Military tank with mortor type gun9/22/2023 ![]() The last weapon of note in the first panel is the 20mm Type 97 automatic rifle, shown with the protective shield which could be fitted. ![]() Twin Mounted 13mm Type 93 Anti-Aircraft machine canon ( source) These include the wheeled 20mm Type 98 Machine Cannon (bottom left) and the twin mounted 13mm Type 93 which entered service in 1933. The other weapons in this panel are heavy machine guns and automatic cannons designed for anti-aircraft roles, although they were originally intended to act as anti-tank weapons as well. The Type 92 Battalion Gun (centre right & image #5) is described as a 70mm howitzer which was introduced in 1932, with each infantry battalion being issued two. The Type 11 37mm infantry gun which had been in service since 1922.Īlso included is the Type 94, a longer barrelled 37mm gun based on the German PaK 36. The top left panel includes a number of infantry anti-tank guns including the 47mm Type 1 which was introduced in 1929 and was also used to arm the Type 97 Chi-Ha tank. For example the Type 41 was introduced in the 41st year (1908) of Emperor Meiji’s reign (1867-1912). The numerical designation of Japanese weapons usually comes from the year of the Emperor’s reign in which the weapon entered service. While the graphic labels most of the weapons as ‘model’ the more commonly used description is 'type’. The graphic includes not only the pistols, rifle and machine guns used by the Japanese but also their light artillery, mortars and Anti-Tank guns. ![]() The graphic above is a breakdown of the Japanese Empire’s main small arms and infantry weapons during World War Two compiled by the US Army Information Branch for an edition of Newsmap.
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