Type 89 150 mm cannon

Type 89 150 mm cannon
Type 89 150 mm cannon
Type	Type 89 150 mm cannon
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	1929-1945
Used by	Japan
Wars	Sino-Japanese War, World War II
Production history
Produced	1929
No. built	150
Specifications
Mass	22,830 lb (10,360 kg)
Length	26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Barrel length	18 ft 10 in (6 m)
Shell	HE, APHE, Shrapnel, Illumination
Caliber	5.87 in (149 mm)
Breech	Interrupted screw
Recoil	hydro-pneumatic
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-5° to +43°
Traverse	40°
Rate of fire	2 rpm
Maximum firing range	21,800 yd (19,900 m)

Type 89 150 mm cannon (九二式十糎加農砲, Hachi-ju-ku-shiki Jyū-senchi Kannohō), also known as a "15-cm" gun, was a cannon of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

This was one of the main guns of the IJA heavy artillery units.

History

Type 89s were used in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in World War II.

Related pages

References

↑ Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42, p. 50^{[permanent dead link]}.
↑ This field gun type was named "eighty-nine" because its design was completed in 1929; and 1929 was the 2589th year since Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. The Japanese Imperial year was Kōki 2589 (皇紀2589年).
↑ "Model 89 150 mm cannon," US Technical Manual, pp. 225-226; "Japanese Artillery Weapons," CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin 152-45, July 1945; retrieved 2012-2-18.

Other websites

Type 89 on Taki's Imperial Japanese Army page Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine

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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]}.

[2] This field gun type was named "eighty-nine" because its design was completed in 1929; and 1929 was the 2589th year since Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. The Japanese Imperial year was Kōki 2589 (皇紀2589年).

[3] "Model 89 150 mm cannon," US Technical Manual, pp. 225-226; "Japanese Artillery Weapons," CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin 152-45, July 1945; retrieved 2012-2-18.