Service Data:
In Service: to
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Skoda
Number built: Prototype
Technical Data:
Type: Leichte Feldhaubitze
Calibre: 10.5 cm
Length: 3.456 m
Weight: 2,200 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil: hydro pneumatic
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -5° to +75°
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 610 m/s
Effective range: 15,000 m
Shell Weight: 14.80 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
10.5 cm
Leichte Feldhaubitze 43 (K I)
10.5
cm Leichte Feldhaubitze 43 (K II)
10.5 cm Leichte Feldhaubitze 43 (S)
Other: Field Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 10.5 cm le FH 43 (10.5 cm Leichte Feldhaubitze 43)
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
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