Id. japanese heavy artillery

[ain92]

They have a Type 91 10-cm gun at the Khalkha River Victory Museum in Choir, Mongolia, don't they?




Was it made in Osaka arsenal?
By the way, the small gun resembling 3,7 cm Pak is a Soviet license made copy of Rheinmetall Tak 28, a 37-mm anti-tank gun "1K" M1930, and it's not an only one in Mongolia.

[YC Chen]

Yes this is a Type 91 with barrel recoilled. But i can only see the top two photos so can't see if it was made in Osaka.

The 3.7cm M1930 were also sold to Chinese Nationalists during WW2, and one example can still be seen in my city.

[Akira Takizawa]

It was made by Osaka Arsenal in 1942. So, it was not captured at Nomonhan.

Taki

[ain92]

Yes this is a Type 91 with barrel recoilled. But i can only see the top two photos so can't see if it was made in Osaka.

The 3.7cm M1930 were also sold to Chinese Nationalists during WW2, and one example can still be seen in my city.

Well, according to English Wikipedia, Blogspot is blocked in PRC. If you can't bypass the Great Firewall with some sort of anonymizers, I can send you these pictures via PM.
By the way, AFAIK the only 1K in Russia is exhibited in my city.

It was made by Osaka Arsenal in 1942. So, it was not captured at Nomonhan.

Taki

Thank you. So, probably captured from Kwantung Army in 1945.

[YC Chen]

By the way, AFAIK the only 1K in Russia is exhibited in my city.

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I thought this kind of 3.7cm AT gun is extremely common in Russia - it never occurs to me that it is so rare.

Perhaps I can send you photos of the 1k in Nanjing through e-mail(it seems that we cannot send photos through PM). Will send you a PM of my e-mail address.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can anyone identify this japanese coastal gun ??

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

140 MM Type 3 Naval Gun.

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369

Any idea about this one? 120mm Type 10 ??

Image from Ebay
Regards Sturm78

[tom!]

Hi.

I´d say Type Meiji 41 15 cm Gun.

Yours

tom!

[ROLAND1369]

The presence of recoil cylinders on top of the barrel make this not a 150 type 41 which has its cylinders on the bottom. I am reasonably sure that this is a 120 mm type 3.

[Sturm78]

I think you are right, ROLAND1369

Thanks for your answers.

On the other hand I am not 100% sure about this field artillery piece: 15cm Type 4 howitzer ??

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Nobody for my last image ??

Sturm78

[Al Kelly]

I'm no expert, but it looks to me a lot like a Type 4 150mm howitzer.

Regards,

Al

[ROLAND1369]

I concur. It is a type 4 based on the shape of the breechblock opening.

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Al and ROLAND1369

Regards Sturm78