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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Obice da 149/19 modello 37
| image              = 149-19 Mod. 1937 Forte di San Leo (side).JPG
| image_size         = 350
| caption            = An Obice da 149/19 modello 37, taken outside Forte di San Leo
| type               = Heavy [[howitzer]]
| origin             = [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
<!-- Type selection -->
| is_ranged          = yes
| is_explosive       = yes
| is_artillery       = yes
<!-- Service history -->
| service            = 1939 – 1974
| used_by            = {{ubl
  | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}
  | {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
  | {{flag|Italy}}
  }}
| wars               = [[World War II]]
<!-- Production history -->
| designer           = Terni
| design_date        = 1930 – 1939
| manufacturer       = [[Oto Melara|Oto]], [[Gio. Ansaldo & C.|Ansaldo]]
| production_date    = 1939? – 1945
| number             = 147
| variants           = 
<!-- General specifications -->
| mass               = {{ubl
  | '''Travel''' (2 loads):<br/>{{convert|6700|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
  | '''Action''':<br/>{{convert|5500|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
  }}
| length             = 
| part_length        = {{convert|3.034|m|ftin|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} L/20.4
| width              = 
| height             = 
| crew               = 12
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge_weight   = {{convert|42.55|kg|lboz|abbr=on}}
| caliber            = {{convert|149.1|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| action             =
| rate               = 3 rounds/min
| velocity           = 597 m/s (1,959 ft/s)
| range              = 
| max_range          = {{convert|14250|m|yd|abbr=on}}
| feed               = 
| sights             = 
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
| breech             = 
| recoil             = Hydropneumatic
| carriage           = [[Gun carriage#Modern gun carriages|Split trail]]
| elevation          = +5° / +60°
| traverse           = 50°
<!-- Explosive specifications --> 
| filling            = 
| filling_weight     = 
| detonation         = 
| yield              = 
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| ref                = <ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= |title=OBICE DA 149/19 MODELLO 37 |url=https://www.quartermastersection.com/italian/artillery/796/14919Mod37 |website=www.quartermastersection.com |location= |publisher= |access-date=June 23, 2025}}</ref>
}}
The '''Obice da 149/19 modello 37''' was a heavy [[howitzer]] used by [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] during [[World War II]].

==History==
It was intended to replace Italy's assortment of World War I-era heavy howitzers, but its prolonged development and slow production hindered this plan. Despite orders for 1,392 weapons, only 147 had been built by September 1942. There were three models—the 37, 41, and 42—differing only in minor details. The standard tractor was the {{ill|Fiat-SPA TM40|lt=Trattore SPA TM 40|it|SPA TM40}}.

After the [[Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces|Italian surrender in 1943]], the Germans continued its production with the designation '''15&nbsp;cm s.FH 404(i)'''. Despite having the same weight as the German [[15 cm sFH 18]], it had a superior range. 

After the war, the Italian army used it until 1974.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. ''Heavy Artillery''. New York: Arco, 1975 {{ISBN|0-668-03898-5}}
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. ''Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 {{ISBN|0-385-15090-3}}

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[[Category:World War II howitzers]]
[[Category:Artillery of Italy]]
[[Category:World War II artillery of Italy]]
[[Category:150 mm artillery]]
[[Category:Gio. Ansaldo & C. artillery]]
[[Category:OTO Melara]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s]]