| Item title: | Anti-aircraft firing with regimental gun |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/25) 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 5/25 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-298 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 11 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ARTILLERY, ANTI AIRCRAFT, TECHNICAL MANUALS |
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| Japanese unit names: | Hayashi Unit Infantry School |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Noemfoor Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of Japanese publications captured at Noemfoor Island on 6 July 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 a pamphlet entitled "References on anti-aircraft firing with regimental gun", issued in 1944 by Hayashi Unit Infantry School. It contains information on the construction of sighting equipment for a regimental (Type 41) mountain gun when used as an anti-aircraft weapon, the preparation of ammunition, preparation of firing positions, firing techniques and sketches of gun platforms, battery dispositions and gun positions. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:03 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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