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IJN Justin Taylan 2003 |
Wartime History Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as 14cm/50 3rd Year Type Naval Gun / 140mm Naval Gun Type III serial number unknown. Transported to Kairiru Island. Wartime History One of two 140mm Naval Gun guns gun no. 1 and gun no. 2 emplaced at at Yavik on Kairiru Island. Built into an emplacement on in a concere pit and has an entrance behind it for crews to enter and exit. This gun overlooks the southern channel between Muschu and Kairiru Island. The gun emplaced in a concere pit and has an entrance behind it for crews to enter and exit. Wreckage Gun is still emplaced in its wartime position. A shell is still in the chamber, and two open ammunition boxes nearby. In the 1980's a 'white man' came and removed the gun site. References The Naval Land Unit that Vanished in the Jungle (1995) by Tetsuo Watanabe: "The heavy weapons we had were two 12-centimeter guns, [sic 14cm/50 3rd Year Type Naval Gun / 140mm Naval Gun Type 3 (1914) "Sea Coast Gun"] several mountain guns and 13mm machine guns. It was apparent that we did not have the capacity to fight the well armed enemy. Besides we were a Naval Unit with little experience in land battles. Having witnessed the the strength of the enemy on the mainland [of New Guinea], I often wondered if our military drills were meaningless." Contribute
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