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Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

The breech was particularly unusual . . . What is this?

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KL

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Japanese Model 4 (1915) 150mm Howitzer, these were broken into 2 loads for transport, this one is on the transport carriage, Out of 11 known to me , only one is on the firing carriage. Notice no recoil cylinders

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

Huh. I wonder where it is from.

How did the breech work?

KL

JG300-Ascout

According to Wiki (yeah, we know), if it's the same gun, it did have a recoil system (hydropneumatic).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...m_howitzer

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

What AJ meant was that the arrangement that's preserved doesn't have any recoil mechanism or recuperator, i.e., it can't be fired that way. That indicates that this is just the recoiling parts of the weapon on a transport limber.

KL

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

thanks Kurt, I'm not very clear sometimes

JG300-Ascout

OK, got it. Just checking!

CharlieC · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 24, 2012 Posts: 58

- armyjunk2

Japanese Model 4 (1915) 150mm Howitzer, these were broken into 2 loads for transport, this one is on the transport carriage, Out of 11 known to me , only one is on the firing carriage. Notice no recoil cylinders

Where is the Type 4 howitzer that is complete?

There's another barrel transport vehicle at Wisconsin Rapids, WI - noted
in John Anderson's warmemorials.us website.

Regards,

Charlie

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

my mistake, I see 2 on the firing carriages, one on Saipan and the other in Beijing. The one on Saipan is in very poor condition, the Beijing one looks ready to fire. None in the US, I wonder if the folks bring this back thought they were complete guns?

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