Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
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56 COMPANY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK nions and equilibrators, monobloc barrel, and horizontal sliding breechblock. They fire semifixed ammunition and use a panoramic sight (Rbl.F. 32). Later models of these weapons have been developed, but details are not available. (For the principal characteristics of standard artillery weapons of the division artillery regiment, see fig. 40, p. 55.) Figure 41.-170-mm gun (17 cm Kanone In Morser-Lafette 18).
c. GHQ Reserve Artillery WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES -7 A considerable amount of artillery, including numerous types for special purposes, is under the control of the GHQ reserve, and is allotted to lower echelons according to their estimated needs. Special types of units include assault-gun battalions and independent assault-gun batteries; motorized Army antiaircraft artillery battalions; Army coast artillery battalions and railway artillery battalions. Two of the more common GHQ artillery weapons are the following: Weapon ....-......... ....... ... 170-mm gun (fig. 41) -.. 2....10-mm howitzer (fig. 42) German designation -.... .l.17 cm Kanone in Morser-Lafette 18 --.. _ 2.. 1 cm Morser 18 Maximum range - 2.....--3,371 yards - .. -..- ... ....18,263 1...........-.. yards Maximum elevation -------- 890 mils ........... .....------- _-._-..... _. 1,2S0 mils Weight of projectile ------- 138 to 150 pounds --...--... .....-.... ... :249 to 268 pounds d. Antiaircraft Guns Although antiaircraft defense is primarily under the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), certain antiaircraft units are -in the GHQ reserve, and some divisions have organic antiaircraft defense. The Figure 42.-210-mm howitzer (21 cm Morser 181.
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nions and equilibrators, monobloc barrel, and horizontal sliding<br />
breechblock. <strong>The</strong>y fire semifixed ammunition and use a panoramic<br />
sight (Rbl.F. 32). Later models of these weapons have been developed,<br />
but details are not available. (For the principal characteristics<br />
of standard artillery weapons of the division artillery regiment,<br />
see fig. 40, p. 55.)<br />
Figure 41.-170-mm gun (17 cm Kanone In Morser-Lafette 18).
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