The Japanese Army and Navy of the 1920s and 30s often used quite different equipment, and had a substantial interservice rivalry. Flare guns were one example of this separation, with the services using not just[…] Flare gun Japan’s Type 90 3-Barreled Naval Flare Pistol ...
Fincantieri would be a natural home for WASS’s torpedo production and Oto Melara’s manufacture of naval cannons including the 76mm and 127mm guns the shipyard mounts on its vessels. Oto Melara’s turrets for military vehicles would however not be such a good fit, a...