| Type 94 37 mm quick-firing gun | |
|---|---|
 Type 94 37 mm AT gun at Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson, Hampshire, England | |
| Type | Anti-tank gun Quick-firing gun |
| Place of origin |  Empire of Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1936–1945 |
| Used by | Imperial Japanese Army, North Vietnam |
| Wars | Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet-Japanese Border Wars, World War II, First Indochina War |
| Production history | |
| Unit cost | 8,400 yen ($2,257 USD) in August 1939[1][2] |
| Produced | 1936-1941 |
| No. built | 3,400 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 324 kg (714 lb) approx |
| Length | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Barrel length | 1.765 m (5 ft 9 in) L/46.1 |
| Width | 1.19 m (3 ft 11 in) |
| Shell | Fixed QF 37×165 mm. R |
| Shell weight | .69 kg (1 lb 8 oz)[3] |
| Caliber | 37 mm (1.45 in) |
| Breech | Sliding horizontal breech |
| Elevation | -10° to +25° |
| Traverse | 60° |
| Rate of fire | 30 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 700 m/s (2,300 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 2,870 m (3,140 yd) |
| Maximum firing range | 4,500 m (4,900 yds) |
| Sights | straight telescopic |
The Type 94 37 mm quick-firing gun (九四式三十七粍速射砲, Kyūyon-shiki sanjyūnana-miri sokushahō) was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was used in combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type 94's number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2594 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1934 in the Gregorian calendar.[4]
- ^ Military catalogue of the Japanese military, p. 95
- ^ Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I, p. 673
- ^ Chamberlain, Peter (1974). Anti-tank weapons. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco Pub. Co. p. 30. ISBN 0668036079. OCLC 1299755.
- ^ War Department TM-E-30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces September 1944 p 400