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10 cm Nebelwerfer 35

Field	Value
name	10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
image	10cmNbW35.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Allied intelligence diagram of a 10 cm NbW 35
origin	Nazi Germany
type	Mortar
is_artillery	yes
service	1939–1945
used_by	Nazi Germany
wars	World War II
designer	Rheinmetall
design_date	1934–39
production_date	1939–41
unit_cost	1,500 RM
weight	105 kg (231.48 lbs)
part_length	1.344 m L/13
crew	7
cartridge	7.38 kg
caliber	105 mm (4.13 in)
rate	10–15 rpm
velocity	193 m/s (633 ft/s)
max_range	3 km
elevation	45° to 90°
traverse	28°

The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 (10 cm NbW 35) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during World War II. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells. Unlike the American weapon it appears to have had an ordinary high-explosive shell from the beginning. It was of conventional design, and was virtually a scaled-up 8 cm GrW 34. It broke down into the standard three loads for transport. The tube weighed 31.7 kg, the baseplate 36.3 kg and the bipod 32.2 kg. Each could be man-packed for some distance, but small handcarts were issued for longer distances. Each mortar squad consisted of a squad leader, three gunners and three ammunition bearers.

It was initially deployed in ( "smoke mortar") battalions belonging to the Chemical Corps of the Heer; exactly how the American initially fielded their own 4.2 inch mortar in chemical mortar battalions. From 1941 they were replaced by the 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 and the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 multiple rocket launcher.

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.

Following their replacement in the chemical corps, further uses were found for the mortars, including issue to Fallschirmjager units as heavy mortars.

Notes

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

References

Niehorster, Leo W. G.. (1990). "Mechanized GHQ Units and Waffen-SS Formations (10th May 1940)". Niehorster.
"Army Nebelwerfer Units".
Grey Wolf, ''Battlefront Miniatures'' 2012

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