10.5 cm light gun 40
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 10.5 cm light gun 40 |
| Manufacturer country: | German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Krupp, Dürkopp |
| Production time: | 1941 to? |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 1.902 m |
| Caliber : |
10.5 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 13 |
| Elevation range: | −15 ° to +42 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 80 ° |
The 10.5 cm light gun 40 (short LG 40 ) was a recoilless gun of the Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
The LG 40 was developed by Krupp in Essen and later built by Dürkopp in Bielefeld . Only a limited number of paratrooper and mountain fighter divisions were given up. Among other things, the light artillery departments (mot.) 423, 424, 426, 429 and 430 were equipped with this gun.
Due to its special characteristics, the LG 40 was recoil-free and, broken down into four loads of 124 kg to 189 kg each, could be dropped from aircraft with parachutes. Within two minutes they were reassembled into a ready-to-fire gun. Another transport option was to hang the gun in tubular steel transport containers under the fuselage of an aircraft or to transport it in gliders. The life of a barrel firing 14.74 or 14.81 kilograms projectiles was approximately 10,000 rounds.
The variants LG 40/1 with a light metal carriage and LG 40/2 with a tubular steel carriage were built.
See also
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 . 2nd Edition. Special edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
- Joachim Engelmann: The book of the artillery 1939-1945 , Dörfler Zeitgeschichte, ISBN 3-89555-179-1 .