Japanese Artillery. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Japanese weapons receive much less attention that those of other armies, in part because their ground weapons tended to be obsolescent or odd.  Artillery is no exception.

A lot of Japanese weapons tended to reflect an earlier era, sometimes only slightly so, and sometimes greatly, than that of the 1940s.  Japan tended to adopt a weapon, of a copy of a good Western design, and stick with it for a long time, savor for naval and air weapons, where they were advancing all the time.  In terms of artillery, much of it was light and antiquated.

It's notable here that of the Japanese guns depicted, most still retain wagon wheel type wheels.

Last edition:

British 25 Pdr. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Artillery, British Army, National Museum of Military Vehicles, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)