page_title: Type 96 15 cm howitzer
section_title: Combat record
hierarchical_section_title: Type 96 15 cm howitzer / Combat record
caption_attribution_description: English: A Type 96 15-cm-howitzer
context_page_description: The Type 96 15 cm howitzer was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 4 15 cm howitzer in front line combat units from 1937, although it fired the same ammunition. The Type 96 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar.
context_section_description: The Type 96 15 cm howitzer was first used in combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and was highly praised by its crews. It was also used at the Nomonhan Incident in the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars.
  After the start of the Pacific War, it was assigned to Japanese units at the Battle of Bataan and Battle of Corregidor in the Philippines, as well as at the Battle of Guadalcanal. Many units were at the Battle of Okinawa. It continued to be used as the main howitzer of Japanese artillery units until the end of World War II.
  A surviving example is preserved at the Yushukan Museum at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Additional examples can be found in a parking lot in Bellevue, Washington, just east of 124th Ave. NE on the Bel-Red Road (complete with gun shield but without the breech block), and in front of the Veterans Memorial Building in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, although that one is in poor condition.  Another surviving example is on display in Olathe, Colorado at Lions Park, corner of 5th St and Hersum Ave. There is also another example present in Hampshire, at the war memorial park in Romsey which was captured by Louis Mountbatten.
caption: A Type 96 in action.
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