| Item title: | Installation of anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defenses on transport ships |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/23) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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| 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 5/23 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-263 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI AIRCRAFT, ANTI SUBMARINE, BALLOONS, BATTERIES - GUNS, ARTILLERY, CHEMICAL WARFARE, TRANSPORT SHIPS, NAVAL GUNS, NAVAL TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | Army Transport Dept |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia on 21 May 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is an extract from a manual entitled "Training manual on outfitting ships and personnel – for the use of Class A and B Trainees", issued in December 1942 by Army Transport Department. It contains information on the installation of anti-aircraft guns for defence against aircraft and submarines, use of field guns for anti-submarine fire, paravanes and smoke generators, anti-gas equipment, gun platforms and barrage balloons. This document revealed something of the Japanese approach to tactical defence, such as concentrating anti-aircraft firepower in a limited number of ships in convoy rather than dispersing it over all the ships. It also reveals that in December 1942 some parts of the Japanese Army believed that gas attack from Allied forces was "beyond question" and, therefore, extensive anti-gas measures had to be put in place. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:26 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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