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The Type 88 was superior to the Type 11 in accuracy and range of fire. [7] The Type 88 75 mm AA gun entered service between 1927 and 1928, and was deployed to virtually every anti-aircraft field artillery unit as protection against medium level aircraft attacks. Although it was a difficult and expensive weapon for Japan to produce with its ...
The Type 88 number was designated for the year the aircraft was accepted, which was the year 2588 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1928 in the Gregorian calendar. [2] The basic design was modified into the Type 88 Light Bomber that was used in combat over China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Type 88 was built in large numbers ...
The Type 99 88 mm AA gun (九九式八糎高射砲, Kyūkyū-shiki hassenchi Koshahō) was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The Type 99's number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2599 in the Japanese imperial year calendar (1939 in the Gregorian calendar ).
Type 88, a Chinese version of the Gewehr 88 bolt-action rifle; QBU-88 a Chinese sniper rifle also known as the Type 88; QJY-88, a Chinese machine gun also known as the Type 88; Type 88, the Chinese semi-automatic version of the AK-74 assault rifle; Type-88, a North Korean version of the AK-74 assault rifle
Kawasaki proposed the Ki-88, a design inspired by the Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter then in service with the United States Army Air Forces. [1] Kawasaki began design work on the Ki-88 in August 1942. The Ki-88 was to have a 1,117-kW (1,500-hp) Kawasaki Ha-140 engine behind its cockpit, driving a tractor propeller through an extension shaft. It ...
The Type 88 surface-to-ship missile (88式地対艦誘導弾, SSM-1) is a truck-mounted anti-ship missile developed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the late 1980s. It is a land-based version of the air-launched Type 80 (ASM-1) missile ; in turn it was developed into the ship-launched Type 90 (SSM-1B) missile .
In 1975, the Japan Model Gun Manufacturing Cooperative Association (which later merged into Japanese Toy Gun Association in 1986) was formed by most modelguns makers. All members of the Association agreed to stamp on a "SM" mark (Safe Model) on the metal modelgun frame for safety conformation and identification purposes.
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