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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
 
=== Available ammunition ===
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===
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* [[S.I.G.33 (150 mm)]] has a higher penetration and comes with HEAT, but doesn't pack as much explosive mass & less velocity.
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* [[Cannone da 100/17 Mod.1914 (100 mm)]] higher velocity and more shell choice but doesn't come with much explosive mass either.
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* [[Fsthaub m/02 (150 mm)]] roughly same performance with less explosive mass.
  
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
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* HE comes with a large amount of explosive mass
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** Explosive mass is good enough to destroy light / unarmoured vehicles from an indirect hit
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* Low velocity can be used to shoot over cover
  
 
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* Lacks direct penetration
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* Low velocity
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Essentially unchanged from the Krupp L/12 model, the gun retained rather modern features such as an open box trail and interrupted screw breech.<ref name="Leland2">Ness 2014, pg 265-266</ref> The weapon was rather lightweight at 2.09 tons.<ref name="TakiT38">Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer"</ref>, due in part to a simple recoil mechanism needed for the small propelling charges for the shell. Consequently however, the 150 mm Type 38 suffered from a short effective range of less than 6,000 m. This led to future procurements of howitzers such as the 150 mm Type 4 that had a higher effective range than the Type 38.
 
Essentially unchanged from the Krupp L/12 model, the gun retained rather modern features such as an open box trail and interrupted screw breech.<ref name="Leland2">Ness 2014, pg 265-266</ref> The weapon was rather lightweight at 2.09 tons.<ref name="TakiT38">Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer"</ref>, due in part to a simple recoil mechanism needed for the small propelling charges for the shell. Consequently however, the 150 mm Type 38 suffered from a short effective range of less than 6,000 m. This led to future procurements of howitzers such as the 150 mm Type 4 that had a higher effective range than the Type 38.
  
Though replaced from front-line service with newer howitzers by the 1930s, the Type 38 were still used until the end of World War II.<ref name="TakiT38"/> The guns were notably used in the Second Sino-Japanese war,<ref name="WarDep">War Department 1944, pg 74</ref> and as the main armament of the [[Ho-Ro]] self-propelled gun, assembled at the Osaka Arsenal.<ref name="Leland3">Ness 2014, pg 507</ref>
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Though replaced from front-line service with newer howitzers by the 1930s, the Type 38 were still used until the end of World War II.<ref name="TakiT38" /> The guns were notably used in the Second Sino-Japanese war,<ref name="WarDep">War Department 1944, pg 74</ref> and as the main armament of the [[Ho-Ro]] self-propelled gun, assembled at the Osaka Arsenal.<ref name="Leland3">Ness 2014, pg 507</ref>
  
 
== Media ==
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 
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* Ness, Leland. ''Rikugun. Volume 2: Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces''. Helion and Company, 19 Dec. 2014.
 
* Ness, Leland. ''Rikugun. Volume 2: Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces''. Helion and Company, 19 Dec. 2014.
 
* Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer" ''Imperial Japanese Army Page'', [http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/38-150.htm Website]. Accessed on 20 Apr 2021 ([http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/38-150.htm Archive]).
 
* Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer" ''Imperial Japanese Army Page'', [http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/38-150.htm Website]. Accessed on 20 Apr 2021 ([http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/38-150.htm Archive]).

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Description

The 150 mm Type 38 was a 1905 German 15 cm howitzer design adopted in Japanese service in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905).

Initially, most units were imported from Krupp until 1911, when the Army’s Osaka Arsenal was allowed to produce them domestically under license.

While outdated after WW1 and technically replaced by the Type 4 15cm howitzer (1915) and later the Type 96 15cm howitzer (1936), it would still see common use in heavy artillery units until 1945 due to the number of cannons produced and available, even being used on the Type 4 Ho-Ro from 1944 onwards.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Available ammunition

Mainly built as an infantry gun, the shells don't provide much anti-tank penetration, but pack a whole load of explosive mass that will put any medium to even heavy armoured vehicles dead in its tracks if fired under or on top of the tank.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
Type 95 APHE APHE 38 37 35 33 31 31
Type 92 HE HE 55 55 55 55 55 55
Shell details
Ammunition Velocity
(m/s)
Projectile
Mass (kg)
Fuse delay
(m)
Fuse sensitivity
(mm)
Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Type 95 APHE 290 36.1 1.2 19 2,600 47° 60° 65°
Type 92 HE 290 36 0 0.1 7,020 79° 80° 81°

Comparison with analogues

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

  • HE comes with a large amount of explosive mass
    • Explosive mass is good enough to destroy light / unarmoured vehicles from an indirect hit
  • Low velocity can be used to shoot over cover

Cons:

  • Lacks direct penetration
  • Low velocity
  • Extremely slow reload rate

History

A Japanese crew fires the 15 cm Type 38.

Imperial Japan, seeking out new artillery equipment, acquired 150 mm L/12 howitzers from Krupp in Germany in 1903. Starting by ordering a total of 36 from the manufacturer, Japan then acquired the license to manufacture the howitzers domestically. The resulting howitzer in Japanese service was called the 15 cm Type 38 field howitzer (for the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905)).[1]

Essentially unchanged from the Krupp L/12 model, the gun retained rather modern features such as an open box trail and interrupted screw breech.[2] The weapon was rather lightweight at 2.09 tons.[3], due in part to a simple recoil mechanism needed for the small propelling charges for the shell. Consequently however, the 150 mm Type 38 suffered from a short effective range of less than 6,000 m. This led to future procurements of howitzers such as the 150 mm Type 4 that had a higher effective range than the Type 38.

Though replaced from front-line service with newer howitzers by the 1930s, the Type 38 were still used until the end of World War II.[3] The guns were notably used in the Second Sino-Japanese war,[4] and as the main armament of the Ho-Ro self-propelled gun, assembled at the Osaka Arsenal.[5]

Media

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See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

References

Citations
  1. Ness 2014, pg 252-255
  2. Ness 2014, pg 265-266
  3. 3.0 3.1 Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer"
  4. War Department 1944, pg 74
  5. Ness 2014, pg 507
Bibliography
  • Ness, Leland. Rikugun. Volume 2: Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces. Helion and Company, 19 Dec. 2014.
  • Taki "Type 38 15cm Howitzer" Imperial Japanese Army Page, Website. Accessed on 20 Apr 2021 (Archive).
  • War Department Special Series No 25: Japanese Field Artillery United States Government Printing Offices, 15 Oct. 1944.


Japan tank cannons
37 mm  Type 94 · Type 100 · Type 1
47 mm  Type 1
57 mm  Type 90 · Type 97
70 mm  Type 94
75 mm  Type 90 · Type 99 · Type 3 · Type 5 (Type I Model II · Type II Model I · Type II Model II)
90 mm  Type 61
105 mm  Type 5 (Experimental · Production) · JSW L/52
106 mm  Type 60 (B)
120 mm  Taishō Type 10 · Navy short gun · Type 90 L/44 · Type 10 L/44
150 mm  Type 38
155 mm  NSJ L/30 · JSW L/52
  Foreign:
25 mm  Oerlikon KBA B02 (Switzerland)
35 mm  Oerlikon KDE (Switzerland)
75 mm  M6 (USA)
76 mm  M1 (USA) · M32 (USA)
88 mm  KwK36 (Germany)
90 mm  M3A1 (USA) · M36 (USA)
105 mm  L7A3 (Germany)
120 mm  Schneider-Canet 1898 (France)