The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese battalion gun Model 92 70 mm Howitzer mounted on a carriage fitted with wooden wheels with steel rims. The gun is provided with a split trail, which when closed forms the towing unit. The trail is of welded construction apart from where the spades are rivetted on. The breech block (missing) is interrupted - screw type, swinging down. Elevating and traversing mechanism are controlled by handwheels provided with one handwheel each; fitted with a single- piece 1/8 in. armour steel shield. The shield originally would have been fitted with a shield pate (missing) resting on top of the barrel which slid up and down in runners on the shield to accomodate the movement of the barrel. Sight holder on the left of the breech, (but no sights with the weapon). Japanese factory cyphers and date (Showa 17 - denoting 1942) Original khaki paint scheme present under top layer of paint. 12 spoked wooden wheel with steel rim.
The Type 92 was an infantry support weapon. It was typically horse drawn, but could be man-handled by a 10 man section, and was often crewed by as little as five men. The gun had an extremely short barrel, approximately 9 calibers long. Range 3000 yards effective rate of fire10 r.p.m.
The 105 mm Type 92 (1932) Field Gun is readily recognized by its long slender barrel and trail. The recoil mechanism is hydro-pneumatic in which the air is in direct contact with the liquid in the rec
The gun has a semi-automatic, horizontal sliding breech block. The gun is mounted on a split trail carriage with wooden wheels fitted with steel rims. The recuperator is of the hydrospring type and is
Japanese infantry battalion howitzer Model 92. The breech mechanism is hand operated, interrupted screw type and hinged to the barrel, and in operation rotates one quarter turn and drops down to the r
This model was introduced in 1934 as an improvement of the 75mm type 41 mountain gun. It was a modern design by WWII standards having a horizontal sliding breech block, split trails and hydropneumatic
75mm Field gun with hydrospring recoil mechanism. Cradle is mounted on a carriage with iron rimmed wooden spoked wheels. The trail is constructed from two parallel tubular steel trails which clamp to
127 mm (5 inch) artillery piece with screw-operated horizontally moving breech block. The Gun is mounted on a steel carriage composed of two plate sections joined with rivetted transoms. The carriag
