Type 4 150 mm howitzer

Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
	Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
Type	heavy howitzer
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1915-1949?
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army; Republic of China (NRA); People's Republic of China (PLA)
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War; Soviet-Japanese Border Wars; World War II; Chinese Civil War
Production history
Designer	Osaka Arsenal
Designed	1915
Manufacturer	Osaka Arsenal
No. built	280
Specifications
Mass	2,797 kilograms (6,166 lb)
Barrel length	2.169 m (7 ft 1 in) L/14.6
Shell	35.9 kilograms (79 lb)
Caliber	149.1 mm (5.87 in)
Breech	vertical sliding
Recoil	hydro-pneumatic
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-5° to +65°
Traverse	6°
Rate of fire	3-4 rounds/minute
Muzzle velocity	410 m/s (1,345 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	9,575 metres (10,471 yd)
Sights	Panoramic

The Type 4 150 mm howitzer (四年式十五糎榴弾砲, Yonenshiki Jyūgosenchi Ryudanhō), also known as a "15-cm" gun,^[1] was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).^[2] It

History

Type 4 was available to IJA forces after 1915.^[3]

Combat record

This artillery piece was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.^[3] This gun was designed to be moved by horses; and it continued to be used until 1945.

Type 4s were used by the IJA on Saipan in World War II.^[4]

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References

↑ Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42, p. 50^{[permanent dead link]}; 15-cm = 150-mm
↑ This howitzer type was named "four" because it was ordered in 1915; and 1915 was the 4th year of the reign of Emperor Taishō -- 1915 (Taishō 4).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 US War Dept. (1944). "Model 4 (1915) 150-mm howitzer," Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, pp. 226-227.
↑ Goldberg, Harold J. (2007). D-Day in the Pacific: the Battle of Saipan, p. 35; Denfeld, D. Colt. (1992). Japanese Fortifications and Other Military Structures in the Central Pacific, p. 56.

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[1] Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42, p. 50^{[permanent dead link]}; 15-cm = 150-mm

[2] This howitzer type was named "four" because it was ordered in 1915; and 1915 was the 4th year of the reign of Emperor Taishō -- 1915 (Taishō 4).

[war-3] 3.0 ^3.1 US War Dept. (1944). "Model 4 (1915) 150-mm howitzer," Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, pp. 226-227.

[4] Goldberg, Harold J. (2007). D-Day in the Pacific: the Battle of Saipan, p. 35; Denfeld, D. Colt. (1992). Japanese Fortifications and Other Military Structures in the Central Pacific, p. 56.

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