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Products mentioned in this Article
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Design by Evan Allen & Anton Ducrot
Painted by James Brown & Jeremy Painter
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Last Updated On Monday, November 29, 2010 by Blake at Battlefront
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