Deweycat Skoda Model 16 100mm Mountain Gun STL pack

It is commonly understood that Italy entered WW2 completely unprepared for a highly mobile, high resource consumption nature of the conflict. If there was any silver in the dark cloud hanging over the Italians is that the Royal Italian Army had actually equipped and trained to fight in one area, that being mountainous terrain. This was historically a prudent choice, as Italy’s land boundaries are mountainous, so any military action would be over and through said terrain. This planning explains Italy’s emphasis on small tankettes over larger AFVs, as they were better able to negotiate up narrow mountain passes whereas larger vehicles were unable to do so.   Unfortunately, they ended fighting in just about everywhere but in mountains (June 1940 in France being the exception)  but that is another story.   In the Italian armoury was the excellent Skoda 100mm Mountain howitzer as reparations, post Great War. These guns broke down into pack loads and could be transported in carts pulled by h