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Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page

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54 COMPANY OFFICE;RS HANDBOOK<br />

of the infantry division artillery regiment); the 105-mm gun (10 cm<br />

K. 18) (fig. 38) (usually 4 of this weapon in the medium battalion<br />

of the infantry division artillery regiment); and the 150-mm<br />

howitzer (15 cm s.F.H. 18) (fig. 39) (usually 8 of this weapon in<br />

the medium battalion of the infantry division artillery regiment).<br />

<strong>The</strong>se weapons follow the same general design, with split trails,<br />

folding spades, solid rubber tires on light alloy or pressed steel<br />

wheels, hydropneumatic counterrecoil and recuperator cylinder<br />

above the barrel and hydraulic recoil mechanism below, rear trun-<br />

Figure 38.-105-mm gun (10 cm K. 18).<br />

Figure 39.-150-mm howitzer (5I cm s.F.H. 18).

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