The Ordnance QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss Mk I and Mk II was a shortened version of the original QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss naval gun, and was developed specifically for use in the sponsons of the later Marks of British tanks in World War I, from Mark IV onwards. The original QF 6 pounder naval gun had turned out to be too long for practical use with the current British heavy tank designs, which mounted guns in sponsons on the side rather than turrets on top as modern tanks do. The muzzles of the long barrels sometimes dug into the mud or struck obstacles when the vehicle crossed trenches or shell craters. The shortened QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Mk I of single tube construction was introduced in January 1917 in the Mark IV tank, and may be considered the world's first specialised tank gun. The shortened barrel incurred a reduction in muzzle velocity, but as tank guns in World War I were used against unarmoured or lightly armoured targets such as machine gun nests and artillery pieces at relatively short ranges of a few hundred yards, this was not a major disadvantage. Due to its decent size and short barrel length this gun is particularly useful as generic WWI - WWII style artillery piece since you can easily accomodate gun and its personnel into scene and still maintain high level of detail with its this models is made.
What is included:
Gun ERC Figure
Ammo Crate - Poser Figure
Muzzle Flame - Smart Prop
Ammo Shell (parented to loaderĀ“s LH or to Ammo Crate)
Green and Black Texture (both PBR and Specular Variants)
M4 Poses
RH Operator
LH Operator
Loader
Up to 4kx4k and textures suitable for closeups, Unpacked Runtime Size: 50 MB.
suitable for animations. Historical Reconstruction.