ISIS use WW2 German howitzer?

[Von Schadewald]

In 2003, as-knew genuine Stug44s were found in Iraq.

The report says that this is a WWII German howitzer being used by ISIS in Syria
http://news.sky.com/video/1488889/islam ... i-howitzer

Which model is it?

[TH]

Looks like a 10.5 cm leFH 18 variant without shield.

According to Wikipedia, the 10.5 cm leFH 18M was in service with the Syrian Army.

[Sheldrake]

There is another thread about this somewhere. The detachment is using a long lanyard to fire the peice which might suggest a lack of faith in obturation or ammunition

[AJFFM]

This is not an ISIS video, it is a group that is opposed to both ISIS and the Syrian government formed about 3 months ago through the amalgamation of different factions, ISIS has much more modern and better guns and ammo thanks to the hardware left to it by the Iraqi Army enough to arm 6 divisions (Soviet Style) back last year.

However this group does have MILAN and TOW AT rockets, here is a video of the latter used by a group that joint the group in the Sky video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHNCz6Ea8JU

The video is in Arabic.