10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze

Infobox Weapon
name=10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze


caption=A M. 14 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
origin=Austria-Hungary
type=howitzer
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service=1914-1945
used_by=flag|Austria-Hungary
flag|Austria
flag|Poland
flag|Italy
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War I
World War II
designer=Skoda
design_date=
manufacturer=Skoda
production_date=1914-
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weight=1,350 kg (2,970 lbs)
length=
part_length=1.93 m (6.3 ft) L/19
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crew=6
cartridge=separate loading, fixed case
caliber=100 mm (3.93 in)
action=
rate=6-8 rpm
velocity=407 m/s (1,335 ft/s)
range=
max_range=8,400 m (9,100 yards)
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breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=hydro-spring variable recoil
carriage=box trail
elevation=-8° to +50°
traverse=6°
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speed=The 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze was a dual-purpose field and mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Between the wars it was used by Austria, Italy, and Poland. Captured weapons were used by Nazi Germany under the designations 10 cm leFH 14(ö) and 10 cm leFH 315(i). It served as the standard Italian medium howitzer as the Obice da 100/17 modello 14.It was a conventional design, although the first versions used an obsolescent wrought bronze barrel liner and a cast bronze jacket. Later versions used a standard steel barrel. The spade was in two pieces, one designed for use in icy ground and the other in normal soil.

Two cannoneers sat in seats attached to the shield, as was normal for the period. It was pulled by three pairs of horses when attached to its limber. The carriage could be broken down into three loads carried on small carts for transport in rough terrain. Postwar some weapons were modernized for motor towing with new rubber-tired wheels and the seats on the shield removed. A more extensive postwar update by Czechoslovakia was designated as the 10 cm houfnice vz. 14/19 and was exported to Poland, Greece and Yugoslavia.

Note: The data for this howitzer differs between sources, not surprising considering how often it was modified, and cannot be considered definitive. Data provided has generally been for a steel-tubed howitzer as given at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

External links

[http://www.landships.freeservers.com/10cm_feldhaubitze_m14_info.htm M. 14 FH information on Landships]

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