Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun

SKU: BF-JP550
GTIN: 9420020230194
Category: Guns

Includes one metal Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft gun plus crew figures and one large six-hole base

10,35 €

incl. 19% VAT , plus

Old price: 11,50 €

Item out of stock
Delivery time: 22 Workdays (Other countries)

Description

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun
(JP550)
Includes one metal Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft gun plus crew figures and one large six-hole base.

Allied intelligence originally assumed that Japan’s Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun was a copy of the German 8.8cm Flak 36/37 gun, but it was instead their own design incorporating features from many foreign designs including the British Vickers QF 3” gun.
‘Type 88’ refers to the Japanese imperial year 2588 – or 1928. When it entered service it was the equal of any of its Western equivalents. Designed as a medium anti-aircraft gun, the Type 88 was fielded in large numbers in most theatres of the war.
The Japanese quickly discovered that the Type 88 was also an effective anti-tank weapon. This anti-tank capability was vital in the latter stages of the war as few Japanese guns could successfully engage the M4 Sherman tank, and the Japanese issued specific armour piercing rounds to units on Iwo Jima and Okinawa which were used to good effect.

The Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun in Flames of War
Mobility: Immobile
Range: 32”/80cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 10
Firepower: 3+
Heavy Anti-aircraft gun, Turntable

The Type 88 75 mm AA gun had a single piece gun barrel with sliding breech, mounted on a central pedestal. The firing platform was supported by five legs, each of which (along with the central pedestal) had adjustable screwed foot for leveling. For transport each of the legs could be folded, and the barrel was also partially retractable.

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Contents
1x Officer with sword.
1x NCO.
1x Loader with ammunition crate.
1x Kneeling gun crewman.
1x Gun crewman with hands on ears.
2x Seated gunners.
1x Gun mount.
1x 75mm Gun.
5x Stabilising legs.
1x Large artillery base.

15mm, metal
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