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History, Military

Japanese Type 96 25mm gun and North American T-28 Trojan on Display at Villa Escudero

In my last post, I introduced Villa Escudero located near Quezon in the Philippines. I have a few more photos of static displays near their museum that I want to share in this last post from the visit.

Japanese Type 96 25mm Anti-Aircraft Gun – Single Mount

The Type 96 was a variant of the French Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun and was made in Japan.

The Japanese produced the Type 96 anti-aircraft cannon with single (1943), double (1935) and triple (1941) gun mounts. The weapon was generally considered reliable but the mounts were very slow to move.

Japanese Type 96 25mm gun displayed on a lawn at Villa Escudero
Japanese Type 96 25mm gun displayed at Villa Escudero with North American T-28 Trojan
Note the rock keeping the gun pointed straight ahead. Layers of paint were helping to slow the rust.
Japanese Type 96 25mm gun at Villa Escudero, with a tank in the background.
Japanese Type 96 25mm gun on display at Villa Escudero. Military history exhibit.
As with pretty much every display I’ve seen, the breech and receiver internals are gone.

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Japanese Type 1 mobile 47 mm Rapid Firing Anti-tank Gun

The Type 1 was produced at the Osaka Army Arsenal – reflecting it was the year 2601 of the Japanese imperial year and went inhto production in 1942 with a total of approximately 2,300 being built.

Green cannon on display at Villa Escudero, Philippines.
I don’t know why I only have one photo – if you look on the web, everyone has this photo. I wish I had more angles.

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North American T-28 Trojan From the Philippine Airforce

This T-28 was a trainer aircraft used by the US Airforce and Navy well into the 1980s. It was also sold to a nubmer of militaries including the Philippine airforce until 1994. A fellow on another page said the serial number of the plane at Villa Escudero is 174-565 and if I look that up, it was sold to the Philippines in November 1958 and disposal approved on February 22, 1977. I was there in 2016 so it showed up there sometime between those dates.

North American T-28 Trojan aircraft displayed on a lawn at Villa Escudero
North American T-28 Trojan aircraft on display at Villa Escudero. Tail number 612 is visible.

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Prop Gun With More Displays Visible

My best guess is that the gun mount is authentic – though I don’t know what it is, but the “gun” are mockups.

Japanese Type 96 25mm gun and North American T-28 Trojan on display at Villa Escudero
Japanese Type 96 25mm gun displayed at Villa Escudero
The mockup is on the left and the real Japanese Type 89B with a resort visitor climbing up the tread is on the right.

Closing

There was more to see at Villa Escudero. Why I didn’t take more photos, of the displays, I don’t know. It was a beautiful resort and I will end this with my favorite photo from there.

Villa Escudero: Bamboo rafts on water with illuminated huts and trees at dusk.

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