105mm leFH auf Hotchkiss 39H – fotografie a video

Fotogaléria 105mm leFH auf Hotchkiss 39H, The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French light tank developed prior to World War II. Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry because it proved difficult to steer while driving cross-country, and was instead adopted in 1936 by the French Cavalry.

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Komisia 105mm leFH auf Hotchkiss 39H was a self-propelled howitzer used by the German army during World War II. It was based on the chassis of the French Hotchkiss H39 light tank, which was captured in large numbers by the Germans after the fall of France in 1940. The original turret was removed and replaced by a fixed superstructure that housed a 105mm leFH 18 light field howitzer, a standard artillery piece of the Wehrmacht. The vehicle had a crew of four and carried 32 rounds of ammunition. It was lightly armored and had a top speed of 36 km/h.
105mm leFH auf Hotchkiss 39H bol určený na poskytovanie mobilnej delostreleckej podpory pre rýchlo sa pohybujúce tankové divízie. Mohol by strieľať vysoko výbušné granáty na dlhé vzdialenosti pomocou priameho alebo nepriameho režimu streľby. Vozidlo bolo tiež vybavené guľometom na sebaobranu. Mal však niekoľko nevýhod, ako je vysoká hmotnosť, nízka spoľahlivosť, obmedzený pohyb a nadmorská výška zbrane a zraniteľnosť voči nepriateľskej paľbe. V rokoch 1942 až 1943 bolo vyrobených iba 48 vozidiel a na východnom fronte a v Normandii mali obmedzenú prevádzku.