The Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun developed and used by Japan during World War II. In-game, this AT gun is equivalent to the AT 2 pdr..
History[]
The Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank gun was accepted into service in 1942. The design originated as an improvement to the prototype “Experimental Type 97 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun”, which was tested between 1938 and 1939. The prototype weighed 567 kilograms with a barrel length of 2,515 mm, a traverse range of ±50 degrees and an elevation range of between minus 10 and plus 20 degrees, and a muzzle velocity of 730 m/s. The prototype was not accepted into service because it was considered to not have sufficient performance.
After the Nomonhan Incident, the Imperial Japanese Army started the development of a new anti-tank gun, considering that the Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun would likely be ineffective against the new Soviet tanks. The design was the first completely indigenous anti-tank gun design completed in Japan, and production was assigned to the Army's Osaka Arsenal. In terms of performance, the design was still somewhat inferior to advanced contemporary designs in western nations, but was considered suitable by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff due to the anticipated lack of armor by the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, and by the belief that Japan would face only light tanks fielded by the Allied nations in case of a more general war. The Type 1 47 mm AT Gun was introduced in 1942, and approximately 2,300 were produced.
The Type 1 47 mm AT Gun was introduced to combat service only in 1943, and up until that time Japanese infantry had considerable difficulty even against the Allied M3 Stuart light tank in the Pacific War. However, by the time the Type 1 was available in any quantities, the M3 had been superseded by the M4 Sherman, against which it was only marginally effective. The Type 1 47 mm AT Gun was issued to armored units as well as independent anti-tank units and was fielded in a wide variety of areas, but most notably Southeast Asia, and continued to be used with diminishing effectiveness until the end of World War II.
Pros & Cons[]
+It has the honour of being the japanese AT system with the most utility.
+It tends to be "Good enough" to deal with enemy armour, specialy in groups.
+/-The developers did not add the Type 94 -37mm AT gun, which would make sense as it would be equal to a PaK 36 with this one being equal to a 2-Pdr.
- Although the stats would be close, the Type 94 -37mm was available in 1939.
Weapons[]
The Type 1 47mm is armed with an Advanced Medium Caliber that fires AP shells.
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300 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 450m |
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