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CharlieC


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This turned up in response to a query I raised about captured WW2 Japanese guns in Australia. It was captured in Hong Kong in 1945 and presented to the town of Strahan in Tasmania. It doesn't seem to fit with any IJA artillery piece so perhaps it's an older gun converted to the coastal defence role. Any ideas?

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Charlie


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Hi Charlie this appears to be a model 97 (1937) 57mm tank gun commonly used in the Type 97 Chi-Ha, many of these tanks were later upgraded with new turrets and high power 47mm AT Guns....

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/fig/hb-257.jpg

The gun appears to have had a 20 degree traverse independant of the turret and as the mantlet is there I assume this is the reason the mounting is a fixed one...
I havent seen the breech before but the description  of a verticle sliding block fits the bill...
The complete turret was also used on the type 4 KI-NU light tank (basically a type 95 LT with type 97 MT turret )and the gun as an upgrade for Type 89 medium tanks..

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-- Edited by Ironsides on Sunday 27th of December 2009 01:00:20 PM

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Thank you.

I guess the Japanese were recycling obsolete guns. The 57mm tank gun was fairly useless - short range and poor armour penetration. There are a couple of the Type 97 replacement - the Type 1 47mm guns (same as that used in the Chi-Ha Shinhoto and Chi-He tanks) in Queensland. Unfortunately they are 950km and 1300km from my place.

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Charlie

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