10.5 cm leFH 16

10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 German_First_World_War_10.5_cm_leichte_Feldhaubitze_16_(10.5_cm_leFH_16),_(Serial_No._12826),_Quebec_City_(3).JPG 300 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. German Empire Field howitzer yes yes 1916–45 German EmpireNazi GermanyBelgium World War IWorld War II Rheinmetall 1914–16 1916 leFH 16 n.A Travel: 2,870 kg lb onCombat: 1,525 kg lb on 5.000 m ftin on 2.310 m ftin on L/22 1.650 m ftin on 1.650 m ftin on cased separate-loading(5 charges) 105 x 155mm Rhttp://www.quarryhs.co.uk/ammotable11.html 101 www.quarryhs.co.uk 2017-09-04 2015-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150226010317/http://www.quarryhs.co.uk/ammotable11.html dead 14.81 kg lb on (HE)14.25 kg lb on (AP) 105 mm in on 6-8 rpm 395 m/s ft/s on 9,225 m yd on horizontal sliding-block box trail -10° to +40° 4° TNT 1.38 kg lb on The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 (10.5 cm le.FH. 16) was a field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and World War II. 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 thumb|10.5 cm leFH 16 from the side thumb|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.Engelmann 1995 3 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.Engelmann 1995 7 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 le.FH. 327(b). Romania acquired around 64 pieces from the German Army following World War I, and put them into service during the interwar years.Stroea Adrian Băjenaru Gheorghe 2010 Artileria româna în date si imagini ro Romanian artillery in data and images Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei 978-606-524-080-3 74 References Notes Bibliography Engelmann J. Johnston D. Deutsche leichte Feldhaubitzen 1935-1945 German Light Field Artillery in World War II 1990 1995 Schiffer Publishing Atglen, PA 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 0-385-15090-3 Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 1-85367-480-X Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 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 Category:World War I howitzers Category:Field artillery of Germany Category:World War I artillery of Germany Category:World War II howitzers Category:World War II artillery of Germany Category:105 mm artillery