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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.
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 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.
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 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 ]
The Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. It entered service in 1938 and was used until the end of World War II . After World War II this gun was used by the Indonesian Army in the Indonesian National Revolution and North Vietnam in First Indochina War .
The AA machine cannon carrier truck was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. It consisted of the Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon mounted on the back of a Type 94 six-wheeled truck. The Type 94 truck was first produced in 1934 by Isuzu, and used for prototypes.
[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 [1] The Type 93 was originally made for use by the Japanese Navy marine units of the Special Naval Landing Forces.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]