| Item title: | Use of field artillery for anti-aircraft fire |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/22) 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 5/22 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-251 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 31 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/12/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ANTI AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY, MILITARY TRAINING, TECHNICAL MANUALS |
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| Names: | SHIMIZU Kiku, HQ Commandant, Dept of Inspector General of Military Training |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wakde Island [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 Wakde Island on 28 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 training manual entitled "Reference on anti-aircraft fire with field artillery", issued in April 1943 by SHIMIZU Kiku, Headquarters Commandant, Department of Inspector General of Military Training. It contains information on preparing positions and guns for anti-aircraft fire, an appendix of charts and sketches, the effective zone of shrapnel projectiles for field guns, and various trajectory diagrams. Using field artillery for anti-aircraft defence became increasingly necessary for the Japanese who were hampered by supply shortages and the dominance of Allied air power. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:51 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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