WW1 artillery

[Khorne]

I've got these things standing in my room for quite sometime now, but I couldn't take pics because I didn't have a digicam. But yesterday my parents bought and so, without further ado, here are my MOCs. (Some things are difficult to see as they are made in black bricks)

1) German weaponry

1.1) 7.7cm Feldkanone 96 n.A.

The by far most numerous gun in the arsenal of the German Imperial Army in 1914 was the 7.7cm Feldkanone 96 n.A.. Germany entered the war with 5.086 of these Field Gun. Throughout the whole Great War, it stayed the workhorse of the German Artillery, and though as such not as well-known as many other, large-calibre pieces, it was of course very important, being used on all fronts and in all battles.

1.2) 7.7cm Feld-kanone 16

Pretty soon after the start of the war, the Germans realized that their standard field artillery piece, the FK 96 n.A. had some serious drawbacks, and that it was often only because of the numerical superiority of their field guns that they could hold their own against the field artillery of their opponents, which often had both a greater range and a greater effect. Therefore, development work was soon started on a new Field Gun.

1.3) German 10.5cm leichtes Feldhaubitze 16

The German lFH 16 was designed during the war by Rheinmetall as a replacement for the old, standard light howitzer, the lFH 98/09. It had a longer barrel than the older gun, and also a new type of breech, needing one less movement in order to be opened. It fired the same ammo as the old gun, with one addition: the so called C-Geschoss, i.e. Gas shell. They were manufactured by a number of different manufacturers, and they began to be issued to the troops from the beginning of 1917. When the war ended 3.044 lFH16:s were in service.

1.4) German Maxim7.92mm machinengewehr

The German 08 model of the popular Maxim system machine gun, was the basic German machine gun of the World War I, and also the most widespread model of Maxim MG in the world.

(Picture shown above is taken during usage in East Africa, thus explaining the askari)

2) French weaponry

2.1) Canon de 75mm mle1897 ("75")

The French "75" - or to be more precise: Canon de 75, mod

[snefroe]

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[Khorne]

Actually, I did try to make a Mk IV tank, but I didn't have the threads for the wheels and since threads are rather expensive to buy, I took the tank apart for pieces.

[snefroe]

yeah... i was thinking of building a mark I, but it doesn't really have links, does it? it's this metal band that i haven't been able to create in lego.

the links are expensive indeed!

[KimT]

Fantastic work KhoRne.

Those guns are NEAT. Man I wish LEGO would do a WW1 theme like this *wub* *wub*

KimT

[xwingyoda]

Congrats there for your brilliant WW1 MOCs KhoRne 8-

[Starwars4J]

Ah, absolutely beautiful MOCs!

I wish I knew more about WW1 armorments so I could comment more on their accuracy, but they look plenty authentic to me :-P

You really have a talent for this, I can't wait to see more!

[Khorne]

Ah, absolutely beautiful MOCs!

I wish I knew more about WW1 armorments so I could comment more on their accuracy, but they look plenty authentic to me :-P

You really have a talent for this, I can't wait to see more!

Well, you can always look here if you want to now more.

Thanks for all the nice replies, guys!!! I also found a French Hotchkiss machinegun on my room, so I made some pics too. I might redo this one as I am not completely happy with it. Excuse me for the blurry pics, I'll try to remake them tommorow.

2.2) Hotchkiss Mle 1914 8mm Heavy Machine Gun

The Hotchkiss (as it is most often called) was the basic French heavy machine gun during the Great War. (It was also used by them during World War 2.) It was also the standard tank machine gun of the French armoured vehicles during WWI, at the same time it was also used in a number of British Tanks.

[GravyTrain]

If you can I'd like to see a Big Bertha. Minifig scale would rock but Micro scale is understandable.

[Khorne]

If you can I'd like to see a Big Bertha. Minifig scale would rock but Micro scale is understandable.

I made a Big Bertha (minifig scale) once, but I couldn't resist on taking it apart and use all the pieces for other purposes :'-( . Also, I didn't have any wheels because I didn't know how to make them...