[CharlieC]

A possible model for people who like to do something really different - the Schneider CF Autopropulseur.

It was designed to carry the 220mm Long Schneider gun (barrel 7.5m long). The Schneider gun proved to be so heavy it was difficult to move even with contemporary tractors. Eugene Brillie (designer of the Schneider CA1) designed a petrol-electric driven vehicle to carry the 220mm gun and permit it to fire from the vehicle with little preparation. 12 of these monsters were ordered before the end of WW1 but after the Armistice this was reduced to 4. (Check the images - compare the size of the men in the images to the vehicle). They remained in storage between the wars and were captured by the Germans in 1940 - their ultimate fate is unknown.

Regards,

Charlie