10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by AVV » 23 Mar 2011, 13:57

Hello!
Could these soldiers be Romanians?

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 23 Mar 2011, 14:09

Who said that the Italians were using it ? They are plainly just helping the Germans (and there are a few in the pic) to move the gun.
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Re: 10.5cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 23 Mar 2011, 15:58

Hungary did and I think those soldiers are Hungarian.
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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Jul 2011, 11:55

Hi all,

A 10.5cm leFH18 in position on a ship 8O

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Post by Manuferey » 26 Nov 2011, 16:34

Here is a picture from ebay.de showing two 10,5 cm leFH18 with special pads on the wheels. The 2nd gun is on the second boat in the background.

These types of pads are known as “cingolis” in French but I don’t know what they are called in English and German. They were common in WW1.

This is the first time I see these pads on a WW2 German gun.

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 26 Nov 2011, 18:58

Emmanuel, Are they perhaps something that they were trying for Seelöwe, to allow the guns to cross soft sand on the invasion beaches ?
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Post by Sturm78 » 02 Dec 2011, 11:05

Hi all,

A curious picture of a 10.5cm leFH18 howitzer located in a fortified and very well camouflaged position in Eastern Front.

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10.5cm leFH18 Geschütz in camo  bunkered position near Narva, Estonia.jpg

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Post by Carl Schwamberger » 03 Dec 2011, 18:13

That photo looks like some of the verbal descriptions of camoflaged gun positions on the eastern and other fronts. Often the descriptions include a pit for the cannon.

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Sturm78 » 07 Aug 2012, 09:11

Hi all,

A very well camouflaged position of an 10.5cm leFH18 german howitzer in Westwall: 8O

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Post by AVV » 07 Aug 2012, 09:19

Hello!
Sturm78 wrote:A very well camouflaged position of an 10.5cm leFH18 german howitzer in Westwall:
Yes, quite a nice photo.
Still, I think the gun did not fire from this position - probably, this was just a shelter.

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Post by Sturm78 » 07 Nov 2012, 16:05

Hi all,

10.5cm leFH18 howitzer, in his horse-drawn version, used a limber ( Feldhaubitzprotze 18 ) with pressed metal wheels without tires. This limber was not used in the mot. variant, which used a different wheel design and solid rubber tires.

However, I've found this photo in which it appears this limber with the wheels of mot. version with solid rubber tires. 8O :?

I had never seen this before. Any idea? :?

Image from "Artilleria experimental alemana en la Guerra Civil de España (1936-39)" book

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Nov 2012, 13:31

Nobody for my last question ?? :(

Well, here a rare image of 10.5cm leFH18 howitzers with pedrails 8O

See also image posted by Emmanuel on 26 Nov 2011

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by na4222 » 10 Nov 2012, 14:15

What intrigued me was the limber. very strange. It went for more than I expected unfortuntaley!

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by na4222 » 11 Nov 2012, 22:49

Come to think of it this type of limber would make sense. If you're landing heavy equipment on a beach you would want to lighten it as much as possible while still being able to tow it. Well this tiny limber I'm sure weighs a great deal less than the normal lefh18 limber and would still have allowed the gun to be towed on 4 wheels. Makes sense! :D

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Re: 10.5 cm leFH18 questions

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 12 Nov 2012, 01:13

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

10.5cm leFH18 howitzer, in his horse-drawn version, used a limber ( Feldhaubitzprotze 18 ) with pressed metal wheels without tires. This limber was not used in the mot. variant, which used a different wheel design and solid rubber tires.

However, I've found this photo in which it appears this limber with the wheels of mot. version with solid rubber tires. 8O :?

I had never seen this before. Any idea? :?

Image from "Artilleria experimental alemana en la Guerra Civil de España (1936-39)" book

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Hi Sturm

Could this be a Spanish variation of the German limber? The horse harnesses are not the same as used by the Germans.

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