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15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I (GE140)
with two vehicles.
The 15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I was an attempt to make the 15cm infantry gun more
mobile for attacks on bunkers and fortified buildings - a need highlighted in
the Polish Campaign. The result was a devastating weapon for the short-range
destruction of guns and fortifications.
The gun, complete with carriage and wheel was mounted on a Panzer I Ausf. B
chassis and protected by armored shields 10mm thick. This provided the four man
crew with a basic level of protection while in action but left the crew exposed
from above and to the rear of the vehicle.
Standing nearly ten feet in height, the 15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I stood out on the
battlefield making it a difficult vehicle to conceal. This was not its only
handicap, weighing 8.5 tons the chassis was severely overloaded and mobility
suffered accordingly.
Allocated to the Panzer Divisions before the campaigns that climaxed in the
German victory in France in the summer of 1940, a handful were still in action
on the Eastern Front until the middle of 1943.
The 15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I Infantry Gun in Flames Of War
Mobility: Half-tracked; Front 0; Side 0; Top 0
Range: 16"/40cm; ROF 1; AT 8; Firepower 1+
Equipment and Notes
Overloaded, Slow tank, Bunker Buster, Hull mounted, Heavy infantry gun*.
* = Unarmoured targets automatically fail their saves when hit by the main gun
of the 15cm sIG33 auf Panzer I infantry gun.
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