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10,5 cm Haubits m/40
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Type | Howitzer |
Place of origin | Sweden |
Service history | |
In service | 1940-today |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Bofors |
Designed | 1937 |
Manufacturer | Bofors Tampella |
Produced | 1940 - |
Variants | 105 H 37 (Finnish version) 105 H 61-37 (modernized Finnish version) 10.5 cm Hb Model 46 (Swiss version) |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,970 kg |
Length | 5.310 m |
Crew | 7 + 3 reserve |
Shell | high explosive |
Caliber | 105 mm |
Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge breech or interrupted screw breech |
Carriage | Split trail with recoil spades |
Elevation | -5 to +45 degrees |
Traverse | 50 degrees |
Rate of fire | 10 rounds per minute |
Maximum firing range | 10,900 m |
The 10,5 cm Haubits m/40 is a Swedish 105 mmhowitzer, which was manufactured by Bofors during World War II.
The howitzer was license manufactured both in Finland and in Switzerland. Today, the gun is mainly used as a training gun by the Estonian army.
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File:AM.089844 (02).jpg|thumb|AM.089844 (02)|Updated version used in swedish artillery until decommissioned in the 1990s
Weapons and military equipment designed in Sweden 1914–1945
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