MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-08-14. A JAPANESE TYPE 93 TWO METRE HEIGHT AND RANGE FINDER ON SHOW AT ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 055305
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Rogers, M B
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-08-14. A JAPANESE TYPE 93 TWO METRE HEIGHT AND RANGE FINDER ON SHOW AT WESLEY COLLEGE MUSEUM. EXHIBITION STAGED BY MASTER-GENERAL OF ORDNANCE BRANCH, LAND HEADQUARTERS. THE RANGE FINDER WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. IT WAS POSSIBLY CAPTURED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TYPE 88 75MM MOBILE ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN WHICH WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE SAME EXHIBITION.