Haubits m/40
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The howitzer was license manufactured both in Finland and in Switzerland. Today, the gun is mainly used as a training gun by the Estonian army.
Operators
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- 105 H 61-37 version. Ca. 40 units from Finland. Used as training guns.
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- 105 H 61-37 version. 140 units, now withdrawn from service, ca. 40 were given to Estonia.
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- Used in Dutch East Indies
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- 10,5 cm Haubits m/40, about 400 units in five versions or alterations.
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- 10.5 cm Hb Model 46 version
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Versions
- 10,5 cm Haubits m/40
- Original Swedish version
- 105 H 37
- Finnish version manufactured by Tampella
- 105 H 61-37
- Finnish modernized version from the 1960s. Longer L/26 barrel with redesigned muzzle brake, new equilibrators and fixed ammunition for improved rate of fire.
- 10.5 cm Hb Model 46
- Swiss version manufactured in Thun
Specifications
- Era: World War II
- Name: 105 mm Haubits m/40
- Type: Howitzer
- Nation: Sweden
- Manufacturer: Bofors
- Target: General
- Date: 1937
- Production date: 1940–
- Service date: 1940–1990s
- Numbers built
- Operators: Siam (today Thailand), Netherlands East Indies (today's Indonesia) and in Finland built under license from Bofors as the m/37, Switzerland built under license from Bofors as 10,5 cm Hb Model 46
- Breech mechanism: Horizontal sliding-wedge breech or interrupted screw breech
- Barrel: 22 or 24 (bore 20,2 cal)
- Elevation: -5 to +45°
- Traverse: 50°
- Caliber:105×155 mm
- Carriage: Split trail with spades
- Weight: 1970 kg
- Length: 5310 mm
- Shell types:
- Action: Case-type separate loading, 6 charges
- Muzzle velocity: max 449 m/s
- Tactical range: 10,5 km
- Maximum range: 10,9 km
- Rate of fire:
- Crew:7 + 3 reserve
- Transportation: Horse drawn, after 1950 motor traction
- Miscellaneous: Perforated muzzle brake
Ammunition
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Variants
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External links
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