10.5 cm leFH 16

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10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16

Type field howitzer
Place of origin Germany
Service history
In service 1916-1945
Used by  German Empire
 Belgium
 Nazi Germany
Wars World War I
World War II
Production history
Designer Krupp
Specifications
Weight 1,525 kg (3,362 lbs)
Length 2.31 m (7.57 ft)
Barrel length 1.878 m (6.16 ft) L/22

Shell separate-loading, cased charge
Caliber 105 mm (4.13 in)
Breech horizontal sliding block
Carriage box trail
Elevation -10° to +40°
Traverse
Rate of fire 4-5 rpm
Muzzle velocity 395 m/s (1,296 ft/s)
Effective range 9,225 m (10,088 yds)

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. 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 Heer service after the conquest of Belgium as the 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b).

[edit] References

  • Englemann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliderung, 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

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