10 cm houfnice vz. 30

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|origin=Czechoslovakia

|type=Howitzer

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|is_explosive=yes

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|service=1930–1945

|used_by={{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|Romania}}
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|wars=World War II

|designer=Skoda

|design_date=1928–1930

|manufacturer=Skoda

|production_date=1932–39

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|weight=Combat: {{convert|1766|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
Travel: {{convert|3077|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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|part_length={{convert|2.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} L/25{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2067331|title=Light and medium field artillery|last=Chamberlain|first=Peter|date=1975|publisher=Arco|others=Gander, Terry|page=12|isbn=0668038209|location=New York|oclc=2067331}}

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|cartridge_weight={{convert|16|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|caliber=100 mm (3.94 in)

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|rate=6–8 rpm

|velocity=430 m/s (1,411 ft/s)

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The 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer model 30) was a Czechoslovak howitzer used in the Second World War. The 158 weapons captured after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 10 cm leFH 30(t). It was used by a variety of German units during World War II, including II. and III./SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 3 between 1939 and 1940Niehorster, Leo W. G. German World War II Organizational Series, Vol. 2/II: Mechanized GHQ units and Waffen-SS Formations (10 May 1940), 1990 and SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 51 during 1941.Niehorster, Leo W. G. German World War II Organizational Series, Vol. 3/II: Mechanized GHQ units and Waffen-SS Formations (22 June 1941), 1992 30 served with the Slovak Army.Kliment and Nakládal, p. 122

Design and history

It was modified from an earlier Skoda design, the 10 cm houfnice vz. 28, that attempted to combine the field and mountain gun roles into one weapon. The Czechoslovak army decided to adopt it to replace their plethora of aged Austro-Hungarian field guns. They replaced the wheels with modern rubber-tired wheels, but curiously chose to retain the crewman's seat on the gun shield. It used the same carriage as the 8 cm kanon vz. 30 that could break down into three pieces for transport. It fired a {{convert|16|kg|lb}} shell.

Notes

References

Engelmann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliederung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 {{ISBN|0-385-15090-3}}
Kliment, Charles K. and Nakládal, Bretislav. Germany's First Ally: Armed Forces of the Slovak State 1939-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1997 {{ISBN|0-7643-0589-1}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071202052427/http://warandgame.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/skoda-765-mm-kanon-vz-30-and-100-mm-houfnice-vz-30/ page on the two vz. 30 weapons]

Category:World War II artillery of Germany

Category:World War II howitzers

Category:Artillery of Czechoslovakia

Category:100 mm artillery