Type 92 battalion gun

Both lacked sufficient firepower and range, and infantry divisions did not like the fact that they had to carry two different types of weapons with different ammunition into combat.

The Type 92 battalion guns curved trajectory and short barrel meant that tanks had to be engaged at relatively close-range.

[9] It later accompanied units assigned to the Pacific front and was used with considerable effectiveness against Allied forces throughout the South Seas Mandate and in Southeast Asia.

[10] Significant quantities of Type 92 guns were captured by Nationalist and Communist forces in China following the cessation of hostilities in 1945.

[14] Two guns are at the Marine Recruiting Depot Museum in San Diego, California, put on display outdoors.

[citation needed] Another is on display in front of VFW Post 7589 in Manassas, VA.[citation needed] One gun is on display at the Redcliffe branch of the RSL in Queensland, Australia, reliably reported as coming from WWII operations on the Kokoda Trail against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea.

One Type 92, painted green, was formerly on display at Reflections at Bukit Chandu, a Singapore war museum dedicated to the Battle of Pasir Panjang during the Japanese invasion of the island in 1942.

Type 92 battalion gun captured and used by USMC on Saipan
Type 92 battalion gun captured on Guadalcanal
Type 92 gun at Dharma Wiratama Museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia