75 mm Type 90 Field Gun

Infobox Weapon
name=75 mm Type 90 Field Gun


caption=A Type 90 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
origin=Japan
type=field gun
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service=1932-1945
used_by=JPN
wars=World War II
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production_date=1932-1945
number=786
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weight=1,400 kg (3,085 lbs)
length=
part_length=2.883 m (9.45 ft) (L38.4)
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cartridge=convert|6.56|kg|lb
caliber=75 mm (2.95 in)
action=
rate=10-12 rpm
velocity=683 m/s (2,241 ft/s)
range=
max_range=convert|14960|m|yd
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sights=panoramic
breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=hydro-pneumatic
carriage=split trail
elevation=-8° to +43°
traverse=43°
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speed=The 75 mm Type 90 Field Gun was a gun used by the Japanese Army during World War II. It was loosely based on the French Schneider et Cie Canon de 85 mle 1927. It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun, but that never actually happened.

There were two versions of the Type 90, one with wooden wheels suitable for animal draft, and another with solid rubber tires and a beefed-up suspension for motor towing. The latter weighed convert|200|kg|lb more. The Type 90 was unique among Japanese artillery pieces in that it had a muzzle brake. It formed the basis for the 75mm Type 3 tank gun in the Type 3 Chi-Nu tank.

It fired HE, armor-piercing, shrapnel, incendiary, smoke and illumination shells.

External links

* [http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/90-75.htm Type 90 on Taki's Imperial Japanese Army page]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9.html#III U.S. Technical Manual TM-E 30-480]

References

* Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. "Light and Medium Field Artillery". New York, Arco