IT Miniatures 1/72 7.62cm Infanteriegeschütz Krupp L/16.5?

The German 7.62cm Infanteriegeschüz L/16.5 was used from the summer of 1916, and was really re-built russian guns, captured on the east front. The little gun didn't look much for the world, but it's total effect surpassed those of the few tanks that Imperial Germany could muster, as it was used as very effective close support in the German Armys elite Assault Troops Batallions. Click here for more info on this gun. It Miniatures make the only kit of this gun... I think! It is sold as "German Infantry Support Gun". And this is what you get:

As mentioned in other places, IT Miniatures caters for the Wargaming community, and their kits are therefore much simpler than one expects from, say, your usual Resin manufacturer. This is also true of this kit. You get the bare essentials: wheels, barrel, shield and carriage. Looking on it, I'm not quite sure that it is SUPPOSED to be a Infanteriegeschüz L/16.5! Tricky... And it can't be the 7.7cm Infanteriegeschüz L/20 either, because the slant of the shield and the configuration of the barrel suggests that this maybe is meant to portray the Austro-Hungarian 7.5cm Gebirgsgeschütz M15. As seen in this picture - click on the thumb-nail.

The Austro-Hungarian 7.5cm Gebirgsgeschütz M15 WAS used by the Germans, many times as replacements when the Infanteriegeschüz L/16.5 had worn out. But then again, can it? This will not, strictly speaking, be a GERMAN infantry support gun, but an of Austro-Hungarian origin. And also, and that's worse, then the carriage is all wrong: it should be curved with an in-built earth-spade. Well, the jury is still out on this one... I for one will eventually rebuild it as a Infanteriegeschüz L/16.5, which means that I will only keep the wheels and the carriage. I will scratch the rest.

Frankly, this is a pity. Maybe it's just me. I do think that this has a lot to do with the lack of info and real hard data on many WW1 guns. Some people obviously build masters from very sketchy info, which is a pity.