Operation Good Cause 2019 is a fundraiser raffle of a 28mm WW2 US army benefiting the ICRC.

Unit Reveal - M8 Scott

And another vehicle ready for action - the 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 Scott from Butlers' Printed Models:



The M8 was a pretty crowded work environment - during march, the commander and gunner would sit in the turret, and the loader would sit next to the driver in the hull. When going tinto action, the commander would switch onto the anti-aircraft machine gun position, and the loader moved up to the turret.



The 75mm howitzer could fire either high explosive or white phosphorus shells at a range of 8.8 km (5.5 miles). The rate of fire was around 6 shots per minute, and the vehicle carried 46 rounds of ammunition.


After the war, it stayed in service with the French army and some others, and was still used in the Algerian War in the early 1960s.


Our M8 is painted in the same scheme as the rest of the vehicles, and was nicknamed "The Bomb" by its crew.

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