For those who were unable to attend AMPS East or my seminar on Artillery Modeling and are interested in artillery, a pdf version of my slides used for the presentation is on my web site. Just click on my banner below and the link for the slides is at the bottom of the home page.

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Mike,
Very nice presentation. I look forward to studying it further. Also, your models are great!! Thanks for sharing.
-zon

Zon - Thanks

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Thank you so much for sharing, this is very useful to me.

Excellent presentation, Mike. If I may say so, it would make a great Feature.

Cheers,
Jan

What an INCREDIBLY generous gesture, Mike! This hobby continues to amaze me with the gracious, helpful and encouraging people like yourself who mentor others with no expectation of reward, other than "thanks!"

Matt - Your welcome

Jan - Well there is a thought....it could be converted but then again the slides give you your own personal copy!!

Bill - Duty, Honor & Country......as for forums, Teach, Learn and have Fun.

My reward is the thanks you give me....the smile if I run into you at a show and the knowledge that I have past something on....All I ask is everyone try to do the same!

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Thank you Mike, that was well presented and informative. I too am greatful for your generosity in sharing this with us

Jeremy - You are more than welcome!!

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Quick overall note to say thanks to everyone for looking

Also, if there are any questions, feel free to contact me.

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Next step: how to modify the wrong figures available to correct artillerists?

Mike what a lovely thing you have done I like it. I'm after some information on the M107 so I'll drop you a line.

Jaymes

Bill - Waiting for http://www.mbltd.info/3577.htm

These have been coming for about 6 months now

Jaymes - At your disposal!!

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Very nice presentation Mike. I'm definitely hanging on to this and bookmarking your site.

Tim

Tim - Thanks for the comments on the presentation, glad you found it useful.

I am humbled at bookmarking my site. You are one of the examples to be followed when it comes to www and modeling.

Thanks You

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HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED THIS!!!! Mike, an absolutely great presentation!! Getting this type of info from those experts like yourself in artillery is really an honor!! As someone who mainly models artillery (WWII era but looking to switch to modern in the future) this will help me tremendously!

Your site has now also been bookmarked!

Thank you for sharing this!

Rob

Rob - You are more than welcome. Feel free to contact me if you have questions. You can reach me via PM or through my website

Glad you liked the website also!!

Great to see another artillery modeler

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Let me chime in on the praise here!
Being a ship modeller (i.e. arguably the most sophisticated gun platform) for a decade now, I always had a soft spot for field and anti tank artillery.
What really hooked me was a scene from "Laurence of Arabia" I saw some 30 years back for the first time. In this scene Mr. Dryden of the British Arab Bureau said to General Allenby:"Give them artillery and you've made them independent!". Even though the quote stuck with me these three decades I only got around to do some artillery modelling lately.
Now having done a couple of kits, I was pretty much at a loss what is needed for a proper scenic setting for those kit. Thanks to your presentation, I am not quite at a loss any more.
So thank you again for sharing.
I'd like to ask you - as a pro in this field - what would be your top 5 choices of printed reference on the common issue of artillery. Compendia with both text and pics to start with would be great.
TIA
Cheers,
Guido

Guido - Thank you for your comments.

As far as printed reference....that is a wide ranging question. I concentrate my effort on US Artillery so some of the commercial books I like

US Field Artillery of WWII by steve Zaloga
Allied Artillery of WWII by Ian Hogg
US Self Propelled Guns by Squadron
American Field Artillery 1941 - 45 by Paul Gaujac

A good general book of all artillery

Twentieth-Century Artillery by Ian Hogg

On Ammunition, The Encyclopedia of Ammunition by Ian Hogg

Then there is my numerous collection of US Army Tecnical Manuals on different weapons, Field Manuals like FM 9-13 Ammunition and special books

Vietnam Studies Field Artillery 1954 - 1973 by the Department of the Army

Many of the US Army manuals and books can be found online. Hope that helps....and yes, its a lot of book shelves!!

Thanks again

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Thanks a lot, Mike!
Let's see which I can find at Teford next week!


Cheers,
Guido

Thank you for this useful information.

P.A.

Many thanks Mike, for collating the info and letting it be freely available to others.

The sharing of information and experience by gents like yourself, Scratchmod (with his wonderful rusting tutorials) and the other usual suspects in the FSM lineup are what help make this hobby so great.

Hats off,
Lucien

Guido - Your welcome and good luck next week

Alexander - You welcome

Lucien - Your welcome and thank you for your kind words. Knowledge is useless unless you can share it. Comments like yours make all the time spent assembling the presentation worth while.

Thanks guys.

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Great slides Mike, especially interesting for a fellow artilleryman from a different country. Saved a copy to my harddrive. What would be interesting is more info on SP-Artillery tactics so I could compare to Swiss doctrine. Maybe next AMPS?

Cheers!
Stefan

Stephan - Now tactics would take a lot more than a few slides!!

Glad you enjoyed it!!

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