10.5 cm light field howitzer 16

10.5 cm light field howitzer 16
General Information
Military designation:	10.5 cm light field howitzer 16
Manufacturer country:	German Empire
Developer / Manufacturer:	Croup , food
Production time:	1916 to 1918
Technical specifications
Overall length:	5000 mm in driving position
Pipe length:	2,310 m
Caliber :	10.5 cm
Caliber length :	L / 22
Number of trains :	32
Twist :	increasing right twist
Cadence :	6-8 rounds / min
Elevation range:	−9 to +40 degrees
Side straightening area:	4 °
Furnishing
Sighting device :	Round leaf Telescope

The 10.5 cm light field howitzer 16 was a light field howitzer . It was used by the German army in World War I , adopted by the Reichswehr and used by the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

history

The field howitzer, introduced in 1916, was accepted into the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic after the end of the First World War . Some had to be given to Belgium as reparations . There they were called Obusier de 105 GP .

Until the introduction of the light field howitzer 18 in 1935, the light field howitzer 16 was the standard gun of the division artillery with the battery of four guns.

After the successful conclusion of the western campaign , the leFH 16 was also used as part of the Atlantic Wall on the French Channel coast. The former reparations guns modernized by the Belgians, which had been captured by the Wehrmacht in 1940 and incorporated under the designation 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b), were also positioned there.

In 1940, some field howitzers were placed on captured French FCM and British MK VI 736 guns . The self-propelled artillery guns created in this way were carried in the V Division of Artillery Regiment 227 of the 227th Infantry Division. The division joined the 22nd Panzer Division in 1941 .

The 1525 kg howitzer fired 14.81 kg projectiles up to 9225 meters.

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  10.5 cm lFH 16 on the Atlantic Wall

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  10.5 cm light field howitzer 16 with ammunition

literature

• Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945. 2nd edition, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
• Wolfgang Fleischer, Richard Eiermann: The motorized artillery and tank artillery of the German army 1935-1945. Podzun-Pallas Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0721-9 .
• Ferdinand Maria von Senger and Etterlin , The German Guns 1939–1945 , Bernard & Graefe, 1998, ISBN 3-7637-5989-1 .

Web links

Commons : 10.5 cm light field howitzer 16  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• DATABASE OF THE WW1 SURVIVING ARTILLERY
• Photo gallery from the Memorial Swimming Pool, Rockhampton
• Photo gallery from the Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain, p. 170.
2. ↑ FH von Senger and Etterlin, Die Deutschen Geschütze 1939–1945 , Bernard & Graefe, 1998, p. 82.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain, p. 176.
4. ↑ Wolfgang Fleischer, Richard Eiermann, pp. 77, 78.