105mm Howitzer
The 105mm Howitzer was used as:
- Field Artillery weapons on mobile carriages or gun motor carriages,
- Mounted in tanks,
- Field Artillery weapon mounted on a light carriage for use of airborne troops.
Types of ammunition produced included:
- High Explosive (HE),
- Smoke HCBE (SMK),
- Smoke White Phosphorous (WP),
- Chemical (CHEM),
- High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT), and
- Canister.
Unexploded PROJECTILE 105MM HE, Found in the Rockhampton area of Queensland.
PROJECTILE 105MM High Explosive (HE) before firing