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  140mm Type III Naval Gun   
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Justin Taylan 2000

Warime History
The second of two guns built into an emplacment by the Japanese Navy behind Sup on Muschu Island. Carefully hidden in the sloping hill in earthen ravetments, with ammunition storage built into the walls. There are no bomb craters nearby, indicating they may not have been bombed by Allied aircraft.

Wreckage
Its revetment is better preserved that the No. 1 gun postion. A connecting access trench still lead out of the revetment. Ammunition canisters were built into the revetment walls, and are still in place today, although empty. Locals sold the brass shells to scrap dealers. In 2003, one of the 140mm ammunition crates was taken from the gun and brought down to a village near Sup, current whereabouts unknown.

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009

 

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140mm

 

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