10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09

Infobox Weapon
name=10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09


caption=A FH 98/09 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
origin=Germany
type=howitzer
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used_by=flag|German Empire
flag|Ottoman Empire
flag|Romania
wars=World War I
designer=Krupp
design_date=1902-04
manufacturer=Krupp
production_date=1909-1918?
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weight=1,145 kg (2,519 lbs)
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part_length=1.625 m (5.33 ft) (L/15.5)
width=1.53 m (5 ft)
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cartridge=separate loading, fixed case
caliber=105 mm (4.13 in)
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velocity=302 m/sec (990 ft/s)
range=6,300 m (6,890 yds)
max_range=7,000 m (7,583 yards)
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breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=hydro-spring
carriage=box trail
elevation=-13° to +40°
traverse=4°
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The 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (10.5 cm FH 98/09) was a howitzer used by Germany in World War I. It was originally built by Rheinmetall as the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98, an old-fashioned, fixed-recoil weapon, but was redesigned by Krupp between 1902 and 1904 with a new recoil mechanism and a new carriage that it would later contribute to the 7.7 cm FK 16 and the 10.5 cm leFH 16. However, it wasn't accepted for service until 1909, hence the designation. Existing weapons were rebuilt to the new standard.

It had the usual two seats attached to the gunshield.

1260 were in service at the beginning of World War I [Jäger, p. 28] .

Ammunition

* Feldhaubitze Granate 98: A convert|15.8|kg|lb high-explosive shell.
* Feldhaubitze Granate 05: A convert|15.7|kg|lb high-explosive shell.
* FH.Schr. 98: A convert|12.8|kg|lb shrapnel shell.

Originally it used 7 charges of propellant, but this was increased during the war to 8 in an effort to extend its range.

References

* Jäger, Herbert. "German Artillery of World War One". Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 ISBN 1-86126-403-8

Notes

External links

* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/German_10.5cm_lFH9809.htm 10.5 cm FH 98/09 on Landships]