Service Data:
In Service: 1942 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Leicht Geschütz
Calibre: 10.5 cm
Length: 1.836 m
Weight: 540 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -15° to +42°30
Traverse: 360°
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 335 m/s
Effective range: 7,950 m
Shell Weight: 14.80 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
10.5 cm Leicht Geschütz 42/1 steel mountings
10.5 cm Leicht Geschütz 42/2 alloy mountings
Other: Recoilless
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 10.5 cm LG 42 (10.5 cm Leicht Geschütz 42)
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
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