10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09

10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 Sayabec-canon.JPG 300 A captured F.H. 98/09 in Sayabec, Quebec German Empire Howitzer yes German EmpireOttoman EmpireRomania World War I Krupp 1902−04 Krupp 1909−1918 1,145 kg (2,519 lbs) 1.625 m ftin on 1 L/15.5 1.53 m ftin on Separate loading cased charge and projectile 105 mm (4.13 in) 302 m/s (990 ft/s) 6,300 m (6,890 yds) Horizontal sliding-block Hydro-spring Box trail -13° to +40° 4° The 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (10.5 cm FH 98/09), a short barreled (1625 mm) 105mm howitzer, also referred to as the 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze (light field howitzer) 98/09, was used by the German Empire, Kingdom of Romania as well as the Ottoman Empire in World War I and after. It had a maximum range of 6300 m.10.5 cm LIGHT FIELD HOWITZER MODEL 98/09- Retrieved 2012-02-29. Archived 2012-03-06. History It was originally built by Rheinmetall as the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98, an old-fashioned, fixed-recoil weapon delivered to the German army in 1898; between 1902 and 1904, it was redesigned, by Krupp, with a new recoil mechanism and a new carriage.Transformation of the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09- Retrieved 2012-02-29. Archived 2012-03-06. However, it wasn't accepted for service until 1909, hence the ending designation 98/09. Existing weapons were rebuilt to the new standard. As usual, two seats were attached to the gun shield. There were 1,260 in service at the beginning of World War I.Jäger, p. 28 Romania captured around 64 pieces from the German Army during 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 73–74 The 10.5 cm leFH 16 was introduced in 1916 as a successor to 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09, featuring a longer barrel and hence longer range. Ammunition The 10.5 cm used three different types of ammunition and the aiming instruments were marked with three different meter scales and a dial sight for both direct and indirect fire. Originally, it used 7 charges of propellant, but this was increased during the war to 8 in an effort to extend its range.Ammunition- Retrieved 2012-02-29 Feldhaubitz granate 98: A 15.8 kilogram (35 lb) high-explosive shell. Feldhaubitz schrapnel 98: A 12.8 kilogram (28 lb) shrapnel shell. See also Weapons of comparable role, performance and era QF 4.5-inch howitzer British equivalent 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze M.12 Romanian upgrade of the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 Gallery References Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 1-86126-403-8 Notes External links Landships II article List and pictures of World War I surviving 10.5 lFH 98/09 howitzers Category:World War I howitzers Category:Field artillery of Germany Category:Artillery of the Ottoman Empire Category:World War I artillery of Germany Category:105 mm artillery