Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Chinese Civil War Korean War[citation needed]
Production history
Designed
1920–1934
Unit cost
43,500 yen ($11,689 USD) in August 1939[1][2]
Produced
1937–1945
No. built
440
Specifications
Mass
4,140 kg (9,130 lb)[3] Firing, 4,920 kg (10,847 lb) Traveling
Length
6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) Firing, 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in) Traveling
Barrel length
3.523 m (11 ft 7 in) 23.37 calibers
Width
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Height
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Shell
31.3 kg (69 lb)
Caliber
149.1 mm (5.87 in)
Carriage
Split trail
Elevation
-5 to +65 degrees
Traverse
30°
Rate of fire
3–4 rpm
Muzzle velocity
540 m/s (1,772 ft/s)
Maximum firing range
11,900 m (13,014 yd)
Sights
panoramic
The Type 96 15 cm howitzer (九六式十五糎榴弾砲, Kyūroku-shiki Jyūgo-senchi Ryūdanhō) was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 4 15 cm howitzer in front line combat units from 1937, although it fired the same ammunition.[4] It was first used in the Sino-Japanese War where in earned high praise from its users. Type 96 was used as the main howitzer of the IJA heavy artillery units until the end of WWII. The Type 96 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar (1936).[5]
A battle damaged Type 96 at Yasukuni Shrine
^"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].
^Taki's Imperial Japanese Army page
^Bishop, The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II.
^War Department Special Series No 25 Japanese Field Artillery October 1944
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