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Type 5 15 cm AA gun

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The was a large caliber anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II. [1]

19 relations: Air raids on Japan, Anti-aircraft warfare, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Breech-loading weapon, Caliber, Gregorian calendar, Gun barrel, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Steel Works, Japanese archipelago, Japanese calendar, Kugayama, Operation Downfall, Suginami, Surrender of Japan, Type 3 12 cm AA gun, Type 88 75 mm AA gun, United States Army Air Forces, World War II.

Air raids on Japan

Allied forces conducted many air raids on Japan during World War II, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Breech-loading weapon

A breech-loading gun is a firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber integral to the rear portion of a barrel.

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Caliber

In guns, particularly firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the gun barrel, or the diameter of the projectile it shoots.

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Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used civil calendar in the world.

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Gun barrel

A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type ranged weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces and air guns.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Japan Steel Works

is a steel manufacturer founded in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1907.

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Japanese archipelago

The is the group of islands that forms the country of Japan, and extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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Japanese calendar

Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.

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Kugayama

is a neighbourhood of Tokyo in Suginami ward, west of Shinjuku in Japan.

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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II.

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Suginami

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.

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Type 3 12 cm AA gun

The was an anti-aircraft gun used in quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.The Type 3 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2603 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1943 in the Gregorian calendar.

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Type 88 75 mm AA gun

horizontal The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_5_15_cm_AA_gun

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