Japanese army were firing on Hong Kong island from some hill in kowloon.
It was a Type 45 240 mm howitzer gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I and World War II. It was the first such weapon to be entirely designed in Japan.
The gun could fire an armour piercing shell with a velocity of 400 metres per second to a maximum range of 10 km.
During the December 1941 Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese forces used heavy artillery positioned on the elevated terrain of Ho Man Tin (Homantin) in Kowloon to relentlessly bombard allied defensive positions, batteries, and the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.
The Imperial Japanese Army's 14th Independent Heavy Field Artillery Regiment and related units set up howitzers and mountain guns on high ground including Ho Man Tin Hill after capturing the Kowloon Peninsula around December 12–13, 1941.
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It could reached cloudridge of the peak
Japanese army were firing on Hong Kong island from some hill in kowloon.
It was a Type 45 240 mm howitzer gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I and World War II. It was the first such weapon to be entirely designed in Japan.
The gun could fire an armour piercing shell with a velocity of 400 metres per second to a maximum range of 10 km.
Homantin Hill - December 12–13, 1941
During the December 1941 Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese forces used heavy artillery positioned on the elevated terrain of Ho Man Tin (Homantin) in Kowloon to relentlessly bombard allied defensive positions, batteries, and the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.
The Imperial Japanese Army's 14th Independent Heavy Field Artillery Regiment and related units set up howitzers and mountain guns on high ground including Ho Man Tin Hill after capturing the Kowloon Peninsula around December 12–13, 1941.