10.5 cm leFH 16
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10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 | |
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Type | Field howitzer |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1916–45 |
Used by | German Empire Belgium Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,525 kg (3,362 lb) |
Barrel length | 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) L/22 |
Shell | separate-loading, cased charge |
Shell weight | 14.81 kg (32.7 lb) (HE) 14.25 kg (31.4 lb) (AP) |
Caliber | 105 mm (4.1 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding block |
Carriage | box trail |
Elevation | -10° to +40° |
Traverse | 4° |
Rate of fire | 4-5 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 395 m/s (1,300 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 9,225 m (10,089 yd) |
Filling | TNT |
Filling weight | 1.38 kg (3.0 lb) |
The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 (10.5 cm leFH 16) was a field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and World War II. It shared the same carriage as the 7.7 cm FK 16. Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after World War I were taken into Army service after the conquest of Belgium as the 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b).
References
- Engelmann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliederung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
- Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
- Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X
- Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 ISBN 1-86126-403-8
External links
- German 10.5cm leichtes Feldhaubitze 16 Walkaround at Landships
- Diagrams at Landships
- List and pictures of World War I surviving 10.5cm leFH 16 howitzers
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