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Type 45 15 cm cannon information


Type 45 15 cm cannon
A Type 45 in a sunken concrete gun emplacement.
TypeCoastal defense gun
Field artillery
Place of originType 45 15 cm cannon Empire of Japan
Service history
In service1912-1945
Used byImperial Japanese Army
WarsWorld War II
Production history
Designed1912
Unit cost165,000 yen ($44,336 USD) in August 1939 [1][2]
No. built80[3][4]
Specifications
Mass22.9 t (22.5 long tons; 25.2 short tons)
Barrel length7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) L/50

ShellSeparate loading cased charge and projectile
Shell weight41 kg (90 lb)
Caliber149.1 mm (5.87 in)
BreechInterrupted screw[3]
RecoilHydro-spring
CarriageCenter pivot
Elevation1912: +8° to +30°
1934: +8° to +43°
Traverse360°
Muzzle velocity860 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
Maximum firing range22.5 km (14 mi)[4]

The Type 45 15 cm cannon (四五式十五糎加農砲) was a coastal defense gun and heavy artillery used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War II. The designation Type 45 indicates the year of its introduction, the 45th year of the Meiji period or 1912 according to the Gregorian calendar.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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].
  3. ^ a b "T45 15cm". www3.plala.or.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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