Pummel them from across the field with the mighty British 18-pound field gun
- warfulcrumgames
- Mar 11
- 2 min read
Introduced in 1904, the Ordnance QF 18-pound Field Gun was rapidly installed as the standard field gun of the British army. This impressive piece of kit could lob a variety of ammunition types with an 84mm calibre to ranges of up to 10,000 metres.
By the time of the Armistice, over 3,000 18pdrs were in service on the Western Front, and between them they had used nearly 100 million rounds of ammunition, mostly shrapnel and HE. The 18pdr would remain in service through the inter-war period, eventually being replaced by the 25pdr, but it would still see use on secondary fronts during the Second World
War.
Warfulcrum Games are pleased to announce the latest addition to the British arsenal, a wheel-mounted gun accompanied by its regulation crew of six. As always, we’ve taken pains to model it on historical photos, schematics and other reference points - including when posing the crew, who are modelled pushing their gun back into firing position. The vignette is based on a contemporary photograph, in which we see stacks of shells awaiting kinetic deployment.
This particular miniature mounts the Mk II gun on the Mk III carriage, making it appropriate for most time periods in the Great War. Note the wicker flash suppressor on the base - which was used to disguise the gun’s position, keeping the ground intact beneath the barrel and suppressing excess flash. There’s even a field telephone - the Set D Mk III - and an officer studying a map - and two crew members having a very lively discussion about gun elevation...
In game terms, it can saturate every corner of the field with deadly HE rounds and a blast radius of 4”, while it can also fire Gas, Smoke, Illumination and Shrapnel rounds. Its enormous range allows the gun to dominate any battlefield - but caveat, it cannot move, so deploy it carefully!
This kit will be available as a physical miniature and as an STL for you to print at home.
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