Not a big fan of Bundeswehr Arty, but this looks really nice. I think this pretty much completes the M109 line with AFV Club kits, minus the M109A7 which Panda has done a really nice kit of.

How much turret interior is there, or just the breech?

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How much turret interior is there, or just the breech?

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It should have the same as the other AFV Club M109 kits. They include the gun breech, inner rear hull door details, details on the inside of all the hatches, and turret rear and side door inner details. Other than that, no real interior datail/parts.

Black Dog makes an M109A2 interior set for them that can be modified for other versions though.

M109A3
Rebuilt M109A1 to A2 standards; no external differences to an A2

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M109A3
Rebuilt M109A1 to A2 standards; no external differences to an A2

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That's not entirely true - A3 retained some of the swim barrier mounting hardware from A1 on the hull (on hull sides and lower front plate). A2s left the factory without it. So it's cosmetic only difference, but it's there.

Next they need to make the M992 ammo carriers to go with the newer guns. They have the M548 ammo carrier to go with the earlier (m109 through M109A2) kits.

A nice looking kit. How much turret interior is there, or just the breech?

I have never noticed Hoffman devices used on Field Artillery tubes before, since those were generally considered not to be in direct contact with OPFOR, such as armor and mech infantry vehicles were.

I vaguely remember seeing the Bundeswehr deploying these at Camp Shilo near where I live though I don't remember them ever being in that shade of brown(?); we'd go out periodically and observe them on maneuvers back in the day before that unique situation ended and the camp was retasked as a Canadian Forces base once again. That sad day ended decades of use by the German Army here in Western Manitoba; the only place outside of Europe where Leopards did prowl with Marders as escorts.

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M109A3
Rebuilt M109A1 to A2 standards; no external differences to an A2

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That's not entirely true - A3 retained some of the swim barrier mounting hardware from A1 on the hull (on hull sides and lower front plate). A2s left the factory without it. So it's cosmetic only difference, but it's there.

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You are correct, but easy pieces to add as well.

I vaguely remember seeing the Bundeswehr deploying these at Camp Shilo near where I live though I don't remember them ever being in that shade of brown(?); we'd go out periodically and observe them on maneuvers back in the day before that unique situation ended and the camp was retasked as a Canadian Forces base once again. That sad day ended decades of use by the German Army here in Western Manitoba; the only place outside of Europe where Leopards did prowl with Marders as escorts.