10.5 cm leFH 16
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.
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10.5 cm leFH 16
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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.
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The Treaty of Versailles limited the Reichswehr to only 84 light field howitzers, with 800 rounds of ammunition per gun. 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. 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.
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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.
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- 1.101. www.quarryhs.co.uk.
- 2.Stroea, Adrian. Artileria româna în date si imagini. Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei. 74. 2010. 978-606-524-080-3.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Engelmann, J. Deutsche leichte Feldhaubitzen 1935-1945. Schiffer Publishing. 1995. 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
- Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997
- Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001
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