Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
- Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
designs [http://users.belgacom.net/artillery/artillerie/5446.html] . The crew is partially protected by a gun shield which is made of 1/8-inch (3 mm) thick armor plate. It can be disassembled in 3 to 5 minutes and assembled in 10.
Chinese copies of the Type 94 were used by the North Koreans during the Korean war [http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/woundblstcs/chapter1.2.htm] .
General characteristics
*Caliber: 75 mm (2.95 in).
*Barrel: 1.56 m (61.5 in) (20.8 calibers)
*Rifling: 28 grooves, uniform right hand, 1 turn in 22.5 calibers
*Range: (HE) 8,000 m (8,750 yd).
*Elevation: +45º to -9º
*Traverse: 40º
*Weight: 544 kg
*Barrel length: 1.56 m (L20.8) (5 ft 1.5 in).
*Muzzle velocity: (HE) 355 m/s (1,165 ft/s).
*Rate of fire:
** 15 rounds per minute for 2 minutes.
** 4 rounds per minute for 15 minutes.
** 2 rounds per minute for continuous firing.
Ammunition
* High explosive
** M94 6 kg with 0.8 kg of TNT and M88 impact or delay fuse.
** "A" 6.46 kg with Picric acid and dinitro and M3 combination fuse.
** "B" 6.6 kg with 0.66 kg of Picric acid and dinitro and M88 impact or delay fuse.
** M90/97 6.18 kg with 0.42 kg of TNT and M88 impact or delay fuse.
** M90 "Pointed" HE 6.35 kg with TNT and M88 impact or delay fuse.
* Armor piercing
** M95 APHE 6.2 kg with 0.45 kg of picric acid and dinitro M95 small AP base fuse.
* Shrapnel
** M90 Shrapnel 7 kg with 0.1 kg of Black powder with M5 combination fuse.
** M38 Shrapnel 6.83 kg with 0.1 kg of black powder with M3 combination fuse.
* Chemical
* Star
** M90 Illumination 5.65 kg with M5 combination fuse.
* Incendiary
** M90 Incendiary 6.93 kg with black powder and M5 combination fuse.
* Smoke
** M90 Smoke 5.73 kg with 0.1 kg of picric acid and dinitro with M88 impact fuse.
References
* http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/94-75.htm
* http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9-3.html
* "Japanese Artillery weapons and tactics", Donald B. McLean, ISBN 0-87947-157-3
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