FineMolds MG60 Replacement tank gun barrel for Type97 'Shinhoto Chi-Ha' & Type1 Medium Tank

Type 1 is a 47 mm tank gun from the World War II period, Japanese production. The barrel length of this gun was 48 calibers, or 225 centimeters. The average initial velocity of a shell fired from this gun was up to 810 m / s. When firing armor-piercing ammunition, it was able to penetrate an armor plate with a thickness of 55 mm from 100 meters, 40 mm from 500 meters and 30 mm from about 1000 meters. The presented gun is a variant of the Type 1 47mm anti-tank gun (Japanese: Isshiki Kido yonjyunana-miri sokushaho), which entered service at the beginning of 1942. This cannon began to be developed after the bad experiences of fighting Soviet armored weapons that the Japanese army had gained from the war of 1938-1939. Ultimately, it was to replace the Type 94 and Type 1 anti-tank gun, as well as the top variant of the latter. The Type 1 47mm tank gun was the main armament of several types of Japanese tanks - the Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha, the Type 1 Chi-He, the Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank and the Type 5 Ke-Ho prototype vehicle.