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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 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 ]
Though interpretations of ōdzutsu differ in literature, it is generally regarded as a weapon of forged iron to distinguish it from an ishibiya (a cast bronze hand cannon). Its bullets were about 20 maces (75 g (2.6 oz)). It is fixed to a ring or a wooden frame with only the barrel and fired using a difference fire.
The Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Japanese military. [1] The Type 98 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2598 of the Japanese calendar (1938). [5] It entered service that same year and first saw combat in Nomonhan. It was used until the end of World War II. [1]
Type 89 15 cm cannon; Type 90 75 mm field gun; Type 90 240 mm railway gun; Type 91 10 cm howitzer; Type 92 10 cm cannon; Type 92 battalion gun; Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun; Type 94 75 mm mountain gun; Type 95 75 mm field gun; Type 96 15 cm howitzer; Type 99 88 mm AA gun; 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun; 28 cm howitzer L/10; 45 cm naval rocket
The Type 14 10 cm cannon (十四式十糎加農砲, Jyūyon-shiki Kanōhō) was the first medium caliber cannon totally of Japanese design and the first with a split trail carriage. The Type 14 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 14th year of Emperor Taishō 's reign (1925). [ 2 ]
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.
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.