10,5 cm. leichte Feld Haubitze (l.F.H.) 1916 Protze/Limber
(Undergoing Restoration)
Below: This is a 10,5cm lFH Limber box. It is missing the under frame and the bench seats that once mounted on top of the box. This fairly thin sheet metal part of the limber is extremely rare because few were preserved as monuments and the few that were not scraped were often left outdoors. In these conditions, the sheet metal rapidly deteriorated. Fortunately, this example had a second life as a wine cabinet in a cellar in France. After this less than dignified period of its survival, it will be restored as a functional 10,5cm howitzer limber.
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Below: Orginal photograph of the German Field Artillery Limber.
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Below Left: A view of the limber box open. This is the same veiw in the orginal drawing on the right. Wicker boxes of ammunition fit within this shelving.
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Below: Rebuilt wheels for the 10,5cm howitzer (shorter) and the 7,7cm gun (taller). A set like the shorter 10,5cm howitzer wheels will mount on the under frame for the limber.
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Below: This limber has the same outward appearance as the7,7cm lFK Limber. The side detail of the box is seen on the drawing and the photograph below.
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Below: A drawing of the under frame for the limber. This is the part that will have to be reproduced if an original can not be found.
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Below: This is the Limber Pole End illustrated for the 9cm C/73 Limber but has common featurs to almost all German WW1 Era Limbers. The two chains hook to the wheel team horses' collar.
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Below: German Artillery Trace and Limber Pole Chains
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Below: This is the Limber Pole End for the 15cm. lg.s.F.H.13 but is also likley quite simular to the 10,5cm Limber Pole.
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Below: Original photograph of two 10,5cm lFH 16 Limbers in Third Reich service. Note, the single tree.
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Below: One of the single trees for the 10,5cm Limber. The two hooks were likely added later by a German farmer.
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Below: Original photograph of a 10,5cm lFH 16 and its Limber in Third Reich service.
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The Lovett Collection also has most of the harnessing and saddles for the six horse driver team for German Field Artillery Service.
This horse equipment can be seen on the WW1 Era Field Artillery Harness and Saddle page
All images, research, and text are sole property of Ralph Lovett.