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15 cm sIG 33
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The 15 cm schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33 (15 cm sIG 33) was the standard German heavy infantry gun used in the Second World War.
Specifications
(1927 – 1945)
- Type: Heavy infantry gun
- Place of origin: Weimar Republic
- Designer: Rheinmetall
- Designed: 1927–33
- Produced: 1936–1945
- No. built: around 4,600
- Variants: sIG 33/1
- Mass: 1,800 kg (4,000 lb)
- Length: 4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)
- Barrel length: 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) L/11
- Width: 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
- Shell: cased separate-loading (6 charges)
- Caliber: 149.1 mm (5.87 in)
- Breech: horizontal sliding-block
- Recoil: hydro-pneumatic
- Carriage: box trail
- Elevation: 0° to +73° or -4° to +75°
- Traverse: 11.5°
- Rate of fire: 2-3 rounds per minute
- Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s (790 ft/s) (HE)
- Effective firing range: 4,700 m (5,100 yd)
- Sights: Rblf36
The 15 cm sIG 33 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy x Family - Season 1 | 2022 |
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Thälmann - Son of his Class | 1954 | |||
| Naked Among Wolves (1963) | 1963 | |||
| Enemy at the Gates | 2001 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | 2007 | ||
| Men of War (Video Game) | 2009 | ||
| Enemy Front | 2014 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 | ||
| Land of War: The Beginning | 2021 | ||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | 2021 |