I Like BIG Guns!! - V Traditional Cache
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The Type 38 75 mm Field Gun (Sanhachi-shiki yahō?) was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905).
Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
Specifications:
Service: 1905 - 1945
Country: Japan
Manufacturer: Krupp and Osaka Arsenal
Caliber: 75mm (2.95in)
Barrel Length: 2.286 metres (7 ft 6 in) L/31
EL Angle of Fire: -8° to +43° (Improved Type 38)
Shell Weight: 6 kilograms (13 lb)
Muzzle Velocity: 510 m/s (1,673 ft/s)
Weight: 947 kilograms (2,090 lb) (Type 38)
Effective Range: 8,350 metres (9,130 yd) (Type 38)
Despite its obsolescence, the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun was found in theatres of operation in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet-Japanese Border Wars and in the Pacific War.
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