7 Pound Mountain Gun

As I eagerly await my next arrival of Pendraken goodies I thought if post a little on the models bought.

Bought a pack of mountain guns from the zulu war range plus some actual Zulus to keep my painting varied.

A little on the gun itself...

Here's a picture of it being used by the Indian army, which it was most commonly used in.
What I love most about this picture is the fact the crews names are on the picture plus what religion they follow..

Developed in 1864 to replace the 6 pounder RML gun. With the main advantages were obviously the bigger shells used and the fire/reload time had dropped to 20 seconds.

Some made it to the plains of South Africa to face the Zulus and then take part in the 2 boar wars.

Bigger wheels were used to allow the guns to be drawn from a horse to make for quicker movement and not slow down the rest of the advancing army.

Here's a remaining example that resides in royal armoury in the UK.