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The first significant development of cannons in Japan occurred during the 1550s, coinciding with the Nanban trade. Portuguese traders introduced two types of breech-loaded cannons to Ōtomo Sōrin . These cannons consisted of a heavy barrel mounted on a swivel and were loaded from the breech, with powder and shot inserted through a separate ...
The rear-mounted Type 98 20 mm AA autocannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. [2] It had a range of 5,500 m (18,000 ft), altitude of 3,500 m (11,500 ft) and could fire up to 300 rounds per minute. [3] The Type 98 20 mm AA half-track vehicle was not mass produced.
The present list also includes other military armoured vehicles in use at the time (armoured personnel carriers, armoured cars, armoured trains, etc.). Wolseley armoured car; first produced in 1928 under license by Sumida and used by the IJA in the Mukden Incident of 1931 Vickers Crossley armoured cars of the Shanghai Special Naval Landing ...
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.
Sumida amphibious armored car (experimental) Austin-type Chiyoda armoured car; Type 2592 Chiyoda armored car; Sumida M.2593 a/k/a Type 91 So-Mo armored railroad car Sumida Model P armored car; Type 93 armoured car a/k/a Type 2593 Hokoku, Type 93 Kokusan or "Type 92" naval armored car; Type 95 So-Ki armored railroad car; Type 98 So-Da armored ...
The Type 89 15 cm cannon (八九式十五糎加農砲, Hachikyūshiki Jyūgosenchi Kanōhō) was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army's heavy artillery units. The Type 89 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2589 of the Japanese calendar (1929). [ 4 ]
In 1939 this started producing a Japanese version of the FF, initially known as the Type E (because the Japanese transliteration of Oerlikon was Erikon) but from late 1939 onwards formally known as the Type 99 Mark 1. A Japanese version of the FFL was produced as the Type 99 Mark 2. [3] [4] The FFS was tested, but not put in production.
[5] [1] It is also known as the Type 2593 "Hokoku" or Type 93 "Kokusan" armored car. It has also been incorrectly referred to as a Type 92, when the "right designation is Type 93". [1] The Type 93 was originally made for use by the Japanese Navy marine units of the Special Naval Landing Forces. [6]