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To supplement their existing 12 cm L/12 Krupp howitzers during WW1 the
Netherlands ordered a total of 24 12 cm L/14 howitzers from Bofors in Sweden, the order consisted of 8 complete guns and part kits for another 16 guns to be constructed in the Netherlands. The contract was made in 1915 and the
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order was delivered in 1917. After the war more pieces of the type were built in the
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510:Field, Medium and Heavy guns
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428:Carl Gustaf Model 1942
405:Carl Gustaf Model 1945
217:Rate of fire
633:Bofors 75 mm m/12 gun
324:12 cm howitzers.
231:317 m/s (1,040 ft/s)
227:Muzzle velocity
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207:Traverse
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