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
Unit cost
32,600 yen ($8,760 USD) in August 1939[1][2]
No. built
280
Specifications
Mass
2,797 kilograms (6,166 lb) Firing 2,194 kg (4,837 lb) Barrel 2,145 kg (4,729 lb) Cradle Traveling
Length
2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) Firing 8.33 m (27 ft 4 in) Traveling
Barrel length
2.169 m (7 ft 1 in) L/14.6
Width
1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) Track 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cradle Maximum
Height
1.32 m (4 ft 4 in) Barrel, 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Cradle
Shell
35.9 kg (79 lb)
Caliber
149.1 mm (5.87 in)
Breech
Vertical sliding-breech block
Recoil
Hydro-pneumatic
Carriage
Modified box trail. Wheels and Tires or Iron tires on wooden wheels.
Elevation
-5° to +65°
Traverse
3° left, 3° right
Rate of fire
3-4 rounds/minute
Muzzle velocity
410 m/s (1,345 ft/s)
Maximum firing range
9,575 m (10,471 yd)
Sights
Panoramic
The Type 4 15 cm Howitzer (四年式十五糎榴弾砲, Yonenshiki Jyūgosenchi Ryudanhō) was a heavy howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type 4 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 4th year of Emperor Taishō's reign (1915).[3]
^"兵器臨時定価、予価、表送付の件 Military catalogue of the Japanese military". National Archives of Japan. Ministry of the Army.
^"Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I". Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). January 1943 [1943].
^War Department Special Series No 25 Japanese Field Artillery October 1944
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