The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Maribyrnong, Vic. c 1943. A Japanese 75mm Type 88 (1928) anti-aircraft gun, serial number 1018, manufactured by the Japanese State Arsenal. This is a dual purpose gun effective as an anti-aircraft or anti-tank gun. This gun was operated by the Japanese 47th Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion against Australian and United States forces during the allied attack on Buna in January 1943. The gun was found on a track west of Giropa Point and Giropa Creek, south of Buna in the area of the Government Gardens. The 32nd Division, United States Army, Urbana Force, were responsible for the attack on the Japanese in this area. The gun was recoverd and brought back to Australia for intelligence and technical examination which was carried out at the Maribyrnong Ordance Factory. In this photograph the gun is in the firing position, with the wheels removed, the trails and outriggers opened and extended and the additional outrigger attached to make a five point base. The barrel is in the firing position. (Copied from AWM54 320/4/29)
Maribyrnong, Vic. c 1943. A Japanese 75mm Type 88 (1928) anti-aircraft gun, serial number 1018, manufactured by the Japanese State Arsenal. This is a dual purpose gun effective as an anti-aircraft or
Maribyrnong, Vic. c 1943. A Japanese 75mm Type 88 (1928) anti-aircraft gun, serial number 1018, manufactured by the Japanese State Arsenal. This is a dual purpose gun effective as an anti-aircraft or
Maribyrnong, Vic. c 1943. A Japanese 75mm Type 88 (1928) anti-aircraft gun, serial number 1018, manufactured by the Japanese State Arsenal. This is a dual purpose gun effective as an anti-aircraft or
The Japanese Type 88 (1928) 75 mm anti aircraft gun was the standard anti aircraft weapon of the Japanese Army during the Second World War. The breechblock is a horizontal sliding, semi-automatic desi
PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN- MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. MEN OF B COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, STAND BY AS A TANK BLASTS JAPANESE PILLBOXES
PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK AND INFANTRYMEN IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE BEFORE THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)
