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Type-5 15cm Anti-Aircraft Artillery - Specifications

Five-type, fifteen-cm high gun cannon
Developer1st Army Institute of Technology
Date of development1943~1944
manufacturerOsaka Arsenal , Hiroshima Arsenal
Production Date1944~1945
Manufacturing quantity2
Basic specifications
caliber149.1 mm
Barrel length9 meters (60 caliber)
weight 9.2 ton barrels,
45-50t of total swiveling body
Number of operators20
Shooting elevation angle0~+85 degrees
Swiveling angle360 degrees
Rate of fire6~8 seconds/fat
Muzzle velocity930 meters / sec
Effective range13.9 km outside shot height 12,000 meters
maximum Range 26,000 m
Maximum range14.8 km outside shot height 8,000 m
maximum shot height 19,000-20,000 m
effective shot height 16,000 meters





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