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Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun

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Type
  
light field gun

In service
  
1908-1945

Place of origin
  
Japan

Used by
  
Japan

Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun

Wars
  
World War I, 2nd Sino-Japanese War, World War II

Weight
  
915.76 kg (2,019 lb) Firing 1,499.58 kg (3,306 lb) Traveling

The Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun was a Japanese field gun first accepted into service in 1908. Type 41 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 41st year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1908). It was slightly lightened version of the Type 38 75 mm field gun that was based on a 1905 Krupp design. It was the primary weapon of artillery units attached to cavalry formations. Although effectively obsolete by the start of World War II it was used in limited numbers despite nominally being replaced by the Type 95 75 mm field gun.

Design

This Schneider type gun was especially constructed to give artillery support to cavalry regiments. Its design is almost identical with that of the original Model 38 75 mm gun. It is somewhat lighter than the Model 38 improved 75 mm gun, the corresponding direct-support artillery in the infantry division. In 1944, Japanese cavalry brigades have not yet been in combat against U. S. forces, it was not certain whether this old-fashioned gun with unmodified box trails and hydrospring recoil remains in general use or has been superseded by a more modern weapon. It can readily be differentiated from the Model 38 75 mm gun by its interrupted thread breechblock.

References

Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun Wikipedia