I'd like to build the artillery and ammo carrier that my dad used while stationed in Oklahoma when he was drafted in '58. His bday is coming up in November and the way he's always talked about that period of his life I know he'd like it. He was is model builder as well, just been on a long break! He recognizes m110's and refers to the piece as a self propelled gun of 8in. Can I find more info by helping him request service records? I'd like to replace his company photo that was water damaged as well. I read photos can be requested too. I'd really love to help him get in touch with his old buddies too. Any assistance will be helpful.

What a great deal. Good luck on your quest.

Go to the National Archives website. They have instructions on how to request service records and official pictures.

I guess you may be talking about the M55 self-propelled howitzer:



Elite has released a 1/35th scale resin kit of the M55 :



H.P.

M 55 / 8 inc
Renwal blueprint models 1:32
138 parts with combat grew of 6
Accurately scaled from U.S army ordnance blueprints

Another option is the 1/72nd scale one available from OKB Grigorov :



H.P.

If you are asking if there is a model of the M110, yes. Italeri makes a standard M110. The M110 didn't enter service until 1963 though. It replaced the M55 as shown above.


The ammo carrier for both these guns was 5-ton trucks though. In the late '50s and '60s, the standard 5-ton was the M54 truck, which there is no plastic kit of.


You can convert one though using an AFV Club M35 cab and an Italeri M923 frame and cargo bed though. Here is an article that explains how to convert it.

Really very sorry everyone, that is supposed to read '68.

Thanks everyone for the help.
If I recall correctly, (which is easier today than last night!) they were using a tracked carrier.

The tracked carrier which would have been used by SP Artillery units during that period was the M548 and AFV Club makes a kit of that.

Actually there is a plastic kit of M54
http://res.luckymodel.com/img/PI00000033376.jpg
Revell used to produce it, but opinions vary on this one, as they say that the tires are a bit small...

No, that is the M34 2 1/2 ton truck. It was the predecessor to the M35.

Yes, by '68, the ammo carrier was the M548, available from AFV Club.

The ammo carrier is the one, only they used one without a canopy. The old man seems to recall a longer barrel on the m110, which led me to the m107, but I hear that's not correct either. Was it possible to have an m110 fitted with a slightly longer barrel? Or is it maybe an altered memory? I believe both the m107 and m110 were used at the same time on at Fort Sill.
Will it take a long time to receive records and photos? I'd like to have them before late November. Wondering if I should proceed without them.
If there's any woodworkers around with plans of their own for a field desk that could be used as a TV tray, I'd be interested in those as well for another gift.

It could have been an M110A1, which had a tapered, longer barrel and no muzzle brake. It entered service in '71.



Unfortunately, there is no kit that has the A1 barrel.

The other version was the M110A2, which had a longer, thicker barrel and a muzzle brake. It entered service in '80.



Italeri also makes the M110A2 version.

Very well could have been an A1. I'll have to wait to see what I can find out from his records when he gets them. For now I can order the carrier and M110 SPG. If it's incorrect it'll just be another build. Wont hurt anything but the wallet. Thanks for the help Arty.

Andrew,
When I requested my dad's records from the National Archives a few years back it took about four weeks so maybe you won't have too long to wait. Good luck on your search and builds.
John