War pilots learn to fear ground fire : the gun manned here by a Chinese crew is one of the latest type Bofors automatic cannon

Chinese soldiers man an anti-aircraft gun emplacement sited in a corn field. A range finder is to the left of the gun. The 25 mm gun was built on license by Hungarian firm MAVAG; it was designed by Bofors of Sweden. The soldiers wear German-style “coal scuttle” (Stahlhelm) helmets.

Publication date: 1937-12-05

Size: 12.4 x 20.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Helmets--1930-1940
• Bofors, AB--Products--1930-1940
• Antiaircraft guns--Swedish--China--1930-1940
• China. Lu jun--People--1930-1940
• China. Lu jun--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940
• Soldiers--Chinese--China--1930-1940
• Corn--China--1930-1940
• Croplands--China--1930-1940
• Magyar Királyi Államvasutak Gépgyára--Products--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 5, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Thoms, Wayne

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press