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Veteran Models has announced the release of IJN Type 96 25mm Single AA Guns in big 1/200 scale.

Type 96 25mm machine guns represent Veteran Models first ventures into the weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1/200 scale. The Type 96 was the standard medium anti-aircraft gun of the IJN throughout World War II. A mediocre weapon compared to its contemporaries in other navies, it was nevertheless a mainstay of IJN antiaircraft defense, being mounted aboard practically every ship in the fleet.

Veteran Models’ Type 96 mounts are little kits in themselves with superb resin, photoetch brass, and turned brass parts. These intricate assemblies represent an order of magnitude improvement over the parts provided in plastic kits. Plastic kits which mount various iterations of the Type 96 include Nichimo’s 1/200 destroyers IJN Akizuki, Hatsuzuki, Kagero, Shiranui, the submarine I-19, and of course their monsterpiece, the massive 1/200 Yamato!

The 1/200 scale IJN Type 96 25mm Single AA Guns set of six mounts is listed by Freetime Hobbies at https://freetimehobbies.com/1-200-veteran-models-ijn-type-96-25mm-single-aa-guns/?goal=0_5c19b4e6bd-3d67a654ab-165106749&mc_cid=3d67a654ab&mc_eid=0e290e7102 and can be ordered now for US$15.00.