C&R · IV · 137
Type 92 70mm battalion gun
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 85 ↗
Japanese, M1932 70mm Battalion pack howitzer.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1932–1945.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 85 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “九二式歩兵砲” ↗, maker: produced at the Osaka Army Arsenal and the Nagoya Army Arsenal, an estimated 3,000 guns
- 2. Wikipedia, “Type 92 battalion gun” ↗, action: interrupted thread, drop breechblock (an artillery piece): Other
- 3. Wikipedia, “Type 92 battalion gun” ↗, years: infobox production date 1932–1945 (Ness, Rikugun vol. 2)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passMaker: Japanese Army arsenals → Osaka & Nagoya Army Arsenals. Japanese Wikipedia names both arsenals
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Type92Sill.jpg” by Sturmvogel 66, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Type 92 battalion gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Type 92 battalion gun was a 70mm light howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Type 92 could be used in both direct and indirect fire. Despite its odd appearance, the Type 92 was well-liked by the IJA. The Type 92 designation was for the year the gun was accepted, 2592 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1932 in the Gregorian calendar. Each infantry battalion included two Type 92 guns; therefore, the Type 92 was referred to as "battalion artillery" .