Type 38 (150 mm)
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Description
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General info
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Available shells
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
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 8th 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 meters. 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
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External links
- References
- 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) |
