page_title: Type 38 10 cm cannon
hierarchical_section_title: Type 38 10 cm cannon
caption_attribution_description: Japanese Type 38 10 cm Cannon
context_page_description: The Type 38 10 cm cannon was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was a licensed copy of a 1905 Krupp design. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign. By 1941 it was thoroughly obsolete and relegated to second-line service.
context_section_description: The Type 38 10 cm cannon (三八式十糎加農砲, Sanhachishiki Jissenchi kanonhō) was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was a licensed copy of a 1905 Krupp design.  The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905). By 1941 it was thoroughly obsolete and relegated to second-line service.
caption: Type 38 10 cm cannon
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