| 15 cm sFH 02 | |
| Origin: | German Empire |
| Type: | Heavy field howitzer |
| Is Ranged: | yes |
| Is Artillery: | yes |
| Service: | 1903–1918 |
| Used By: | German Empire |
| Wars: | World War I |
| Designer: | Krupp |
| Design Date: | 1902 |
| Manufacturer: | Krupp |
| Weight: | 2035kg (4,486lb) |
| Part Length: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
| Height: | 1.23abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Cartridge: | 40.5kg (89.3lb) |
| Caliber: | 149.1mm |
| Velocity: | 325m/s |
| Max Range: | 7450m (24,440feet) |
| Recoil: | hydro-spring |
| Elevation: | 0° to +45° |
| Traverse: | 4° |
The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 was a German heavy field howitzer introduced in 1903 and served in World War I.
It was the first artillery piece to use a modern recoil system in the German Army. Some 416 were in service at the beginning of the World War I.[1] Its mobility, which allowed it to be deployed as medium artillery, and fairly heavy shell gave the German army a firepower advantage in the early battles in Belgium and France in 1914[2] as the French and British armies lacked an equivalent. France had a Canon de 65 M with a recoil system, but used it only as a mountain howitzer.[3]