Type 95 75 mm Field Gun

Infobox Weapon
name=Type 90 75 mm Field Gun


caption=
origin=Japan
type=field gun
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=
is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=1936-1945
used_by=JPN
wars=World War II
designer=Osaka Arsenal
design_date=
manufacturer=Osaka Arsenal
production_date=
number=261
variants=
weight=convert|1106.6|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|2.278|m|in L/30.67)
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=convert|6.33|kg|lb
caliber=75 mm (2.95 in)
action=
rate=
velocity=500 m (1,640 ft/s)
range=
max_range=convert|10970|m|yd
feed=
sights=
breech=
recoil=
carriage=split trail
elevation=-8° to +43°
traverse=50°
blade_type=
hilt_type=
sheath_type=
head_type=
haft_type=
diameter=
filling=
filling_weight=
detonation=
yield=
armour=
primary_armament=
secondary_armament=
engine=
engine_power=
pw_ratio=
suspension=
vehicle_range=
speed=The Type 90 75 mm Field Gun was a field gun used by the Japanese Army during World War II. It was developed as a replacement for the obsolete Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun. It was probably based on a lightened 75 mm Type 90 Field Gun, but one source credits it as a copy of the French Schneider et Cie Canon de 75 Mle 1933. It entered production in 1935.

At any rate it used the same primitive spade plates as the Type 90 that had to be pounded into the ground to anchor the gun in place. It had wooden, spoked wheels for horse-traction.

References

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

External links

* [http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/95-75.htm Type 95 on Taki's Imperial Japanese Army page]