Italian 100/17 Modello 14 Medium Howitzer

The first of the things that arrived earlier this week - an Italian 100/17 Modello 14 medium howitzer and four crew! 

Italian 100/17 Modello 14 medium howitzer (and crew!) 

Somehow I thought I was buying a light howitzer - like the French 75 or the British 25 Pounder - it wasn't until I was assembling it that I realized it was a MEDIUM Howitzer... but that would have been the Cannone da 75/27! 

Not that it makes that big of a difference to me. ANY howitzer on the tabletop firing over open sites seems a little silly to me... but this is what was available from Meeplemart at the time I was ordering, so here we are... 

This is mostly going to be used for direct fire, as the minimum range for indirect fire is 36"!? 

It's a really nice kit. Went together quickly, not too many details, but looks the business! Some of the other guns I picked up have just far too many bits and bobs... ugh... and some don't even have assembly instructions!?  I still haven't even finished assembling some of them!? 

The problem here is... to field this in Bolt Action, I need an officer now - to be the Artillery Battery commander?!