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AFV Club: M109 155mm L23 Howitzer
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Posted: Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 08:12 PM UTC


AFV Club just made another announcement for Nuremberg Toy Fair.

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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 12:39 AM UTC
finally replacing the old and over priced Italeri kit.
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 12:59 AM UTC
Oh my!!! Oh my!!! No out of production resin conversion needed!!!

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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 01:06 AM UTC
Very nice. It figures it would be realeased shortly after I collect all the Italeri parts, a 3D printed flotation collar, a Black Dog interior and the AFV M109A2 kit. It should be nice though.
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 02:48 AM UTC

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Very nice. It figures it would be realeased shortly after I collect all the Italeri parts, a 3D printed flotation collar, a Black Dog interior and the AFV M109A2 kit. It should be nice though.


Gino,

Thanks for taking one for the team then! Not the first time either IIRC. You're right, it should be a nice one.

Doc
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 02:55 AM UTC

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Gino,

Thanks for taking one for the team then! Not the first time either IIRC. You're right, it should be a nice one.

Doc


Yup, it seems to be a trend, esp. as of late. I just collected all the extra parts to build an M920 MET and Trumpeter just announced one in their upcoming catalogue. At the rate they release kits though, I still have a few years to build it before they actually release theirs.
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 10:49 AM UTC
M109 L23 is the typical version for the Vietnam War era, right?
Not too knowledgeable on the M109 but Wikipedia seem to say it’s so.
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 11:16 AM UTC
Yes, this is the original Vietnam M109 Howitzer.
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Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 08:29 PM UTC

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a Black Dog interior.

You can use that interior with your M109A2, as it is not correct for M109 anyway. Significant changes are required to make it suitable for M109 and good references are difficult to find...
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Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 01:13 AM UTC

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a Black Dog interior.

You can use that interior with your M109A2, as it is not correct for M109 anyway. Significant changes are required to make it suitable for M109 and good references are difficult to find...


Yup, tracking all. It is not really that hard to backdate it to an M109 interior though. Check out the Boresight Mag from Jan/Feb '15. It has a whole build article on an M109 w/interior (mislabeled M109A2).

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Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 05:49 AM UTC

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Yup, tracking all. It is not really that hard to backdate it to an M109 interior though. Check out the Boresight Mag from Jan/Feb '15. It has a whole build article on an M109 w/interior (mislabeled M109A2).

I'm not AMPS member (anymore), so I have no access to Boresight.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 01:49 PM UTC
Great to see an early M109 released at the same time that the latest version hits the market from Panda. So many options...
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 05:35 AM UTC
The armor around the commander's cupola looks similar to the Okinawa design M 113 armor.


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Posted: Saturday, February 01, 2020 - 08:29 AM UTC
Some photos for reference, IDF M109:







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Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2020 - 09:50 PM UTC

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Yes, this is the original Vietnam M109 Howitzer.
Hello Gino, it’s good to see a familiar name since I’m new to this Forum.

Harold
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Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2020 - 10:42 PM UTC
Welcome to Armorama Harold

Cheers / Robin
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Posted: Friday, May 08, 2020 - 12:23 AM UTC
Thank you Robin.
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Posted: Friday, May 08, 2020 - 12:51 AM UTC
Hi Harold. Welcome aboard.
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