The Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun is the earliest anti-tank gun Japan developed to counter light armour. Being developed after the Type 11 37 mm infantry gun, this gun saw both service as a field gun and tank gun.
Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun captured at Milne Bay
While intended as an anti-tank gun, due its short bore, low muzzle velocity, short-range and slow reloading time the gun saw limited capabilities against other armour.
Designed in 1934 and designated as Type 94, it wasn’t fully adopted until 1936, but still kept its initial designation.
1944- Members of the 1st Marine Parachute Battalion use a captured Japanese Type 94 37mm anti-tank gun against its former owners on Bougainville.
The Type 94 37mm AT gun was effective against Soviet lightly armored BT tanks in the Nomonhan Incident of 1939, but was considered obsolete against more advanced Allied tanks, such as the M4 Sherman, by the start of the Pacific War.
Only one more infantry unit left for our big game.
a mammoth project- excellent work Guru
Gah! don’t know why I went all incognito there; operational reasons …
Every time someone says incognito, I’m reminded of an employee I had you was from Bangladesh, and told me he flew across the county “commando”. He meant incognito, but English wasn’t;t his native tongue! Ha!!
flying commando doesn’t sound comfortable!
Can’t even imagine sitting buck naked in an airline seat!
My memory is that jet Jackson was the “Flying Commando”!
That looks very nice!
Great artillery piece and crew Dave, hopefully you get the last unit done in time, but I’m sure you will, as you are a machine at painting big projects.
A very antiquated one running on not much steam.
Nice little gun- not much use I’d imagine though. How does its HE effect compare with that of the knee mortar for example?
Cheers,
Pete.
The HE is about the same, but the knee mortars can move and fire in bolt action. I agree though, nice to have, but not much use unless against landing craft or LVT’s.
Looks great, GP! This has been a great project to watch develop.
Thanks ToT. Always good to hear that people enjoy your work!
An interesting read Dave, I had to look up the Nomonhan incident as I had not heard of of it, cheers mate an interesting story.
Thanks Pat – I always like to add a little twist!