SD2:GebH. 40 105mm

 is a German Artillery unit in Steel Division II.

Background
A lightweight howitzer designed for use by mountain divisions, the Gebirgshaubitze 40 was adopted in 1940 after troop trials demonstrated the Böhler design was superior to the one also submitted by Rheinmetall. Bureaucracy and various delays resulted in production delayed until 1942. Over the next three years, some 420 units were manufactured, serving with divisions in Finland, Italy, France, the Eastern Front, and the Balkans. The design was one of the heaviest mountain howitzers ever built, but its high quality and firepower ensured it would remain in use with various European nations until 1965.

Artillerie-Regiment 28 of 28. Jäger which was redesigned Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 28 on 11 May 1944 was equipped with one Abteilung of three batteries of four Gebirgshaubitze 40.

3. Fallschirmjäger only brought a Abteilung to the Normandy theater. With the other two Abteilungen were still forming in Germany.