1931:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/203-%D0%BC%D0%BC_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%86%D0%B0_1931_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%91-4)

The Russian Wikipedia article seems to have more detail than the English Language Wikipedia one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/203_mm_howitzer_M1931_(B-4)

...Hmm my Russians not so good, now I have seen photos of this gun being used in the battle of Berlin, so WW2 I would buy it, and I suspect everyone who has purchased WW2 Germans and Russians would too.

The same chassis was used for three different barrels of different calibers, the 203mm being the most common. Post-WWII Soviet Army used a wheeled version. So plenty of options or conversions.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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