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The Osaka Arsenal was a state weapons factory of the Imperial Japanese Army in Osaka during the period from 1870 to 1945. In the Meiji period, the self-supply of the armed forces with modern weapons was a high concern for the government. The Japanese military leader Ōmura Masujirō proposed to build a garrison with gun and ammunition ...
Initial units of Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 were imported, and then eventually over 2,000 units, designated "Type 38" in Japan, were produced under license by the army’s Osaka Arsenal. [5] The original Type 38 gun had a conical interrupted screw, a single box type trail which limited gun elevation to only 16°30'.
Wadomari Town Museum of History and Folklore (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society) [12] Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center; Yakushima Town History and Folk Museum; Yakusugi Museum; In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture: Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
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It has the serial number 136 and was made at the Osaka Infantry Armory in 1941. [12] Another surviving gun is located in front of VFW Post 4911 in Floyd county, Georgia. It has the serial number 33 and was made in Osaka, Japan. This gun, which is known as "Pistol Pete," was captured at Guadalcanal in December 1942.
Initial units were imported, and then further production was made under license by the Army's Osaka Arsenal starting in 1911. [2] After World War I, these weapons were considered largely obsolete and efforts were made to replace it with the Type 4 15 cm howitzer. However, it was still found in front line heavy artillery regiments. [3]
The Type 91 10 cm howitzer (九一式十糎榴弾砲, Kyūisshiki Jyūsenchi Ryūdanhō) was a 105 mm (4.13 in) howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II as the standard Japanese light howitzer.
The Type 95 75 mm field gun (九五式野砲, Kyūgo-shiki yahō) was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm field gun and the Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun in front line combat units but, due to operational and budgetary constraints, only a small number were produced, and the Type 38 and Type 41 continued to be used. [4]