Sooo, why am I calling this an 'anti-aircraft gun'? Because on the only boxed set of Payton Army men I know of, Payton themselves referred to it as such, however, would probably be better classified as a howitzer or cannon. It measures 5" (12,7cm) L x 1.75" (4,44cm) W x 1.5" (3,81cm) H (when barrel is parallel to ground). At some point during the life of the tooling, the hydraulic dampening pistons that stick way up on the original were shortened. Perhaps there were problems with releasing the part from the mold and they decided to modify the tooling and it's this shorter version that always appears in sets from Miner Industries. Don't take that as gospel, it's just a guess.
Ed
Google search image culled from the Internet
(L) Marx (M) Original Payton (R) Modified Payton
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