Type 89 150 mm cannon

, also known as a "15-cm" gun,Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42, p. 50. was a cannon of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).This field gun type was named "eighty-nine" because its design was completed in 1929; and 1929 was the 2589th year since Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.  The Japanese Imperial year was Kōki 2589 (皇紀2589年).

This was one of the main guns of the IJA heavy artillery units. "Model 89 150 mm cannon," US Technical Manual, pp. 225-226;  "Japanese Artillery Weapons," CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin 152-45, July 1945; retrieved 2012-2-18.

History
Type 89s were used in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in World War II.

Related pages 
 Artillery of Japan
 List of field guns

References 

Other websites

 Type 89 on Taki's Imperial Japanese Army page 

Category:Japanese weapons
Category:Artillery