Mechanical Heritage of China’s Mountain Gun Manufacturing in the 1940s: The SOMUA Rifling Machine at North Western Industrial Corporation
摘要
This paper examines modern Chinese gun machining technology by analyzing the Jin-made 36 Type 75 mm mountain gun manufactured by the North Western Industrial Corporation. It also investigates the technical characteristics and introduction process of the SOMUA rifling machine as a mechanical heritage, while discussing artillery manufacturing during the era of the Republic of China.