38 type (improved) wild artillery is the code name assigned by the intelligence agencies of western countries to this type of wild artillery that was widely equipped with the Japanese army from 1939 to 1945. The design of this type of wild artillery comes from the Krupp artillery produced by Japan in 1905, the earliest Type 38 wild artillery. In World War I, the Japanese carefully inspected the artillery operations of various military powers in the world, and improved and manufactured their own field guns. The most obvious improvement of
is the box-shaped gun mount, which replaces the original Krupp single-column gun mount, which greatly increases the angle of fire, and improves the barrel bracket. Other minor changes include the rear seat mechanism, this type The improved gun is called the 75-mm Field Gun Type 38 (Improved), which is the 75mm Field Gun Type 38 (Improved) field gun. In addition to the improvements mentioned above,
has not changed much on the whole, and the performance improvement is not obvious. During the entire service period of the gun, there was never a variant that could be towed by maneuver. It was towed by horses or mules until 1945. The gun has an ancient appearance and is not large in number. Although Japan has successively developed new types of field artillery after World War II, the output has not been able to meet the requirements, and the Japanese artillery wandered between ancient and modern.
At the beginning of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War, that is, in the 1930s, the Japanese 38-type field artillery was more than adequate in combat with the Nationalist government. However, when the Western Allies joined the war in 1941, the situation changed drastically. Unlike before, the Japanese found that the Western countries had The firepower of the small artillery group far exceeds that of the Japanese artillery group, which has more artillery than them, and the 38-type field artillery is no longer in sight. In fact, if you take into account the need for mule and horse towing and poor mobility, the 38-type wild artillery sometimes becomes a burden, and is often bombarded by opponents because of its inability to quickly change shooting positions.
After 1945, the 38-type wild artillery was transferred to the army of Southeast Asian countries through official or semi-official forms, and some artillery even participated in the battle against French colonial rule.
parameters
model: 75mm 38 type (improved) wild gun
caliber: 75mm
barrel length: 2.286 meters
weight: 1910 kg in marching state, 1136 kg in combat state
shooting angle: -8 degrees ~ 43 degrees
Range of fire: 7 degrees
muzzle velocity: 603 m/s
range: 11.97 kilometers
bullet weight: 6.025 kg
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