Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon

• Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon

• Introduced: 1938
• Caliber: 20 mm
• Barrel length : 1.4 m (L70)
• Elevation angle of fire : -5 to +85 degrees
• Azimuth angle of fire: 360 degrees
• Muzzle velocity : 950 m/s
• Weight: 373 kg
• Range: 5,500 m
• Altitude : 3,500 m
• Rate of fire : 300 round/min
• Production quantity: 2,500

These weapon and your variants proceded from German/Swiss design of Par-Semag 20 mm AA/AT gun of 30s years why previously Japan buying and developed in home.

Type 98 was the most popular light AA gun of IJA. About 80% of IJA light AA guns were Type 98. It first saw action in Nomonhan and it was used until the end of WWII.