Type 38 15 cm howitzer
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The Type 38 15 cm Howitzer (三八式十五糎榴弾砲, Sanhachi-shiki Jyūgo-senchi Ryūdanhō) was a 1905 German design that was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard heavy howitzer of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905).[1]
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Type 38 15 cm Howitzer | |
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Type | Heavy Howitzer |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1905–1945 |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Army Finland |
Wars | World War I Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Chinese Civil War |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Designed | c.1905 |
Manufacturer | Osaka Arsenal, Japan |
No. built | 224 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2,250 kg (4,960 lb) |
Barrel length | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) L/11 |
Shell | 35.9 kg (79 lb 2 oz) |
Caliber | 149.1 mm (5.87 in) |
Breech | Interrupted screw |
Recoil | Hydro-spring |
Carriage | Box trail |
Elevation | 0° to +42° 30' |
Traverse | 5° |
Muzzle velocity | 290 m/s (951 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 7,200 m (7,900 yd) |
Sights | Panoramic |
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