10 cm houfnice vz. 28 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 The 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 (howitzer model 28) was a Czech howitzer used in limited numbers by the Yugoslav Army during World War II. The Yugoslavians ordered twenty houfnice vz. 28 guns which they referred to as the 100 mm M.28. Guns captured from Yugoslavia by the Germans were given the designation 10 cm leFH 317(j). The origins of the houfnice vz. 28 began in 1928 at the Škoda Works in Pilsen. The design attempted to combine the howitzer and mountain gun roles into one weapon. The houfnice vz. 28 combined a two-wheeled box
Adel (name) of the names Adelais, Aderic, Adolf, Albert, and Alice, and their variants in other languages. The name derives from Old Dutch "ōþil", Old German "adal", Old Norse "aðal", Old French "œ̄ðel", and Old English "æðel" by evolution of proto-Germanic "aþalą" (meaning "noble" and "kin") and "ōþilą" (meaning "inheritance" and "rule of the land"). Today, "adel" is used throughout much of north-western Europe as the word for nobility. Aristocratic prestige is its very essense. Other origins include: Adel was found over 4,000 times as a family name and over 15,000 times as a given name in 55 different countries. It is