had a cartridge case identical in length with that used in the Type 38 75 mm field gun. This case was longer than that used in the Type 41 mountain gun because the propelling charge used in Model 94 ammunition was less than that used in the ammunition for the Type 38, and firing the Type 38's ammunition from the Type 94 would damage the gun. The Type 38 lacked both a howitzer trajectory and varying charges with which to adjust the trajectory of rounds it fired, and this increased the dead space for the Model 94 when it fired in mountainous terrain. The Type 94's counterrecoil was said to be so slow when the piece was fired at elevations above 30° that, rather than fire above that elevation, the artillery battery displaced forward to maintain a higher rate of fire. Ammunition High-explosive M94 with of TNT and M88 impact or delay fuses. "A" with picric acid and dinitro and M3 combination fuse "B" with of picric acid and dinitro and M88 impact or delay fuse M90/97 with of TNT and M88 impact or delay fuse M90 pointed HE with TNT and M88 impact or delay fuse Armor-piercing M95 APHE with of picric acid and dinitro M95 small AP base fuse Shrapnel M90 shrapnel with of black powder with M5 combination fuse M38 shrapnel with of black powder with M3 combination fuse Chemical Star M90 illumination with M5 combination fuse Incendiary M90 incendiary with black powder and M5 combination fuse Smoke M90 smoke with of picric acid and dinitro with M88 impact fuse Combat record Type 94 75 mm mountain gun was used extensively in Manchukuo during the Pacification of Manchukuo (1931–1942) and in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). It was also assigned to units in the Southern Expeditionary Army and was sited in defensive positions on islands throughout the Netherlands East Indies and the South Seas Mandate. It was one of the most common weapons encountered by Allied forces in the closing stages of World War II. Both North Korea′s Korean People's Army and the People's Republic of China′s People's Volunteer Army used Chinese copies of the Type 94 during the Korean War (1950–1953). Notes References Bishop, Chris (eds) The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Barnes & Nobel. 1998. Chant, Chris. Artillery of World War II, Zenith Press, 2001, McLean, Donald B. Japanese Artillery; Weapons