The Type 89 was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

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 heavy artillery units. It was widely used from the Manchurian Incident to the end of World War II

World War II

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, for example, Nomonhan

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, Bataan

Bataan

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 and Corregidor Island, Okinawa.

The Type 89 15 cm gun was comparable to the U.S. M1918, but the Type 89 has shorter range. The Type 89 was less efficient than similar heavy caliber guns of other nations in World War II.

The trail was the split-box type trail with detachable spades. The traversing handwheel and the scale were located on the left side of the carriage. The elevation scale, the range drum, and the sight were on the right side of the carriage.

External links

• "150 mm Gun Type 89" Japanese Artillery Weapons, CINCPAC Bulletin 152, July 1945.