For anyone contemplating the
Tamiya kit or it's scaled-down
Esci counterpart; I think this is the old gate guardian from the Airborne Forces museum at Browning Barracks in Aldershot. When that museum was broken-up and the bulk moved to the IWM at Duxford, I imagine they found they already had various versions of 25lbr, so the good Burgers of Rushmoor got to stick it on a traffic island next to the stations and forget about it!
The business-end, for early WWII, you need to drop the flash eliminator, like the simpler Airfix kit.
Shield and axle with inner wheel-hubs.
Traversing plate and connecting rods.
Hitch and spade.
More undercarriage 'stuff'.
Mounting and elevation mechanism.
The maths...range calculator and inner shield.
Walk round, rear and starboard!
Walk round, port and front view.
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