As we all know, the three major weapons of the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War period were 38 large-cap , grenade launcher , 92 infantry cannon , among which the grenade launcher was a major innovation of the Japanese army in World War II . Even the US military at that time evaluated it: "The only weapon worth evaluating in the Japanese Army."
Japanese team in the defense war
grenade launcher is a squad-level weapon, mainly configured for Japanese squads. One Japanese squad has 3 infantry squads and 1 grenade launcher, 13 infantry squads, 9 riflemen, 4-man machine gun group, 13 grenade launcher, 6 grenade launcher, 10-man squad, 10-man squad, 10-man squad, 10-man squad, 10-man squad, 10-man squad, 1-man squad, 1-man squad, 1-man squad, 47 firepower 38 large covers, 3 crooked machine guns, and 6 grenade launchers.
Comparing the firepower of a platoon of the National Army at that time, the elite German division of the National Army was under three squads, each squad was 11 people, equipped with 9 riflesmen, 4 machine gun teams, and a platoon of 35 people, equipped with 30 rifles and 3 Czech light machine guns.
At that time, the firepower standard of the first-level weapons and equipment of the National Army was exactly the same as that of the German army, and the number of people in the Japanese army was similar. In terms of weapons, the only thing that the Japanese army had more grenade launchers. The effective range of rifles on both sides is 500 meters, the effective range of Japanese wax machine gun is 600 meters, and the effective range of the Czech light machine gun of the National Army is 1,000 meters, which can completely suppress the firepower of Japanese wax machine gun. However, the Japanese army equipped with grenade launchers with a range of 800 meters.
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The German tactical ideas learned by the National Army at that time. The Japanese army's weapons and equipment level was not considered second-rate at that time. The German army's firepower configuration was super powerful, and it could completely use firepower to suppress the opponent tightly. I never thought that the key to the victory or defeat of the battle would be within 1,000 meters. It was also the US army in the early stage of the Pacific War that caused the Japanese army to suffer heavy losses. It can be said that if the Japanese army were allowed to show off against the German army in the early stage of World War II, the German army would definitely be defeated. However, as long as the German army lowered the 60MM mortar, the Japanese army would not be able to fight. This was like the Japanese army attacking Pearl Lane, which was very good at calculating.
grenade
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, there were two types of grenade trolleys of the Japanese army: Type 10 grenade trolley and new grenade trolley. The diameter of the grenade trolley is 50 mm, the weight of the 10-year grenade trolley is 2.6 kg, the maximum range is 180 meters, the weight of the new grenade trolley is 4.7 kg, and the maximum range is 800 meters.
grenade launcher charges 145 grams of TNT, and the shell fragments are about 500 pieces, and the explosion power is 2-3 times that of ordinary grenades. The most powerful thing about grenade launchers is that grenade launchers can fire melon grenades. Although the range is only 200 meters, people are always thrown far. Advantages of
grenade launcher:
Japanese grenade launcher in the attack
First: light weight
10 grenade launcher weighs 2.6 kg, and the new grenade launcher weighs 4.7 kg, which is much lighter than the 60MM mortar weight 13 kg. It is much lighter than the weight of a rifle, which is very suitable for individual soldiers to carry.
Second: cheap cost
1941 Japan Army Weapons Temporary Price List: The Eight-Type Infantry Gun "38 Big Cover" is 90 yen, the ten-year grenade launcher is 97 yen, and the new heavy grenade launcher is 244 yen.
Third: rich types of bombs
The Japanese army's grenade launcher mainly uses anti-destructive grenades, and can also fire grenades, ordinary grenades, smoke bombs, flares, chemical gas bombs, etc.
individual soldiers used grenade launcher
grenade launcher as a new equipment of the Japanese army at that time. China also paid attention to it, but it has not taken it seriously. Only after the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance did the Chinese army truly feel the power of the Japanese grenade launcher.The Chinese army's light and heavy machine guns were basically reimbursed by grenade launchers, and then the Japanese army cooperated with their own light and heavy machine guns to attack the Kuomintang light infantry , and the entire front of the Kuomintang army would collapse.
1938, the National Government Arsenal began to imitate the Dasho ten-year grenade launcher in Nan'an District, Chongqing, named it the "27-year 50mm grenade launcher". It produces 500 Type 27 grenade launcher per month, 200,000 grenade launcher, and 30,000 grenade launcher grenade launcher. At the same time in 1941, the domestically produced 60mm mortar began to be mass-produced and removed from the platoon level, which was considered to solve the threat of the Japanese grenade launcher.
0grenades imitated by the Eighth Route Army
1941, the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal and the Hebei Central Military Region Arsenal successfully copied the new Japanese grenades, with a maximum range of 900m. Due to the limited production capacity at that time, a total of about 2,500 doors were produced before the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, which were mainly allocated for the main force.
In the eyes of the US military, the grenade launcher
60MM mortar is the nemesis of the grenade launcher. The range of the 60MM mortar is about 1,500 meters, and it can completely suppress the range of the grenade launcher 800 meters. The 60MM mortar is also commonly equipped in the platoon level of the modern People's Liberation Army and the US military. Since the minimum range of the 60MM mortar is 200 meters, and the grenade is at most 100 meters, and there is a gap between 100 meters and 200 meters. Later, this range is occupied by bazooka and grenade , and the grenade , so the grenade quits the stage of history.
US military tests Japanese weapons
There were indeed many highlights in the Japanese weapons during World War II. Although these weapons did not seem very great in hindsight, they often caught the other side off guard in the early stages of the war. Grenade launchers and Zero fighter are both weapons of this type.
