Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
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The Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
. About 80% of IJA light AA guns were Type 98. It entered service in 1938 and first saw combat in Nomonhan
. It was used until the end of the Second World War.
The gun can be emplaced in about 3 minutes by an experienced crew or fired inaccurately from its wheels.
This weapon and its variants were based on the French design of the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun of the 1930s, which the Japanese forces had bought and further developed at home.
Imperial Japanese Army
-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...
. About 80% of IJA light AA guns were Type 98. It entered service in 1938 and first saw combat in Nomonhan
Nomonhan
Nomonhan is a small village near the border between Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China south of the Chinese city of Manzhouli.In the summer of 1939 it was the location of the Nomonhan Incident, as it is termed in Japan, or the Battle of Khalkhin Gol as it is known in Soviet and Mongolian People's...
. It was used until the end of the Second World War.
The gun can be emplaced in about 3 minutes by an experienced crew or fired inaccurately from its wheels.
This weapon and its variants were based on the French design of the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun of the 1930s, which the Japanese forces had bought and further developed at home.
Ammunition
- Type 100 Armour piercing tracer. Weight 162 g projectile and 431 g complete round.
- Type 100 High-explosive tracer (with self destruct). Weight 136 g projectile and 405 g complete round.
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