10.5 cm leFH 16

Infobox Weapon
name=10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16


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origin=Germany
type=field howitzer
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is_artillery=yes
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service=1916-1945
used_by=flag|German Empire
flag|Belgium
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War I
World War II
designer=Krupp
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weight=1,525 kg (3,362 lbs)
length=2.31 m (7.57 ft)
part_length=1.878 m (6.16 ft) L/22
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cartridge=separate-loading, cased charge
caliber=105 mm (4.13 in)
action=
rate=4-5 rpm
velocity=395 m/s (1,296 ft/s)
range= 9,225 m (10,088 yds)
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breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=
carriage=box trail
elevation=-10° to +40°
traverse=4°
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speed=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).

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

External links

* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/105mm_lfh16_photopage.htm German 10.5cm leichtes Feldhaubitze 16 Walkaround at Landships]
* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/adh_germart3_fieldarty.htm Diagrams at Landships]
* [http://www.raemesa.com/Articles/ww1gun.htm Gun being restored at Moonta, Australia]
* [http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/english_CanonsIndex_Nation.html List and pictures of WW1 surviving guns]