Model: Kurz schwere Feldhaubitze 1913 (kz sFH 13)
Serial Number: 5194
Year of Manufacture: 1918
Manufacturers: Rheinmetall
Country of Production: Germany

Specifications:

Calibre: 150mm (5.9Inch)
Gun Weight: 2135kg
Weight of Shell: 40.3kg
Velocity of Shell: 365 metres per second
Elevation:  0 to 45 degrees

Traverse: 5 degrees left and right
Maximum Range: 8,500m

Theatre of Operations: World War 1 – Western Front.  The first Imperial Germany Army battery received its heavy field howitzers in August 1914.  By 1918, KRUPP and Rheinmetall had delivered 3,409 sFH 13’s in both the a long and short barrel variant.

Capture:  There is no record of which Australian Unit captured this gun.

Bendigo:  This war trophy gun was allotted to the City of Bendigo after WW1in recognition of the City’s war efforts.  The City of Bendigo received this gun in July 1921.  Up until the late 1980’s, the gun was on public display near the poppet head in Rosalind Park.

Item Source:  This gun is the property of the City of Greater Bendigo.  The CoGB has given the Bendigo District RSL permission to hold this gun in trust on behalf of the citizens of Bendigo.