7.7 cm FK16

These were created for the Army University Press' (AUP) Film Team for their documentary, "Understanding Combined Arms Warfare" that was put up on Youtube. Please excuse my formatting.
The link to see the full-shield version is here: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxhgGNVDtkOFujm-xMnjiKzhtjRa0YhUPO?si=Iq_sL8PzZPlkKhW_
The half-shield version was used between 9:39-9:42 and 13:10-13:15:
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRzpErpPyO3agq-DWKnpw6ai94okMV8Tc?si=sPBrpPEbbwsD-dqs https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxyiQcH9E3aMFV8tB_3gvmCQt4Zkae9-R_?si=rofJ_i7EdauWI33X

As you'll be able to see, the half-shield variant is rigged to fire, but I did not create the rig or the original firing animation. That was done by my coworker, Justin Moor. I'll link his ArtStation below.
I was given a video from the AUP Films Teams archives on one of these guns firing, so I adjusted the animation to match. I'm unsure if I'm able to share that video clip I used as reference, so I'll refrain as to keep the lawyers off my back.

I was told not to hold back on the poly count as long as it looked good. The historian I was working with gave me references from both the full shield and half shield variants; he wasn't sure what he wanted, but in the end, he settled on both. Because of how I built it, I was able to reuse it for the most part.
Despite all the back and forth behind the scenes, I did enjoy making this model and being able to work with animating again.

Justin's ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/justinm-art