Archaehistoria

Type88

October 1943. An American Intelligence team surveys a upturned Japanese Type 88 (1928) 75mm AA gun that has suffered a direct hit from an aerial bomb in the Solomon Islands. Most likely bombed by a Marine SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber. Note wooden boxes of 7cm ammunition.

 

 

Type88

25 September 1994. Still intact and a dramatic sight in the jungle!

 

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