7 cm mountain gun
Type	Mountain gun
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army
Wars	Russo Japanese War First Sino-Japanese War
Specifications
Mass	.256 tonnes (560 lb)
Barrel length	1 m (3 ft 3 in) L/13.3
Shell	4.28 kilograms (9.4 lb)
Caliber	7.5 centimetres (3.0 in)
Elevation	-10° to +21°
Muzzle velocity	255 m/s (840 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	3,000 m (3,300 yd)

The 7 cm mountain gun was a Japanese ordnance first used in 1883. It was used in the First Sino-Japanese War as the main artillery, and was used again in the Russo-Japanese War by second-line troops .^[1]

History

From 1880, the Imperial Japanese Army wanted to produce guns on its own. With Italian help, the army designed new 75 mm guns. Because steel was expensive as a raw material in Japan at the time, bronze was used to produce the gun barrel.^[1]

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