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Mystery Colonial Italian Gun?

askari_a3
Askari Miniatures Gun 'A3'

Can you identify this mysterious Italian Mountain Gun…? Askari Miniatures produce the illustrated Italian Mountain Gun – and while it is modelled on actual photographs of Italian guns it has not been positively identified exactly what model and calibre the weapon is.

Askari describe it thus: “Italian Mountain gun from the 1890s. Used by the Italian Askari camel and mule-mounted gun companies.“

I am attempting to identify exactly what weapon it is, when it entered service with the Italians (and for how long, i.e. was it still in use in WW1 or even WW2) and whether it may have been used by Nations other than the Italians (if it was for example an exported Krupp or DeBange gun or similar).

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28mm Askari Miniatures Figure Comparison

Askari Italian Gun
Askari Italian Gun

I recently ordered some sample figures from Al Maurer at Askari Miniatures as I was looking at using some of his ranges and wanted to see how they compared with my existing Perry Miniatures & Wargames Foundry figures (that make up the vast bulk of my 28mm Colonial armies), and to get a feel for how they compared to Gerry Webb’s Castaway Arts figs.

Talking to Al about it I also promised to report back to him how they compared, in my opinion, as he advised he hadn’t directly compared them previously since the ranges didn’t really ‘crossover’ (e.g. Perry’s’ Sudan range is 1880’s while Askari’s French & Italians are later, the Italians being in fact 1930’s)…

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London War Room Closed

The London War Room has apparently had to close indefinitely. The business has been run by husband & wife team Vince & Sharron for 15 years, however Vince has apparently walked away from the business at short notice. The business is being dissolved and hopefully it (or at least the masters) will get picked up by someone quickly – it includes good ranges of Wild Animals, Colonial Guns, Ships, and various other items not well covered by many other 28mm Manufacturers (although it’s suggested the range of Houston’s Guns may not be available again regardless). The site linked to above is currently offline but Sharron has stated she may get a temporary one back up to list what remaining stock they have left for sale until the business is sold. Sharron has posted a detailed account of what has happened on the Colonial Wars Yahoo Group for those interested – Hopefully things will work out for both the current owners and it will quickly find a new owner, I have purchased many Colonial Guns & Animals, and some long boats from them and they are on the whole a very nice range of castings…

20mm (1/76th & 1/72nd) Figure Comparison

20mm Figure Comparison
20mm World War 2 Figure Comparison

The following is a brief overview of several (but by no means all) of the manufacturers in this scale. Over time I may add more photo comparisons and details for these and other manufacturers. I have also included some plastic figures for completeness. The scale lines in the background are at 10mm, 20mm, and 25mm height.

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