Description
The Type 98 320mm spigot mortar was a large, fixed position artillery piece used by Japan in WWII. Primarily used for their psychological effects, they were deployed on Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Bataan.
The massive shells weighed 330kg and were 1.5m long with the large recoil requiring that the mortar base was embedded in an earth bank
The crew comprises: 1x spotter and 4 generic crew. Models may be duplicated, but are also supplied with extra components (e.g. boxes, shells) model appropriately.
- Model: Type 98 320mm Spigot Mortar
- Country/Army: Japanese
- Dimension (mm) (WxLxH): 28mm
- Material: UV Cured resin
- Original Designer: Studio Grozny
- Painted by: MarDav Miniatures
- Model supplied unassembled and unpainted. Additional finishing may be required during assembly.Â
- Finished colour of the product may vary from images shown.
- Photos and dimensions are at 28mm unless noted otherwise.
- All dimensions are complete with weapons unless otherwise stated.
- Other scales and dimensions may be available upon request.
Bill Bodin –
This item has no more business being deployed on a Bolt Action table than a railroad gun or a costal artillery battery. It had to be built in to its site and could not be moved afterwards. If it must be used at all it should be as an option for an FAO to call in instead of heavy howitzer fire. I play Japanese and I think it is ridiculous to deploy this thing on the table in any way other than scenic.