10.5 cm leFH 16

10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16
Type	Field howitzer
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1916–45
Used by	German Empire  Belgium  Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Specifications
Weight	1,525 kg (3,362 lb)
Barrel length	2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) L/22
Shell	separate-loading, cased charge
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	4-5 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)

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. It shared the same carriage as the 7.7 cm FK 16. Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after World War I were taken into Army service after the conquest of Belgium as the 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b).

References

• 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

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

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