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The Type 19 proved useful as an entrenched weapon, capable of effectively clearing structures and wooded areas with shrapnel and gas, as well as being a welcome improvement over handheld grenades for combating tanks when proper AT was unavailable. However, its weight remained an issue, as the gun was very exposed during setup and handled rapid forward action poorly, relegating it to a role in entrenched fighting and urban sieges, and it was reliant on ammunition which detracted from heavy artillery production, meaning the weapon became a burden both on resources and supply as it was one of two weapons in regular use (the other being a dedicated AT gun) to use 1.5" rounds. The Type 19 was replaced with a 1" variant (The Type 40) which was portable by two men and only featured HE rounds, relegating it to a direct fire assault support role as originally envisioned. | The Type 19 proved useful as an entrenched weapon, capable of effectively clearing structures and wooded areas with shrapnel and gas, as well as being a welcome improvement over handheld grenades for combating tanks when proper AT was unavailable. However, its weight remained an issue, as the gun was very exposed during setup and handled rapid forward action poorly, relegating it to a role in entrenched fighting and urban sieges, and it was reliant on ammunition which detracted from heavy artillery production, meaning the weapon became a burden both on resources and supply as it was one of two weapons in regular use (the other being a dedicated AT gun) to use 1.5" rounds. The Type 19 was replaced with a 1" variant (The Type 40) which was portable by two men and only featured HE rounds, relegating it to a direct fire assault support role as originally envisioned. | ||
==Patron 28 Mle 37 Cannon Anti-Blindee== | |||
An almost identical gun the Patron 28 Mle 37 Cannon Anti-Blindee was produced in [[Yonderre]] and [[Burgundie]] in 37mm (1.45in) from [[1928]]-[[1943]]. It is considered by many to be an act of intellectual property theft but to date there has been no evidence of theft beyond the mechanism itself being almost identical. It owes it's longer service life in the [[Army of Burgundie]] because of its utility in asymmetric warfare in the far flung reaches of the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]]. | |||
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