| Item title: | Field gunnery manual |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/2) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-26 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, TECHNICAL MANUALS, ARTILLERY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, WEAPONS |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured in the Buna area on 20 February 1943 during the Japanese retreat from campaigns the Buna area. This item is a manual containing technical information on a variety of artillery equipment and tactics, including observation equipment, muzzle velocity, shell identification, communications, firing rates, and specialist tactics, such as using gas shells. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:57 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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