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A 16th-century swivel breech-loading Japanese cannon, called an Ōzutsu (大筒, "Big Pipe"). Due to its proximity with China, Japan had long been familiar with gunpowder. Primitive cannons seem to have appeared in Japan around 1270, as simple metal tubes invented in China and called Teppō (鉄砲 Lit. "Iron cannon").
The Type 99 Mark 2 was carried by later models of the A6M, starting with the A6M3a Reisen Model 22 Ko, [3] and on later Navy fighters such as the Kawanishi N1K-J. The Model 4 of this weapon adopted the same belt-feed mechanism as the Type 99 Mark 1 Model 4. The Type 99 Mark 2 Model 5 resulted from attempts to increase the rate of fire.
Chiyoda armored car Type 92 [11] Sumida M.2593 Type 91 armored railroad car So-Mo [12] Sumida Model P armored car [13] Type 93 armoured car a/k/a Type 2593 Hokoku and Type 93 Kokusanor [14] Type 95 So-Ki armored railroad car [15] 20 mm AA machine cannon carrier truck [16] Type 1 Ho-Ki armored personnel carrier [17] Improvised armoured train [18]
The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ホ式十三粍高射機関砲 Ho Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kōsha Kikanhō), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino ...
The Type 97 automatic cannon (九七式自動砲, Kyū-nana-shiki-jidōhō) is a 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Japanese anti-tank rifle that began development in the 1930s. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts and the Pacific War .
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 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.
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.