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==Overview== 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. Two Abteilung of Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3 were still in training so one Abteilung equipped with a mixture of four 10,5 cm le.F.H. 18 howitzers and three 10,5 cm recoilless in each battery. [[91. Luftlande]]'s Artillerie-Regiment 191 had two Abteilung worth of these Howitzers. This ammunition was not interchangeable with other 10.5 cm howitzers so the Artillerie-Regiment 191 had ammunition issues since only one combat load was brought along with limited resupply forces replacement of this howitzers with other weapon systems.
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