Type 96 25 mm dual purpose gun | |
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![]() Type 96 25 mm AA gun at the Philippine Army Museum | |
Type | Anti-Aircraft/Anti-tank, Autocannon |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Service history | |
In service | 1936–1945 |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Wars | World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War |
Production history | |
Designer | Hotchkiss |
Designed | 1935 |
No. built | 33,000 |
Specifications | |
Mass | Single barrel: 785 kg (1,731 lb) Twin barrel: 1,100 kg (2,400 lb) Triple barrel: 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) |
Barrel length | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) L/60 |
Crew | 9, 7 or 3 depending on number of barrels |
Shell | 25×163mm |
Caliber | 25 mm (0.98 in) |
Action | Gas operated |
Elevation | -10° to +85° |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 200–260 rpm (cyclic) 110 rpm (effective) |
Muzzle velocity | 820 m/s (2,700 ft/s)[1] |
Effective firing range | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) at 45° with HE shell[2] |
Maximum firing range | 3 km (9,800 ft) (effective) 5.5 km (18,000 ft) (maximum)[3] |
Feed system | 15-round box magazine |
The Type 96 25 mm gun (九六式二十五粍高角機銃, Kyūroku-shiki nijyūgo-miri Kōkakukijū) was an automatic cannon used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A locally-built variant of the French Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-aircraft gun, it was designed as a dual-purpose weapon for use against armored vehicles and aircraft, but was primarily used as an anti-aircraft gun in fixed mounts with one to three guns.