10.5 cm leFH 18

E1039067
artillery piece field gun howitzer

The 10.5 cm leFH 18 was a standard German World War II light field howitzer widely used by the Wehrmacht for divisional artillery support.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery piece ⓘ
field gun ⓘ
howitzer ⓘ
barrelLength 2.94 m ⓘ
L/28 ⓘ
breech horizontal sliding-block breech ⓘ
caliber 10.5 cm ⓘ
105 mm ⓘ
carriage split trail carriage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 6 to 8 ⓘ
designed 1920s ⓘ
designedIn Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
designer Krupp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rheinmetall NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationRange −6° to +40° ⓘ
enteredService 1935 ⓘ
height 1.73 m ⓘ
introduced 1935 ⓘ
mass approximately 1,985 kg in firing position ⓘ
approximately 2,085 kg in travelling position ⓘ
maximumRange 10,675 m ⓘ
mounting towed artillery piece ⓘ
muzzleVelocity 470 m/s ⓘ
numberBuilt over 6,000 units ⓘ
overallLength 4.61 m ⓘ
producedDuring 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
propellantCharge separate-loading, bagged charges ⓘ
rateOfFire 4 to 6 rounds per minute ⓘ
recoilSystem hydro-pneumatic recoil system ⓘ
replaced 10.5 cm leFH 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
service 1935–1945 in Germany ⓘ
shellWeight approximately 14.8 kg ⓘ
standardAmmunition 105 mm high-explosive shell ⓘ
standardRole divisional artillery support ⓘ
successor 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 ⓘ
10.5 cm leFH 18M NERFINISHED ⓘ
traverse 56° ⓘ
type light field howitzer ⓘ
usedBy China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedInConflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Six-Day War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
width 1.98 m ⓘ

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Wespe self-propelled howitzer → mainGunModel → 10.5 cm leFH 18 ⓘ