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| image=[[File:type1_47mm_3d.gif|Type 1 47mm]]
| type=[[Unit Types#defAT|Anti-Tank]]
| owner=[[Japan]]
| year=1941

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Work on Japan's first indigenous anti-tank gun design started in 1937 with several experimental prototypes built, none were put into production though because of inadequate performance. Following the defeat of Japanese forces to the Soviets During the Nomonhan Incident in 1939 interest in a new anti-tank gun resurfaced. Work on the design continued over the next few years and was finally completed in 1941 and standardised as the Type 1 47mm, production started in 1942 and it was deployed into service during 1943. By then the Allies had introduced newer tank designs witch the Type 1 was unable to effectively defeat, however with no other anti-tank guns available it continued to be used until the end of the war.  


==References==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_47_mm_Anti-Tank_Gun Wikipedia]

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