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10 cm Nebelwerfer 40

Field	Value
name	10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
image	10cmNbW40.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Allied intelligence diagram of a 10 cm NbW 40
origin	Nazi Germany
type	Mortar
is_artillery	yes
service	1941–45
used_by	Nazi Germany
wars	World War II
designer	Rheinmetall
design_date	1939–40
manufacturer	Rheinmetall
production_date	1941–42
unit_cost	14000 Reichsmark
weight	800 kg (1,763.6 lbs)
part_length	1.72 m L/17.7
cartridge	HE: 8.6 kg
Smoke: 8.9 kg
caliber	105 mm (4.13 in)
rate	8–10 rpm
velocity	310 m/s (1,017 ft/s)
max_range	6.35 km
elevation	45° to 84°
traverse	14°

Smoke: 8.9 kg

The ** 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 ** (10 cm NbW 40) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during the Second World War. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells, as well as ordinary high-explosive shells. It was derived from Rheinmetall's Nebelwerfer 51 and 52 prototypes of the late 1930s which were attempts to develop a more accurate and longer-ranged mortar than the 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35. The NbW 40 is one of the better examples of German overengineering since it fired a slightly heavier bomb over twice as far as the NbW 35, but weighed almost eight times more than the earlier model.

It was an innovative breech-loading design with the wheels permanently attached to the carriage, from which it was fired, and which wasn't disassembled for transport. It replaced the NbW 35 in ( "smoke-mortar") battalions belonging to the Chemical Corps of the Heer; exactly how the American fielded their own M2s in chemical mortar battalions. It was replaced by the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 multiple rocket launcher from 1941.

Operational use

They began to replace the 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 mortars from late 1941 in the Nebelwerfer battalions, and were used by Gebirgs-Werfer-Abteilung (Mountain Mortar Battalion) 10 plus the first battalion of the Nebel-Lehr Regiment (Demonstration Regiment) and saw service in the North Africa, Finland and Russia.

Gallery

File:10-cm nebelwerfer 40.jpg|A Nebelwerfer 40.

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

Chamberlain, Peter. (1975). "Mortars and rockets". Arco Pub. Co.
"Army Nebelwerfer Units".

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