A report on the organization of Japanese antiaircraft units, from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 32, August 26, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

ORGANIZATION OF JAPANESE AA REGIMENT Recent evidence has thrown light on the organization of Japanese antiaircraft units about which little was previously known. The organization of an AA regiment is believed to be as follows: A battalion therefore consists of 12 guns and a regiment of 24 guns plus a number of 20-mm AA/MGs. AA regiments are army troops, the battalion normally being the tactical unit. In the Southwest Pacific the Japanese appear to have frequently used two-gun positions with AA/MGs sited near the guns. In Burma, however, four-gun positions appear to have been more normal.

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