10_cm_houfnice_vz._28 Knowpia

10 cm houfnice vz. 28
10 cm houfnice vz. 28
Type	Howitzer
Place of origin	Czechoslovakia
Service history
In service	1928-1945
Used by	Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Nazi Germany
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Škoda Works
Designed	1928
Manufacturer	Škoda Works
Produced	1928
No. built	20?
Specifications
Mass	Combat: 1,798 kg (3,964 lb); Travel: 3,509 kg (7,736 lb)
Barrel length	2.5 m (8.2 ft) L/25
Crew	6-8
Shell weight	14 kg (30 lb 14 oz)
Caliber	10 cm (3.9 in)
Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge
Recoil	Hydro-pneumatic
Carriage	Two-wheeled box trail
Elevation	-8° to +80°
Traverse	11°
Muzzle velocity	450 m/s (1,500 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	10.7 km (6.6 mi)

The 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 (howitzer model 28) was a Czech howitzer used in limited numbers by the Yugoslav Army during World War II. The Yugoslavs ordered twenty houfnice vz. 28 guns which they referred to as the 100 mm M.28. Guns captured from Yugoslavia by the Germans were given the designation 10 cm leFH 317(j).^[1]

Design & history edit

The origins of the houfnice vz. 28 began in 1928 at the Škoda Works in Pilsen. The design attempted to combine the howitzer and mountain gun roles into one weapon. The houfnice vz. 28 combined a two-wheeled box trail carriage, horizontal sliding-wedge breech, Hydro-pneumatic recoil system and high angle elevation. For the mountain gun role it could be broken down into three pieces for transport, a feature also shared by the contemporary 8 cm kanon vz. 28 and the later 8 cm kanon vz. 30 and 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 guns. The Czech Army declined to adopt the houfnice vz. 28, but ordered its successor the houfnice vz. 30 in larger numbers. The vz. 30 and vz. 28 shared a similar configuration, dimensions and their performance was largely the same.