Type 92 battalion gun

Type 92 battalion gun
A Type 92 battalion cannon in steep fire mode, with no shield, on display in Fort Sill , Oklahoma .
General Information
Military designation:	九二 式 歩 兵 砲
Developer / Manufacturer:	Japan
Development year:	1932
Production time:	1932 to 1945
Weapon Category:	Infantry gun
Technical specifications
Pipe length:	0.79 m
Caliber :	70 mm
Caliber length :	L / 11.3
Weight ready for use:	204 kg
Elevation range:	–6 ° to +51 (low orientation) –8 ° to +70 (high orientation) degrees
Side straightening area:	40 °
Furnishing
Ammunition supply:	individually

The Type 92 Battalion Gun ( Jap. 九二式歩兵砲 , Kyūni-shiki Hoheihō) was a light field gun in caliber 70 mm, which the Japanese Imperial Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Japanese-Soviet border conflict and during the Pacific War of 1932 until 1945 was used. The designation Type 92 indicates the year the troops were introduced, the year Kōki 2592 or 1932 according to the Gregorian calendar.

history

A Type 92 battalion gun engaged in direct combat with targets.

Normally, screw-top guns, i.e. guns, were not assigned at battalion level in the Imperial Japanese Army , but the Type 92 battalion gun was the exception. Most of the divisions were each assigned two Type 92 fire support companies in a battalion. Some battalions even received four Type 92s per fire support company. The relatively low weight of the weapon, its compactness and its dismantling play a decisive role. The gun could be broken down into six parts, transported by soldiers or pack animals . At a maximum range of 2800 meters, explosive , shaped charge , smoke and lighting grenades could be fired. The targets were either directly , low pipe alignment, or indirectly , with increased tube orientation angle fire , as howitzers usual, be fought.

The Type 92 battalion gun was very popular with the troops because of its reliability and robustness and remained in service until the end of the Second World War .

Technical specifications

A Type 92 is being pulled into a new firing position by its gun crew, Bataan, 1942.

A Type 92 captured by US Marines during the Battle of Saipan is used against its former owners.

• Caliber: 70 mm
• Pipe length: 0.79 m
• Elevation range:
  • -6 ° to +51 (low orientation)
  • -8 ° to +70 (raised orientation)
• Side straightening range: 40 °
• Gun weight: 204 kg
• Bullet weight: 3.79 kg
• Muzzle velocity V ₀ = 197 m / s
• Maximum range: 2800 m

literature

• Gordon L. Rottman : Japanese Army in World War II 1941–42. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2005, ISBN 1-84176-789-1 .
• David Miller: Fighting Men of World War II, Axis Forces . Uniforms, Equipment & Weapons of Axis Forces. 1st edition. Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-0277-5 , Japan, pp. 296 .

Web links

Commons : Type 92 Battalion Gun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Type 92 70mm Infantry Gun. Taki's homepage, accessed December 21, 2014 . 
• Chapter 5g. ANTITANK AND INFANTRY GUNS. Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, September 1944, accessed December 21, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Type 92 70mm Infantry Gun. Taki's homepage, accessed December 21, 2014 . 
2. ^ Rottman: Japanese Army in World War II 1941-42. P. 48.
3. ^ Rottman: Japanese Army in World War II 1941-42. P. 47.