12 cm felthaubits/m32

Infobox Weapon
name=12 cm felthaubits/m32


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origin=Norway
type=howitzer
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used_by=flag|Norway
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War II
designer=Kongsberg
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number=8
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weight=convert|1990|kg|lb
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part_length=convert|2.4|m|ft L/20
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cartridge=convert|20.4|kg|lb
caliber=120 mm (4.72 in)
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velocity=450 m/s (1,476 ft/s)
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max_range=convert|10300|m|yd
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elevation=-5° to +43°
traverse=54°
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The 12 cm felthaubits/m32 was a howitzer used by the Norway in World War II. Captured guns were given a German designation after the Invasion of Norway as the 12 cm leFH 376(n). 2 batteries of Artillerie-Abteilung 477, which served in Finland during the war, were equipped with 12 cm Norwegian howitzers, which might included these guns.

Eight were built during the Thirties to replace the obsolescent Ehrhardt 12 cm leFH 08, which was known in Norwegian service as the 12 cm felthaubits/m08. They served with the single heavy artillery battalion of the Norwegian Army in 1940, but were unable to get ammunition during the campaign and were evacuated into Sweden, according to one source.

It was equipped with rubber-rimmed steel wheels for motorized towing.

References

* 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
* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. "Heavy Artillery". New York: Arco, 1975 ISBN 0-668-03898-5

External Links

* [http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Weapons_reference.html Norwegian artillery on Norway 1940]
* [http://sturmvogel.orbat.com/artillery.html Independent Artillery Units on Panzerkeil]