Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
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c. GHQ Reserve Artillery<br />
WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES -7<br />
A considerable amount of artillery, including numerous types<br />
for special purposes, is under the control of the GHQ reserve, and<br />
is allotted to lower echelons according to their estimated needs.<br />
Special types of units include assault-gun battalions and independent<br />
assault-gun batteries; motorized <strong>Army</strong> antiaircraft artillery<br />
battalions; <strong>Army</strong> coast artillery battalions and railway artillery<br />
battalions.<br />
Two of the more common GHQ artillery weapons are the following:<br />
Weapon ....-......... ....... ... 170-mm gun (fig. 41) -.. 2....10-mm howitzer (fig. 42)<br />
<strong>German</strong> designation -.... .l.17 cm Kanone in Morser-Lafette 18 --.. _ 2.. 1 cm Morser 18<br />
Maximum range - 2.....--3,371 yards - .. -..- ... ....18,263 1...........-.. yards<br />
Maximum elevation -------- 890 mils ........... .....------- _-._-..... _. 1,2S0 mils<br />
Weight of projectile ------- 138 to 150 pounds --...--... .....-.... ... :249 to 268 pounds<br />
d. Antiaircraft Guns<br />
Although antiaircraft defense is primarily under the <strong>German</strong> Air<br />
Force (Luftwaffe), certain antiaircraft units are -in the GHQ reserve,<br />
and some divisions have organic antiaircraft defense. <strong>The</strong><br />
Figure 42.-210-mm howitzer (21 cm Morser 181.
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