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Old July 31st, 2018, 07:29 PM

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Default Re: China OOB21 and OOB14 v.11

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I got stuff from ASL on the Chinese OOB if there was any interest.
If you spotted any errors in my suggestions, or would like to add something, feel free. Personally I'm not planning to make too deep research, just relying on what's available.

Off Map Heavy Artillery

091 270mm Mortar - no mention on the quoted page. Seems, that such piece should have been significant. Photo is German 210mm morser anyway...
Quote: Extremely limited quantities of Japanese super heavy artillery weapons would have fallen into the hands of the Chinese, as there were few instances when these guns were employed by the Japanese in China. The most common and likely type to have fallen into Chinese hands would have been the 240mm Type 45 (Model of 1912) howitzer, which was the most common of the Japanese super heavy guns. Other heavy Japanese ordnance was the 240mm Type 90 (Model of 1930) railroad gun (...) Weapons like the old Krupp M-1879 280mm howitzer used during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 (this same weapon was employed by Imperial Russia as well) were long obsolete...

119,120,130 - 114mm Battery, 120mm Battery, 122mm Battery - described above - not existing in that form and on-map only. Unless we assume, that the latter one is Soviet M-30 obr.1938 howitzer delivered post-war.
[Same OOB14]

131 155mm Battery (the Long Tom) - no mention on deliveries to China of this very advanced piece on the quoted page, nor in a breakdown of foreign deliveries in Osprey New Vanguard 131 "US Field Artillery of WWII".

132 210mm Cannon - no mention on the quoted page, maybe there was some antique weapon, as photo suggests.
[Same OOB14]

197 150mm T96 Bty - OK
("Relatively smaller quantities of the more modern Schneider patterned Type 96 (Model of 1936) 150mm field howitzer were also acquired from captured or seized Japanese stocks; some of these weapons would also later show up in Korea.")

334 15cm Battery [class 10 Off Map Artillery] - maybe it should be Off Map Heavy Artillery rather? (now it's in Medium batteries). OK, only according to the quoted page they were delivered "during the German advisory period ca. 1936-1938" (now 1/35)

335 - 15cm Battery [class 10 Off Map Artillery] - as above.
The weapon is some Type 19 with 205 range, and photo is French 155 mm Mle 1917. There doesn't seem to be such thing, but from some 1943 US 155 mm M1918 howitzers were used (US unit 413, range 202, photo 30402)
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