Description
The Type19 Wheeled Howitzer Self Propelled was developed as the successor to the FH-70 in order to speed up fire and position changes, improve tactical and strategic mobility, and networking.
Development began in 2008 as a Fire power combat vehicle and was development completed in 2013.
The barrel is the same as that of the Type99 Howitzer Self Propelled, and the body is a German MAN 8×8 truck, produced under license by JSW.
A total of 227 Vehicle will be procured
Role
◎Wheeled Self Propelled Howitzer
Origin
◎Japan
Armament
◎gun:L52 155mm Howitzer
・Gun Angle: Left 90°~Right 27°
(Direct aiming firing can be done at a range of 40 degrees, from 50° to 90° to the left.)
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・Ammunition
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・L15A1 HE
・Type93 Base Bleed HE
・M107 HE
・Type75 HE
・M110WP Smoke shell
・M116B1 Coloring Smoke shell
・JM109 Flare shell
Crew
◎Commander/車長
◎Gunner/砲手
◎Aiming man/照準手
◎Driver/砲班長
◎Other Crew ×3
Only 5 passengers are allowed in a vehicle.
In-game
◎Expected BR:6.3
◎Although the angle of fire will be limited, it will be very interesting to see the addition of JGSDF’s newest Wheeled Self Propelled Howitzer.
Gonna be honest, I had no idea the Type 19 was capable of direct fire. That was the only thing holding me back from wanting it in-game. Now it’s just like any other gun truck. +1
Definite +1 from me. The mobility provided would add a nice twist to artillery gameplay that we’ve only really seen from the G6, if even. Never knew it had direct fire capability, which was the only thing making me hesitant about it
My vote is sadly no for this vehicle - at least as a Tech Tree/Squadron variant. The gun arches will make it very situational on different maps and we already have Type-75 and soon the Type-99, which are way better for War Thunder’s gameplay style and they offer better protection from machine gun fire.
Unfortunately but it is not possible, the gun can not move around unless the recoil spade is deployed.
If you look at the back you could see the tray of auto-loader will be stuck by the spade when it is folded making it impossible for the gun to traverse left or right side and it can’t lift the tray up because it is fixed to the gun which is itself stuck by the vehicle cabin.
Just have it semi-deployed. Far enough to allow the gun to rotate but not so far that it’s touching the ground. Such a configuration is already present on the battlepass Italian gun truck, which has its stabilizers half deployed for the express purpose of allowing the gun more mobility. I think it’s time to start getting used to such configurations as they will be 100% necessary for a large portion of the WW2 and post war SPHs players want added, especially American ones. I agree that its gun angles are quite limited, however, this very obviously isn’t a vehicle that would get added for its usefulness. It’s a big old truck with a massive semi-autoloaded fuck-off gun. Throw it in at 4.0 as a squadron vehicle and it’ll be just fine. Japan is in need of more non-tech tree ground stuff anyway. Of course, these are just my opinions.
Regarding ammo capacity, I’m almost certain that the Type 19 carries more than 5 rounds. Look here:
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The other rounds appear to just be covered by the lids of their respective compartments.
There’s already a picture that shows that it can fire from the side, several truck-based vehicles including AA’s already cannot aim straightwards. Besides that having the gun point to the side directly is no different from what a Flak 88, or similar vehicles do already except for the driver being pointed in the opposite direction making repositioning relatively easy.
This is said to be the first prototype of the Type 19. In addition to the 50. cal, it appears that the gun has more room to traverse to the sides. Seeing as they are the same shape and size as the production version, I presume the boxes in this image are similarly for ammunition storage.
