Type 94 75 mm mountain gun
| Type 94 75 mm mountain gun | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 九四 式 山砲 |
| Manufacturer country: |
 Japan
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| Developer / Manufacturer: | Arsenal Osaka |
| Development year: | 1935 |
| Production time: | 1935 to 1945 |
| Number of pieces: | 1500 |
| Weapon Category: | Mountain gun |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 1.56 m |
| Caliber : |
75 mm |
| Caliber length : | L / 20.8 |
| Weight ready for use: | 536 kg |
| Elevation range: | –10 ° to +45 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 40 ° |
| Furnishing | |
| Closure Type : | Screw lock |
| Ammunition supply: | individually |
The Type 94 75 mm mountain gun ( Japanese 九四 式 山砲 , Kyūyon-shiki sampō ) was a mountain gun that was used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War and during the Pacific War from 1935 to 1945. The designation Type 94 indicates the year of development, the year Kōki 2594 or 1934 according to the Gregorian calendar.
history
The Type 94 was the successor to the Type 41 75 mm mountain gun . In 1934 the design was accepted and the first of the 1,500 copies produced was delivered to the troops.
Like the Type 41, the gun could be easily and quickly dismantled into several parts and so could be transported by six pack animals into eleven parts, each with a maximum weight of approx. 90 kg . The gun was carried by soldiers in rough terrain. It had an unusually long spar , at the ends of which there were two vertically movable iron plates instead of earth spurs . If possible, these were hammered into the ground to give the gun stability when firing. The maximum range of the gun was about 8200 meters. The metal shield attached for protection was 3 mm thick. The gun could fire high-explosive, shrapnel , high-explosive armor-piercing and shaped charge shells. To give the infantry stronger artillery support, the Type 99 10 cm mountain gun was introduced in 1939 .
The Type 94 remained in service until the end of the war in 1945.
Technical specifications
- Caliber: 75 mm
- Caliber length: L / 20.8
- Pipe length: 1.56 m
- Elevation range: −10 ° to +45
- Side straightening range: 40 °
- Gun weight: 536 kg
- Bullet weight: 6.34 kg
- Muzzle velocity V 0 = 392 m / s
- Effective range: approx. 8200 m
- Number of copies produced: 1500
literature
- Gordon L. Rottman: Japanese Army in World War II 1941-42. Osprey Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84176-789-5 .
Web links
- Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun. Taki's homepage, accessed January 15, 2016 .
- Model 94 (1934) 75-mm mountain (pack) gun. Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, September 1944, accessed December 22, 2014 .
- 7.5cm mountain cannon M1908. Landships.info, accessed December 23, 2014 .
- Japanese Guns. Retrieved January 16, 2016 (Chinese).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Model 94 (1934) 75-mm mountain (pack) gun. Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, September 1944, accessed December 22, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun. Taki's homepage, accessed January 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Rottmann, p. 48.