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15 cm sFH 13
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The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15 cm sFH 13), was a heavy field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and the beginning of World War II.
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Type | Heavy field howitzer |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1913–1945 |
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Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Designed | 1913 |
Manufacturer | Krupp, Rheinmetall, Spandau |
Produced | 1913–1918 |
No. built | 3,409 |
Variants | kurz sFH 13 lg. sFH13 lg. sFH13/02 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2,250 kg (4,960 lbs) |
Length | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
Barrel length | 2.096 m (6 ft 11 in) L/17 |
Shell | 149.1 x 112. 5 mmR[1] separate-loading, cased charge (7 charges) |
Shell weight | 42 kilograms (93 lb) (HE) |
Caliber | 149.1 mm (5.89 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding-block |
Recoil | hydro-spring variable recoil |
Carriage | box trail |
Elevation | −4° to +45° |
Traverse | 5° |
Rate of fire | 3 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 377 m/s (1,240 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 8,900 m (9,700 yd) |
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