C&R · IV · 138
Type 38 75mm field 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, Model 38 Field Cannon.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1905–1945.
- 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: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Type 38 75 mm field gun” ↗, maker: Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 guns imported, then 'over 2,000 units, designated Type 38 in Japan, were produced under license by the army's Osaka Arsenal'
- 2. Wikipedia, “Type 38 75 mm field gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): accepted in 1905 (Meiji 38), initial units imported from Krupp; Japanese Wikipedia 三八式野砲: Osaka production count given as of end October 1942; end year 1945 is our estimate
- 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
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Type38.jpg” by US War Department, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Type 38 75 mm field gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Type 38 75 mm field gun was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905).