Profile
- Origin
- Soviet Union
- Built by
- Soviet ordnance industry
- Type
- 152 mm old high-explosive shell
- Service note
- Soviet-era 152 mm artillery ammunition
- Produced
- Soviet-era production
Munitions
F-533 high-explosive shell
Also known as
- F-533
- F533
- HE, old F-533
- 152 mm F-533
- 53-F-533
- 53-VF-534
- VF-534
- 53-Ф-533
- 53-ВФ-534
- Ф-533
- ВФ-534
F-533 is a Soviet 152 mm old-type high-explosive projectile indexed as 53-F-533 / 53-Ф-533. Open ammunition tables pair it with the 53-VF-534 / 53-ВФ-534 complete round and 54-Zh-534 charge, listing a 40.41 kg projectile with an 8.0 kg explosive fill; separate-round references add cased-loading, fuze, and firing-compatibility cautions for the older VF-534 family.
Profile / Specs
Specifications
- Caliber
- 152 mm
- Projectile class
- Old high-explosive shell
- Projectile index
- 53-F-533 / 53-Ф-533
- Complete round index
- 53-VF-534 / 53-ВФ-534
- Projectile weight
- 40.41 kg
- Explosive fill
- 8.0 kg
- Fuze references
- RGM, RGM-2, or RG-6 in open ammunition tables; UGT-series compatibility appears in fuze references
- Propellant charge
- 54-Zh-534 / 54-Ж-534
- Loading
- Separate-loading cased artillery round
- Platform fit
- D-1 gun-howitzer ammunition table; VF-534 family source lists M1909/30 firing and emergency M1938/M1943 use
Variants
F-533 sits in an old Soviet 152 mm high-explosive shell family whose suffixes distinguish adjacent projectile and complete-round entries in D-1 and broader howitzer ammunition tables.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
 | Old 152 mm high-explosive shell | Battlefield.ru lists F-533K beside F-533 with a 40.68 kg projectile weight and 7.3 kg explosive fill. Sources: Semi-Fixed Ammunition |
 | Old 152 mm high-explosive shell | The D-1 and Battlefield.ru tables list F-533N / 53-F-533N as a related old HE shell in the same 54-Zh-534 charge family. Sources: Semi-Fixed Ammunition, 152-mm howitzer model 1943 D-1 Ruwiki |
| Old 152 mm high-explosive shell | The same ammunition tables list F-533U / 53-F-533U as another suffix variant with a 40.8 kg projectile and 8.8 kg explosive fill. Sources: Semi-Fixed Ammunition, 152-mm howitzer model 1943 D-1 Ruwiki |
Fired By
The D-1 ammunition table lists F-533 as a 152 mm old high-explosive shell, while VF-534 family references add a caution that the older cased HE round was primarily associated with the M1909/30 and only emergency-fired from M1938/M1943 howitzers.
| Firing weapon | Weapon type | Firing evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Towed 152 mm howitzer | The D-1 ammunition table lists F-533 as an old HE shell and records it at 40.41 kg with an 8.0 kg fill; the VF-534 source treats the M1943/D-1 firing context as emergency use for the older complete round. Sources: 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1), Soviet Explosive Ordnance 152mm and 203mm Projectiles |
Designation And Firing Context
The sources describe F-533 as the projectile inside a larger separate-loading round family rather than as a self-contained cartridge. This page remains relationship-only because the sources document ammunition-table compatibility and round construction, not direct use of this exact projectile in a named conflict.
Projectile and round
Open tables identify 53-F-533 / 53-Ф-533 as the projectile and 53-VF-534 / 53-ВФ-534 as the complete round using the 54-Zh-534 / 54-Ж-534 charge.
Table specs
Battlefield.ru and D-1 table sources support a 40.41 kg projectile weight and 8.0 kg explosive fill for this shell entry.
Firing caution
The VF-534 source associates the older round with the M1909/30 howitzer and describes M1938/M1943 firing as emergency use with difficult extraction.
Sources: Semi-Fixed Ammunition; Soviet Explosive Ordnance 152mm and 203mm Projectiles; 152-mm howitzer model 1943 D-1 Ruwiki.
Media
F-533 high-explosive shell Images
Related Weapon Systems
Sources
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)Publisher: Wikipedia | Note: Supports the D-1 ammunition table listing F-533 as an old HE shell and the 40.41 kg projectile weight with 8.0 kg fill. | Accessed: 2026-07-02Semi-Fixed AmmunitionPublisher: Battlefield.ru | Note: Supports the F-533 designation, 152 mm high-explosive shell classification, 40.41 kg projectile weight, 8.0 kg explosive fill, RGM/RGM-2/RG-6 fuze listing, and howitzer ammunition-table context. | Accessed: 2026-07-02152-mm howitzer model 1943 D-1 RuwikiPublisher: Ruwiki | Note: Supports the D-1 ammunition-table row identifying 53-VF-534 / 53-F-533 / 54-Zh-534 in Cyrillic as 53-ВФ-534 / 53-Ф-533 / 54-Ж-534, with 40.41 kg projectile weight and 8.0 kg explosive fill. | Accessed: 2026-07-02Soviet Explosive Ordnance 152mm and 203mm ProjectilesPublisher: WW2 Equipment Data | Note: Supports the VF-534 complete-round context, F-533 projectile and fuze notes, brass or wrapped-steel cartridge-case context, packaging notes, and the M1909/30 with emergency M1938/M1943 firing caution. | Accessed: 2026-07-02152 mm howitzer M1909/30Publisher: Wikipedia | Note: Supports the Soviet artillery reference context for F-533 and the same 40.41 kg projectile weight with 8.0 kg fill. | Accessed: 2026-07-02File:152 mm shell RUK-museo.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse terms for the primary 152 mm shell image used on this page. | Accessed: 2026-07-02File:152 H 09-30 shell.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse terms for the gallery image showing 152 mm howitzer M1909/30 shell context. | Accessed: 2026-07-02