7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18

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The 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7.5 cm le.IG 18) was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht used during World War II. Development of the gun began in 1927, by Rheinmetall. The crew was protected by an armoured shield. There was a mountain gun variant, the 7.5 cm le.GebIG 18. For transport, The mountain variant could be broken down into six to ten packs, the heaviest weighing 74.9 kg. The Germans would typically assign two of these to each mountain battalion. Six 7.5 cm le.IG 18F were manufactured in 1939. These were airborne guns, capable of being broken down into 4x140 kg loads. The airborne variant had smaller wheels and no shield. There was also an infantry support gun, known as the 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/13 which was designed as a replacement for the le.IG 18, this gun could be broken into four to six loads. However though prototypes were tested the German army felt that it did not improve on the existing design sufficiently to merit introduction and the army stayed with the earlier gun.

Contents 1 Statistics of the 7.5 cm le.IG 18 and 7.5 cm le.GebIG 18 2 Statistics of the 7.5 cm IG L/13 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Statistics of the 7.5 cm le.IG 18 and 7.5 cm le.GebIG 18

• Calibre: 75 mm
• Elevation: -10° to 73°
• Muzzle Velocity (w/HE shell): 210 m/s
• Range: 3550 m
• Traverse: 12°
• Weight: 400 kg
• Weight of the 7.5 cm le.GebIG 18: 440 kg
• Weight of HE Shell: 6 kg
• Weight of HC Shell: 3 kg

[edit] Statistics of the 7.5 cm IG L/13

• Calibre: 75 mm
• Elevation: -5° to 43°
• Muzzle Velocity: 305 m/s
• Range: 5100 m
• Traverse: 50°
• Weight: 375 kg
• Weight of Shell: 6.35 kg

[edit] References

• Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X

[edit] See also

• Artillery
• List of artillery

[edit] External links

German artillery of World War II

Tank & anti-tank guns 2 cm KwK 30 | 3.7 cm KwK 36 | 3.7 cm KwK 38(t) | 5 cm KwK 38 | 5 cm KwK 39 7.5 cm KwK 37 | 7.5 cm KwK 40 | 7.5 cm KwK 42 | 8.8 cm KwK 36 | 8.8 cm KwK 43 Anti-tank guns 2.8 cm sPzB 41 | 3.7 cm PaK 36 | 4.2 cm PaK 41 | 5 cm PaK 38 | 7.5 cm PaK 97/38 7.5 cm PaK 40 | 7.5 cm PaK 41 | 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) | 8 cm PAW 600 | 8.8 cm PaK 43 | 12.8 cm PaK 44 Infantry and Mountain guns 7.5 cm leIG 18/leGebIG 18/IG L/13 | 7.5 cm IG 37 | 7.5 cm IG 42 | 15 cm sIG 33 7.5 cm Geb K 15 | 7.5 cm GebG 36 | 10.5 cm GebH 40 Recoilless guns 7.5 cm LG 40 | 10.5 cm LG 40 | 10.5 cm LG 42 Field, Medium and Heavy guns 7.5 cm FK 16 nA | 7.5 cm FK 18 | 7.5 cm FK 38 | 7.5 cm FK 7M85 10.5 cm leFH 16 | 10.5 cm leFH 18 | 10.5 cm leFH 18M | 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 10 cm K 17 | 10.5 cm sK 18 | 10.5 cm sK 18/40 15 cm sFH 13 | 15 cm sFH 18 | 15 cm K 18 | 17 cm K 18 | 21 cm Mrs 18 Other vehicle mounted guns 7.5 cm PaK 39 | 7.5 cm PaK 40 | 7.5 cm PaK 42 | 8.8 cm PaK 43 | 12.8 cm PaK 44 Anti-aircraft guns 2 cm FlaK 30/38/Flakvierling | 3.7 cm FlaK 36/37/43 | 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41 | 10.5 cm FlaK 38 | 12.8 cm FlaK 40