The following brief description of the German 150-mm infantry howitzer (presumably the schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33, sIG 33) appeared in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 22, April 8, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

GERMAN 150-MM INFANTRY HOWITZER This standard infantry horse- or motor-drawn support weapon, will reportedly fire a shell weighing about 85 pounds, either HE or smoke, with a minimum range of 1,012 yards and a maximum of 5,140 yards. The ammunition is not fixed, and six types of charges are used. Either low- or high-trajectory fire can be delivered, the velocity and trajectory depending on the charge employed. Silk bags contain the powder, with a rimmed brass cartridge case to seal the breech and carry the percussion primer. Operating on impact or graze, a highly sensitive nose-percussion fuze gives either an instantaneous burst or an 0.4-second delay. While no details of a concrete-piercing shell with a base fuze are available, it would seem probable that one may be issued. The smoke shell produces a cloud 55 yards in diameter.

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