Japanese Anti-Tank Guns

[Steve J]

I'm not sure if this has been raised before, but the Japanese range is conspicuous by the absence of the 37mm, 45mm and 75 amm ATG's. Any plans for these as I'm contemplating a force to fight some of the Burma campaign, with the odd island fight against the Americans. Any info greatly appreciated.

[Steve J]

Well, it looks like some scratch building is in order. I have some ideas, but whether I can execute them is another matter...

[pierre the shy]

Not sure quite how I ended up down this rabbit hole but here I am..... maybe I'm a wannabe 10mm WW2 gamer?

Have you considered the inter war period ranges for proxies, especially the Spanish Civil War range?

Looks like there are a couple of possibilities there if you don't mind slightly different shield shapes (or you could just use the guns themselves and just have to scratch build the shields yourself, which look fairly straight forwards as the shields are flat on both the 37 and 47mm guns).

The Japanese had limited anti-tank gun resources. According to Wikipedia the main types were:

Type 94 37mm and slightly later Type 1 which is the same apart from a longer barrel.

Type 1 47mm

The 75mm AT gun evidently never got past the experimental stage.

looking at models in the SCW range for the Type 94 37mm there is SCW172 - Hotchkiss 37mm AT gun. For the Type 1 37mm there is the similar looking but slightly longer barreled SCW171 MacClean 37mm Mk III Auto cannon.

For the Type 1 47mm what about either the SCW169 M32 45mm AT gun or the SCW166 M37 45mm AT gun?

Given that these guns are quite small physically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_37_mm_anti-tank_gun#/media/File:The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2213.jpg you could use the limber and 3 crew figures from the Pendraken 70mm Howitzer https://www.pendraken.co.uk/njp13-n70mm-howitzer-with-limber-and-crew-1-4089-p.asp to finish off the model stands?

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello SteveJ

Both the 37mm and the 47mm are available from Shapeways if you're keen.

https://www.shapeways.com/product/P9BFK4A48/1-144-ija-type-94-37mm-anti-tank-gun?optionId=65732362&li=shops



https://www.shapeways.com/product/6HCASBACV/1-144-ija-type-1-47mm-anti-tank-gun?optionId=68829725&li=shops



If you have access to a 3d printer there's a free model of the 47mm at https://downloadfree3d.com/3d-models/weapons/military-weapons/ww2-japan-artillery/



Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Steve J]

Thanks Pierre and Grumpy. I'm going to see which of the Inter-War guns is most likely going to be the closest fit, once I've received my order from Leon and Co. I've got a few ideas, including the Maclean auto-cannon as a basis for the conversion.

[Leon]

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