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Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
Includes one metal Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft gun plus crew figures and one large six-hole base.

Allied intelligence originally assumed that Japan’s Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun was a copy of the German 8.8cm Flak 36/37 gun, but it was instead their own design incorporating features from many foreign designs including the British Vickers QF 3” gun.

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Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Aaron Mathie.

Banzai
The Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor has awoken the Americans.
Now they must fight with determination to hold their gains, to push the westerners back and consolidate Japanese control. Every inch of ground, each beach, village and airfield, are defended with a ferocity against which no enemy can stand.

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Banzai – Imperial Japanese Forces in the Pacific
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)

‘Type 88’ refers to the Japanese imperial year 2588 – or 1928. When it entered service it was the equal of any of its Western equivalents. Designed as a medium anti-aircraft gun, the Type 88 was fielded in large numbers in most theatres of the war.

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
The Japanese quickly discovered that the Type 88 was also an effective anti-tank weapon. This anti-tank capability was vital in the latter stages of the war as few Japanese guns could successfully engage the M4 Sherman tank, and the Japanese issued specific armour piercing rounds to units on Iwo Jima and Okinawa which were used to good effect.
The Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun in Flames of War

Weapon
Mobility

Range

ROF
Anti-Tank Firepower Notes
Type 88 75mm gun

Immobile

32"/80cm 

2 10 3+  Heavy Anti-aircraft gun, turnable.

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
The Type 88 75 mm AA gun had a single piece gun barrel with sliding breech, mounted on a central pedestal. The firing platform was supported by five legs, each of which (along with the central pedestal) had adjustable screwed foot for leveling. For transport each of the legs could be folded, and the barrel was also partially retractable.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)

Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Contents
a. 1x Officer with sword.
b. 1x NCO.
c. 1x Loader with ammunition crate.
d. 1x Kneeling gun crewman.
e. 1x Gun crewman with hands on ears.
f. 2x Seated gunners.
g. 1x Gun mount.
h. 1x 75mm Gun.
i. 5x Stabilising legs.
j. 1x Large artillery base.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)

Assembling the Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun
Step 1. Begin assembly of your Type 88 75mm Heavi Anti-aircraft Gun by gluing the five legs into the base.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
Below: All five legs glued into the base.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
Step 2. Next glue the gun on to the base. Take note of where the seated gunners should be before gluing, otherwise you may not be able to fit them in!
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
Step 3. Now glue in the gun operators. The base of each seat its into the small hole in the base. Below: Type 88 75mm gun assembled.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)
Step 4. Now that the gun is complete, position it and the crew figures on the base.
Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550) Type 88 75mm Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun (JP550)


Last Updated On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 by James at Battlefront