12 cm felthaubits/m32

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The 12 cm felthaubits m/32 was a howitzer used by Norway in World War II.

History

Eight were built during the 1930s to replace the obsolescent 12 cm le.FH. 08, which was known in Norwegian service as the 12 cm felthaubits m/32. They served with the single heavy artillery battalion of the Norwegian Army in 1940, but were unable to get ammunition during the campaign and were evacuated into Sweden, according to one source.

Captured guns were given a German designation after the Invasion of Norway as the 12 cm le.FH. 376(n). Two batteries of Artillerie-Abteilung 477, which served in Finland during the war, were equipped with 12 cm Norwegian howitzers, which might included these guns.

Design

It was equipped with rubber-rimmed steel wheels for motorized towing.

References

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}}
Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Heavy Artillery. New York: Arco, 1975 {{ISBN|0-668-03898-5}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140811120718/http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Weapons_reference.html Norwegian artillery on Norway 1940]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090321120330/http://www.sturmvogel.orbat.com/artillery.html Independent Artillery Units on Panzerkeil]

Category:120 mm artillery

Category:World War II howitzers

Category:World War II artillery of Norway