Original Items: Only One Set Available. 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. These were typically assigned at two 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 four 140 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 and designed as a replacement for the le.IG 18, which 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.

This is a lovely example of a 7.5cm round & casing which has had a small wooden block placed in the shell to help it display better. It is marked on the fuze:

Dopp ZS/60 Geb.
hhj 1941

This indicates 1941 manufacture by Gebr. Thiel-Seebach GmbH in Ruhla, Thuringia, a known maker of artillery fuzes. The bottom of the casing is marked:

14 III 7
P 1939
6359 St.
Geb. G. 36

The projectile has lost much of its original paint and has heavy oxidation. The projectile is a bit loose in the shell, so someone added a small block of wood. There is heavy wear across the shell as well.

A very nice example, ready for further research and display.