10.5 cm leFH 16
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.
10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 | |
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![]() A leFH 16 captured on 2 September 1918 by the 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), at Cagnicourt Wood, France. | |
Type | Field howitzer |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1916–45 |
Used by | German Empire Nazi Germany Belgium |
Wars | World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Rheinmetall |
Designed | 1914–16 |
Produced | 1916 |
Variants | leFH 16 n.A |
Specifications | |
Mass | Travel: 2,870 kg (6,330 lb) Combat: 1,525 kg (3,362 lb) |
Length | 5.000 m (16 ft 4.9 in) |
Barrel length | 2.310 m (7 ft 6.9 in) L/22 |
Width | 1.650 m (5 ft 5.0 in) |
Height | 1.650 m (5 ft 5.0 in) |
Shell | cased separate-loading (5 charges) 105 x 155mm R[1] |
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 | 6-8 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) |
Description
The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 was introduced in 1916 as a successor to 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09, featuring a longer barrel and hence longer range. It had the same carriage as the 7.7 cm FK 16.
Post war
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10.5 cm leFH 16 from the side
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Rear of 10.5 cm leFH 16
The Treaty of Versailles limited the Reichswehr to only 84 light field howitzers, with 800 rounds of ammunition per gun.[2] The leFH 16 remained the standard German howitzer until 1937, when the 10.5 cm leFH 18 began to replace them in the artillery battalions.[3] Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after World War I were taken into German Army service after the conquest of Belgium as the 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b).
References
Notes
- "101". www.quarryhs.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- Engelmann 1995, p. 3.
- Engelmann 1995, p. 7.
Bibliography
- Engelmann, J. (1995) [1990]. Deutsche leichte Feldhaubitzen 1935-1945 [German Light Field Artillery in World War II]. Translated by Johnston, D. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0887407604.
- 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
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