15 cm s.I.G.33

Infantry Artillery

Service Data:

In Service: 1927 to 1945

Production Data:

Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built: 4,600

Technical Data:

Type: Schweres Infanteriegeschütz

Calibre: 15 cm
Length: 1.748 m
Weight: 1.700 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage: box trail
Elevation: 0° to +73°
Traverse: 11.5°
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Effective range: 4,700 m
Shell Weight: 38.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
15 cm StuH 43
15 cm s.I.G.33

Other: Infantry Artillery
Articles:

History:

The 15 cm s.I.G.33 (15 cm Schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33) was mounted on
Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
15 cm s.I.G. 33 (Sf) auf Panzer 38(t) Ausf. K
15 cm s.I.G. 33 (Sf) auf Panzer 38(t) Ausf. M
15 cm s.I.G 33/2 (Sf) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
15 cm s.I.G. 33 auf Fgst Panzer II (Sf)
15 cm s.I.G. 33 (Sf) auf Panzer 38(t) Ausf. H
15 cm s.I.G. 33 (Sf) auf Panzer I Ausf. B

Gallery:

Film Footage Gallery

Heer Comments

Sources:

German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625

German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610

German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725

German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239

For a complete list of sources