10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 | |
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![]() Allied intelligence diagram of a 10 cm NbW 35 | |
Type | Mortar |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1939-1945 |
Used by | ![]() |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Rheinmetall |
Designed | 1934–39 |
Unit cost | 1,500 RM |
Produced | 1939–41 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 105 kg (231.48 lbs) |
Barrel length | 1.344 m (4 ft 5 in) L/13 |
Crew | 7 |
Shell | 7.38 kg (16 lb 4 oz) |
Caliber | 105 mm (4.13 in) |
Elevation | 45° to 90° |
Traverse | 28° |
Rate of fire | 10–15 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 193 m/s (633 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 (10 cm NbW 35) was a heavy
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Operational use
Initially they were deployed in Nebelwerfer battalions numbered 1 to 9, plus the Nebel-Lehr Abteilung (Demonstration Battalion) and saw service in the Battle of France and Russia during Operation Barbarossa.
Specialist units using these mortars were also formed, such as Gebirgs-Werfer-Abteilung (Mountain Mortar Battalion) 10 which was formed in Finland in early 1942 by expanding Nebelwerfer-Batterie 222., This had itself been converted from 8th Battery of Artillery Regiment 222 of the 181st Infantry Division during the invasion of Norway.[2]
Following their replacement in the chemical corps, further uses were found for the mortars, including issue to Fallschirmjager units as Heavy Mortars.[3]
Notes
- ^ Niehorster, Leo W. G. (1990). Mechanized GHQ Units and Waffen-SS Formations (10th May 1940). German World War II Organizational Series. Vol. 2/II. Hannover: Niehorster. p. 33.
- ^ "Army Nebelwerfer Units". Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ Grey Wolf, Battlefront Miniatures 2012
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