10.5 cm leFH 16

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10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16

Type	field howitzer
Place of origin	Germany
Service history
In service	1916-1945
Used by	German Empire Belgium Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Specifications
Weight	1,525 kg
Length	2.31 m
Barrel length	1.878 m L/22

Shell	separate-loading, cased charge
Caliber	105 mm
Breech	horizontal sliding block
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-10° to +40°
Traverse	4°
Rate of fire	4-5 rpm
Muzzle velocity	395 m/s
Effective range	9,225 m (10,088 yds)

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. 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 Heer service after the conquest of Belgium as the 10.5 cm leFH 327 (b).

[edit] References

Englemann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliderung, 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