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Post by one50 on Dec 27, 2007 4:14:30 GMT 8
Happy holidays everyone.
I was wondering if anyone has a list of, or knows of some sort of list of captured Japanese weapons from when the "Rock" was retaken by our troops. Rifles, machineguns, pistols, mortars etc., mostly small arms.
If anyone has a "bringback", I would like to ask a few questions about it. Mainly looking for markings on the wepons themselves.
Thank you for your help. Dan
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Post by batteryboy on Aug 13, 2008 17:27:44 GMT 8
Happy holidays everyone. I was wondering if anyone has a list of, or knows of some sort of list of captured Japanese weapons from when the "Rock" was retaken by our troops. Rifles, machineguns, pistols, mortars etc., mostly small arms. If anyone has a "bringback", I would like to ask a few questions about it. Mainly looking for markings on the wepons themselves. Thank you for your help. Dan Hi Dan, Sorry if m reply is quite late but I saw your post as I was browsig thru the boards. I dont recall if there was a tabulated list of captured Japaese weapons specificically at the Corregidor but tabulation by researchers and historians have come up with the ff: Fixed and semi fixed weapons: On record the Japanese was said to have emplaced between 10-12 of their 120mm Mk 10 dual purpose naval guns that they used for defense. There were also a small number of 120mm guns of the older type (found on the old battleships) that were borght over when the ships upgraded their AA armament. Remains of some of these guns can be found on the now Japanese Peace Garden. Their markings may have been corroded or may have been covered by layers of green paint thru the years. As for the older 120mm type, one still remains on the hill at Battery Point. It was said that the Japanese also brought a few of their 305mm mortars in the island. There were a number of 12.7mm, 20mm and 25mm heavy MGs and AA guns. Some of the 20mm and 25mm were twin mounts. Small Arms, Etc. - Ofcourse, there were a number of captured small arms but again, I have not seen an official complete captured list. A lot of them were taken as "war trophies" so I doubt if they were ever declared properly. Typical small arms found would be the ff: - 7.7mm Arisaka Rifles - 6.5mm Meiji Rifles - 7.7mm Japanese Taisho MGs (similar to Hotchkiss design) - 7.7mm Lewis Types - 6.5mm Light MG (Type 96) - Standard Japanese Knee mortars There are items in the Corregidor Museum that show a few captured weapons but some of them are suspect if there were really recovered in the island or somewhere else. Regards, Battery Boy
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