Help with M106...

[steve rb]

Hope this isn't a completely daft question but as a newbie here I'll go for it! I'm looking for an M106 8" shell to finalise a group of M1 and M101 US shells - haven't got a clue where to start I'm the UK, is it completely unrealistic or are there items in and around Europe to
be had?
cheers
steve

 

[HAZORD]

They are over there. One of our members in your part of the world posted a photo of one that he had, within the last year.

 

[steve rb]

They are over there. One of our members in your part of the world posted a photo of one that he had, within the last year.

Thanks - at least that's a ray of hope! I'm sure everyone would love to own one and it's a cheeky ask I know, just haven't got a clue where to start and have decided to focus my collecting on the larger calibre stuff.

 

[steve rb]

Reading up a little more, there certainly are supposed to be quite a few of these about, especially since Britain brought the M110 SP howitzer out of retirement for the Iraq war - and have now put it back in again.... Will keep looking and asking!

 

[HAZORD]

They are very heavy and not easily moved. So they aren't easy to carry off by collectors etc.

 

[steve rb]

Damn, just missed out on a batch of 13 of the flippin things in mainland Europe!!!!

 

[HAZORD]

That would be a challenge to bring over from the mainland.

 

[steve rb]

Not so bad - 80 odd euro for a pallet which is just what I paid for the two 155s... But academic for now!