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Tango01

23 Apr 2016 9:50 p.m. PST

"Of all the German infantry support guns produced for service in World War II, the most capable and powerful was the 15cm schwere Infanteriegeschütz 33. Produced by the Rheinmetall-Borsig company from 1927, the s IG 33 was a large item of equipment that gave the impression, largely as a result of its steel wheels with a diameter of 1.10m (43.3in), of being somewhat old fashioned. In this instance appearance was deceptive, for the s IG 33 was capable and very reliable, and as a result the weapon remained in large-scale service right up to the end of World War II in 1945.

The s IG 33 had good minimum and maximum range capabilities for a weapon of its type, and could fire virtually the full range of ammunition types (including the 89.5kg/197.3lb muzzle-launched stick bomb to "take out" strongpoints and barbed wire entanglements out to a range of 1025m/1120 yards) for a weapon of its type…"