List of Japanese military equipment of World War II
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Rifles

  • Type 30 Rifle
    Type 30 Rifle
    The Type 30 Rifle Arisaka was a bolt-action rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Japanese infantry from 1897 to 1905. It was the first rifle in the Arisaka family as well as the first to chamber the 6.5x50mm Arisaka round...

  • Type 38 Rifle
    Type 38 rifle
    The is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it. Both of these weapons were also known as the...

  • Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
    Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
    The Japanese was a short barreled version of the bolt-action Type 38 rifle, it was used by the Japanese cavalry, engineers and artillery troops during World War II. It entered service in 1905. The rifle was very accurate. The rifle barrel was 310 mm shorter than the standard rifle...

  • Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
    Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
    The Type 44 Cavalry Rifle is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. This rifle is also often referred to as a Type 44 Carbine. It was a development of the Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle, the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards and locks underneath the barrel...

  • Type 97 Sniper Rifle
    Type 97 Sniper Rifle
    is a Japanese bolt-action rifle, based on the Type 38 Rifle. Following the standard practice of the time, it was adapted from an existing infantry rifle. The only difference between this rifle and the original Type 38 is that it had a lightened stock, a single-action hammer, a 2.5 power telescopic...

  • Type 99 Rifle
    Type 99 Rifle
    The was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History:During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, the Japanese soon found that the 8×57mm IS cartridge the Chinese used was superior to the 6.5×50mm cartridge of the Type 38 rifle,...

  • Type 99 sniper rifle
    Type 99 Sniper Rifle
    The was a Japanese sniper rifle used during the Second World War. It was a sniper version of the Type 99 rifle, chambered in the 7.7x58mm round. There were a few variations of the Type 99 sniper rifle, some with the straight bolt and the scope mounted on the left side of the receiver which allowed...

  • Type I Rifle
    Type I Rifle
    The Type I rifle was produced by Italy for the Japanese Empire prior to World War II. After the invasion of China, all Arisaka production was required for use of the Imperial Army, so under the terms of the Anti-Comintern Pact, the Imperial Navy contracted with Italy for this weapon in 1937...

  • TERA Rifles
  • Experimental Automatic Rifles (Type 5 rifle)

Pistols

  • Type 26 9 mm Pistol
  • Nanbu Type A 8 mm "Grandpa"
  • Nanbu Type B 8 mm "Papa"
  • Nanbu Type C 7 mm "Baby"
  • Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol
    Nambu pistol
    was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. The pistol had two variants, the Type A , and the Type 14 .-History:...

  • North China Type 19 8 mm Pistol
  • Type 94 8 mm Pistol
  • Type 1 .32ACP Pistol
  • Type 2 8 mm Pistol
  • Sugiura .32ACP Pistol
  • Inagaki .32ACP Pistol
  • Mauser C96
    Mauser C96
    The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937...

     (Type MO Large pistol)
  • FN Model 1910
    FN Model 1910
    The FN Model 1910 was a blowback-operated, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgium.-Development:...

  • Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
    Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
    The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut...


  • Attention
Japanese Army Officers were expected to purchase their own pistols. Many of them bought more reliable European models instead of other domestic pistols.

Submachine gun

  • Type 100
  • Type II
    Type II machine pistol
    The was a submachine gun of Japanese origin chambered in the 8mm Nambu round and was issued to Japanese Naval units.The machine gun was produced in relatively small numbers for the IJN during the invasion of Shanghai. During its trial periods it was found that the 8mm round which it used had a...

  • MP18
    MP18
    The MP18.1 manufactured by Theodor Bergmann Waffenbau Abteilung was the first practical submachine gun used in combat. It was introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World War I as the primary weapon of the Stosstruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat...

     (Used by Paratroopers)
  • MP28 (Used by Paratroopers)
  • M38/43 (Used by the Imperial Navy)
  • Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927
    Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927
    The was a submachine gun of Japanese origin, manufactured by Tokyo Arsenal. The Imperial Japanese Army developed the Model 1927, which was fed from a drum magazine. It was ordered from Tokyo Arsenal and tested by the army. However, it was inferior to submachine guns such as the MP 18, and broke...


Machine guns

  • Type 11 Light Machine Gun
    Type 11 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and during World War II.-History:Combat experience in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 had convinced the Japanese army of the utility of machine guns to provide covering fire for advancing infantry...

  • Type 96 Light Machine Gun
    Type 96 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and in World War II. - History and development :Combat experience in the Manchurian Incident of 1931 and subsequent actions in Manchuria and northern China reaffirmed the Japanese army of the utility of machine...

  • Type 99 Light Machine Gun
    Type 99 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. -History and development:The Type 96 Light Machine Gun, an improvement over the previous Type 11 Light Machine Gun was introduced into combat service in 1936, and quickly proved to be a versatile weapon to provide...

  • Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    , also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.It used an ammo...

  • Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
    entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. It was used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Army and Collaborationist forces. Captured weapons were also used extensively by Chinese National Revolutionary Army troops and the North Korean army...

  • Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
    was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War starting from 1941. It was sometimes used as a light anti-aircraft gun during the war in the Pacific. It is essentially a smaller, lighter version of the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. It employs the same principles...


Grenades

  • Type 4 Grenade (Ceramic Grenade)
  • Type 10 Grenade
    Type 10 Grenade
    The was the first fragmentation hand grenade designed and deployed by the Imperial Japanese Army.-History and development:After the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the Japanese army experimented with a variety of grenades; however, no design reached mass production...

  • Type 91 Grenade
    Type 91 Grenade
    The was an improved version of the Type 10 fragmentation hand grenade/rifle grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army. Although superseded as a hand-thrown weapon by the Type 97 by the start of World War II it was still used by units in the Second Sino-Japanese War and by reserve forces, as well as...

  • Type 97 Grenade
    Type 97 grenade
    The was the standard fragmentation hand grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. -History and development:...

  • Type 99 Grenade
    Type 99 Grenade
    The was an improved version of the Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during World War II. -History and development:...


Grenade launchers

  • Type 10 Grenade Discharger
    Type 10 Grenade Discharger
    was a Japanese smoothbore, muzzle loaded weapon used during the Second World War. It first entered service in 1921. The Type 10 has a range of 175 meters, greater than other grenade dischargers of that time. It had a range control device at the base of the barrel in the form of a graduated thimble...

  • Type 89 Grenade Discharger
    Type 89 Grenade Discharger
    The , inaccurately known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific during the Second World War.-Background:...

  • Type 2 rifle grenade launcher
    Type 2 rifle grenade launcher
    The Type 2 rifle grenade launcher was an attachment for the Japanese Type 38 and Type 99 rifles that allowed them to fire special hollow charge grenades. It was a version of the German Schiessbecher grenade launcher. Two grenades were produced for the launcher: a 30 mm calibre grenade and a larger...


Infantry mortars

  • Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
    Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
    The Type 11, was an infantry mortar used by the Japanese. It was first used in 1922 and was the first mortar to be introduced by the Imperial Japanese Army. The mortar was later replaced by the Type 92 Battalion Gun....

  • Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
    Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
    The Type 94 was a 90 mm smoothbore infantry mortar, introduced in 1935, used by the Japanese in World War II. By giving the Type 94 an especially heavy and stable mount and bipod, a massive shock absorber group, a powerful projectile, and a lengthy tube and heavy powder charge capacity for long...

  • Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
    Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
    The Type 96 and Type 97 were Japanese 150 mm calibre mortars used during the Second World War. The Type 96 was first introduced in 1936. It had a caliber of 150.5 mm, and approximately 90 were produced. The Type 96 was used in Iwo Jima and China, but its performance is not known...

  • Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar
    Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar
    The Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar was a Japanese mortar used during World War II. It entered service in 1937.-Specifications:* Range: 2,800 m * Muzzle velocity: 196 m/s * Elevation: +45 to +85 degrees...

  • Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
    Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
    The Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar was a simplified version of the Japanese Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar by removing the recoil mechanism.- Specifications :*Type: Infantry Mortar*Introduced Year: 1937...

  • Type 97 150 mm Infantry Mortar
  • Type 99 81 mm Infantry Mortar
  • Type 2 120 mm Infantry Mortar
  • Type 98 50 mm Mortar

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

  • 15cm Mortar
  • Type 14 27 cm Heavy Mortar
  • Type 98 32 cm Spigot Mortar
  • Type 4 20 cm Rocket Launcher
    Type 4 20 cm Rocket Launcher
    The was a 203 mm rocket mortar used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the final stages of World War II.-Development and design:The Type 4 rocket mortar was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Japanese Army Technical Bureau, as a low-cost, easy to produce weapon, which had an...

  • Type 4 40 cm Rocket Launcher
    Type 4 40 cm Rocket Launcher
    The was a 400 mm rocket mortar used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the final stages of World War II.-Development and design:The Type 4 rocket mortar was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army Technical Bureau, as a relatively low-cost, easy to produce weapon,...

  • Type 5 Mortar Launcher "Tok"

Field artillery

  • 7cm Mountain Gun
  • Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
    Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
    The Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun was introduced in 1898. As the barrel was made of steel, it improved the range and accuracy of the gun when compared to the 7 cm Mountain Gun, which was made of bronze. It was used during the Russo-Japanese War. Approximately 620 were produced....

  • Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
    Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
    The Type 41 75 mm mountain gun is a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. Originally it was the standard pack artillery weapon. After it was superseded by the Type 94 75 mm mountain gun, it was then used as an infantry "regimental" gun, deployed 4 to each infantry...

  • Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
    Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
    The was a mountain gun used as a general purpose infantry support gun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It superseded the Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun to become the standard pack artillery piece of Japanese infantry divisions...

  • Type 99 10 cm Mountain Gun
  • Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun
    Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun
    The Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun was a Japanese field gun first accepted into service in 1908. It was slightly lightened version of the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun that was based on a 1905 Krupp design. It was the primary weapon of artillery units attached to cavalry formations...

  • 7 cm Field Gun
  • Type 31 75 mm Field Gun
  • Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
    Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
    The was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.-History and development:...

  • Type 90 75 mm Field Gun
  • Type 95 75 mm Field Gun
    Type 95 75 mm Field Gun
    The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun and the Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun in front line combat units, but due to operational and budgetary constraints, only a small number were produced, and the Type 38 and...

  • Krupp 12 cm Howitzer
  • Krupp 15 cm Howitzer
  • Type 38 12 cm Howitzer
  • Type 38 15 cm Howitzer
    Type 38 15 cm howitzer
    The was a 1905 German design that was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard heavy howitzer of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.-History and development:...

  • Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
    Type 4 15 cm howitzer
    The was a heavy howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:The Type 4 15 cm Howitzer was designed by the Army’s Osaka Armory to rectify the shortcomings of the Type 38 15 cm howitzer – namely its lack of portability...

  • Type 91 10 cm Howitzer
    Type 91 10 cm Howitzer
    The was a howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:The Type 91 10 cm Howitzer was an orthodox design howitzer, based largely on contemporary French Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider howitzers ordered during the late...

  • Type 96 15 cm Howitzer
    Type 96 15 cm Howitzer
    The was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 4 15 cm howitzer in front line combat units from 1937, although it fired the same ammunition.-History and development:...

  • Krupp 10.5 cm Cannon
  • Type 38 10 cm Cannon
    Type 38 10 cm Cannon
    The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was a licensed copy of a 1905 Krupp design...

  • Type 14 10 cm Cannon
    Type 14 10 cm Cannon
    The was the first medium caliber cannon totally of Japanese design and the first with a split trail carriage. It was used Imperial Japanese Army but was not considered successful and was replaced by the Type 92 10 cm Cannon.-History and development:...

  • Type 92 10 cm Cannon
    Type 92 10 cm Cannon
    The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was intended to supersede the Type 14 10cm Cannon in front line combat service.-History and development:...


Fortress guns

  • 28cm Howitzer
  • Type 45 24 cm Howitzer
  • Type 45 15 cm Cannon
  • Type 7 30 cm Howitzer
  • Type 7 10 cm Cannon
  • Type 7 15 cm Cannon
  • Type 11 75 mm Cannon
  • Type 89 15 cm Cannon
    Type 89 15 cm Cannon
    The Type 89 was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army heavy artillery units. It was widely used from the Manchurian Incident to the end of World War II, for example, Nomonhan, Bataan and Corregidor Island, Okinawa....

  • Type 96 24 cm Howitzer
  • Type 96 15cm Cannon
  • Experimental 41 cm Howitzer
  • Type 90 24 cm Railway Gun

Anti-tank guns

  • Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:...

  • Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during World War II.-History and development:After the Nomonhan Incident, the shortcomings of the Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun had become obvious, and the Imperial Japanese Army started the development of a new...

  • Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
    The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during World War II.-History and development:The Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank gun was accepted into service in 1942. The design originated as an improvement to the prototype “Experimental Type 97 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun” ,...

  • Type Ra 37 mm AT Gun

Anti-tank weapons

  • Infantry Armor
  • Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
    Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
    was a Japanese anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had an automatic action which gave it the high rate of fire. On the downside the recoil from the large round was very violent. The gun could be fitted with a protective shield pushing the total weight up to 68 kg...

  • Type 99 AT Mine
  • Armor Piercing Anti-Tank Grenade
  • Type 93 Pressure Anti-Tank/Personnel Mine
  • Type 2 AT Rifle Grenade
  • Type 3 AT Grenade
  • Lunge AT Mine
  • 57 mm Tank Cannon
  • 37 mm Tank Cannon
  • Experimental AT Gun (Japanese equivalent to Bazooka
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

    , PIAT
    PIAT
    The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank was a British hand-held anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed in 1942 in response to the British Army's need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon, and entered service in 1943.The PIAT was based on the spigot...

    , Panzerfaust
    Panzerfaust
    The Panzerfaust was an inexpensive, recoilless German anti-tank weapon of World War II. It consisted of a small, disposable preloaded launch tube firing a high explosive anti-tank warhead, operated by a single soldier...

     or Panzershreck)
  • Type 5 45 mm Recoilless Gun
  • Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher
    Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher
    The Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher was a Japanese rocket launcher used during the last year of World War II. It was to be used in the Japanese mainland in case of an invasion by the Allies....


Occasional anti-aircraft guns

  • Type 97 20 mm AT/AA Rifle
  • Type 11 Light Machine Gun
    Type 11 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and during World War II.-History:Combat experience in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 had convinced the Japanese army of the utility of machine guns to provide covering fire for advancing infantry...

  • Type 96 Light Machine Gun
    Type 96 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and in World War II. - History and development :Combat experience in the Manchurian Incident of 1931 and subsequent actions in Manchuria and northern China reaffirmed the Japanese army of the utility of machine...

  • Type 99 Light Machine Gun
    Type 99 Light Machine Gun
    The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. -History and development:The Type 96 Light Machine Gun, an improvement over the previous Type 11 Light Machine Gun was introduced into combat service in 1936, and quickly proved to be a versatile weapon to provide...

  • Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    , also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.It used an ammo...

  • Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
    entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. It was used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Army and Collaborationist forces. Captured weapons were also used extensively by Chinese National Revolutionary Army troops and the North Korean army...

  • Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
    was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War starting from 1941. It was sometimes used as a light anti-aircraft gun during the war in the Pacific. It is essentially a smaller, lighter version of the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. It employs the same principles...


Light anti-aircraft guns

  • Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
    , also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.It used an ammo...

  • Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun
  • Type 97 20 mm AT/AA Rifle
  • Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
    Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
    The Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. About 80% of IJA light AA guns were Type 98. It entered service in 1938 and first saw combat in Nomonhan...

  • Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
    Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
    The Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon was a Japanese-designed anti-aircraft gun, based on the German Flak 38. It entered service in 1942. A central fire-control system was developed for Type 2, which could control and direct 6 of the guns at once....

  • 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
  • Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
    Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
    Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon was a Japanese Anti-aircraft gun. It consisted of two Type 98 20 mm guns. It was introduced in 1944 and approximately 500 guns were produced.* Caliber: 20 mm* Barrel length: 1.4 m...

  • Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
    Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
    The was an automatic cannon used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A local built variant of the French Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun, it was primarily used as an anti-aircraft gun in fixed mounts with between one and three guns, but was designed as a dual-purpose weapon for use...

  • AA Mine Discharger
    AA Mine Discharger
    The AA Mine Discharger was a Japanese anti-aircraft weapon of the Second World War. The device was a simple tube like an infantry mortar of 70 mm or 81 mm caliber. Instead of a standard mortar bomb, the projectile was a tube containing seven individual mines, each approximately 11/16ths...


Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns

  • Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun (triple Muzzle)
  • Vickers Type 40 mm AT/AA Gun
  • Type 11 75 mm AA Gun
    Type 11 75 mm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. It was the first anti-aircraft gun in Japanese service, but only a small number were produced, and it was superseded by the Type 14 10 cm AA Gun and the Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in active service before the start of...

  • Type 88 75 mm AA Gun
    Type 88 75 mm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It replaced the earlier Type 11 75 mm AA Gun in front line combat service, and at the time was equal in performances to any of its contemporaries in western armies and was...

  • Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
    Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, which went into production in 1943. Due to the lack of raw materials available and the great damage by air raids to its industrial infrastructure, only 70 units were made...

  • Type 3 80 mm AA Gun
    Type 3 80 mm AA Gun
    The Type 3 80 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun was a Japanese Anti-aircraft gun used during World War 2....

  • Type 99 88 mm AA Gun
    Type 99 88 mm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History and development:During the Battle of Nanjing in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces captured a number of German-made SK c/30 anti-aircraft guns from the National Revolutionary Army of the...

  • Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
    Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
    The Type 10 was a Japanese 120 mm calibre dual-purpose anti-aircraft and coastal defense gun used during the Second World War. The weapon was originally designed for ship use and was produced in large numbers during 1944...

  • Type 89 127 mm/40 caliber,twin mounted,dual-purpose
  • Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
    Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. Only a small number were produced, and it was superseded by the Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in production before the start of World War II.-History and development:...

  • Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
    Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
    The was an anti-aircraft gun used in quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It replaced the earlier Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in Japanese service.-History and development:...

  • Type 5 15 cm AA Gun
    Type 5 15 cm AA Gun
    The was a large caliber anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II. It was intended to replace the earlier Type 3 12 cm AA Gun in civil defense against American air raids.-History and development:...


Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

  • Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank
    Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank
    The Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank or Ho-Ki was a Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun using the Type 98 20 mm gun combined with the chassis of the Type 1 Ho-Ki armoured personnel carrier...

     "Ho-Ki"
  • 20 mm AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck
    20 mm AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck
    The AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck was a vehicle of the Imperial Japanese Army that carried the Type 98 20 mm AA autocannon. It was a Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck. The gun was unloaded on the ground or fired from the truck. It was deployed in the air defense units of tank divisions....

  • 20 mm Anti-Aircraft Tank "Ta-Se"
  • Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover
    Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover
    The Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover is a Japanese 6 wheeled prime mover used during the Second World War. In entered service in 1937.In 1920s, the Imperial Japanese Army was using several types of trucks as Anti-aircraft gun tractors. In 1936 the Type 96, a new AA gun tractor was developed from Type 94...

  • Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle
    Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle
    The Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle was an experimental Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It was a single 20mm, type 2 gun mounted on a type 98, 4-ton half-track. The vehicle, which was also named the "Ko-Hi", was manufactured by Isuzu.The Type 98 4-tonners were "high speed" prime...

     "Ko-Hi"

Tanks

  • British Mk IV - World War I vintage
  • British Medium A "Whippet"
    Whippet Mk A
    The Medium Mark A Whippet was a British tank of World War I. It was intended to complement the slower British heavy tanks by using its relative mobility and speed in exploiting any break in the enemy lines. Possibly the most successful British tank of World War I, the Whippet was responsible for...

     - World War I vintage
  • Renault FT17 "Ko" Light Tank
    Renault FT-17
    The Renault FT, frequently referred to in post-WWI literature as the "FT-17" or "FT17" , was a French light tank; it is among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history...

     - World War I vintage
  • Type 89 Medium Yi-Go
  • Renault NC27 "Otsu" Light Tank
  • Carden Loyd Mk.VI
    Carden Loyd tankette
    The Carden Loyd tankettes were a series of British pre-World War II tankettes, the most successful of which was the Mark VI, the only version built in significant numbers...

  • Type 92 Combat Car
  • Type 94 Tankette "TK"
    Type 94 Te Ke
    The Type 94 tankette was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. Although tankettes were often used as ammunition tractors, and general infantry support, they were designed for reconnaissance, and not...

  • Type 95 Heavy Tank
  • Type 95 Ha-Go
    Type 95 Ha-Go
    The was a light tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry, however, like the American M3 Stuart, it was not designed to fight other tanks...

  • Type 97 Te-Ke
    Type 97 Te-Ke
    The was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. It was designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 TK....

  • Type 97 Chi-Ha
    Type 97 Chi-Ha
    The was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It was the most widely produced Japanese medium tank of World War II, although the armor protection was considered as average in the 1930s...

  • Type 97-improved Medium Tank "Shinhoto Chi-Ha"
  • M3 Light Tank
    Stuart tank
    The M3 Stuart, formally Light Tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II and supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war—and used thereafter by U.S...

     - Captured
  • Type 98 Light Tank "Ke-Ni"
    Type 98 Ke-Ni
    The was designed to replace the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, Japan's most numerous armored fighting vehicle during World War II.-History and development:...

  • Type 1 Medium Tank "Chi-He"
    Type 1 Chi-He
    -External links:***...

  • Type 2 Light Tank "Ke-To"
  • Type 2 Amphibious Tank "Ka-Mi"
  • Type 3 Amphibious Tank "Ka-Chi"
    Type 3 Ka-Chi
    The was an amphibious medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Type 3 Ka-Chi was based on an extensively modified Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Chi-He tank and was a larger and more capable version of the earlier Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.-History and...

  • Type 3 Medium Tank "Chi-Nu"
    Type 3 Chi-Nu
    The was another improvement over the Type 97 Chi-Ha line of medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Type 3 Chi-Nu mounted one Type 3 75 mm Tank Gun, one of the largest guns ever to be fitted on a World War II Japanese tank....

  • Type 4 Medium Tank "Chi-To"
    Type 4 Chi-To
    The was one of several new medium tanks developed by the Imperial Japanese Army towards the end of World War II. The Type 4 Chi-To was by far the most advanced Japanese wartime tank to reach the production phase...

  • Type 4 Light Tank "Ke-Nu"
    Type 4 Ke-Nu
    The was a light tank of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was a conversion of existing hulls of Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks re-fitted with a larger tower of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank.-History and development:...

  • Type 5 Medium Tank "Chi-Ri"
    Type 5 Chi-Ri
    The was the penultimate medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's sophisticated Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, in performance it was designed to surpass the US M4 Sherman medium tanks being fielded by the Allied...

  • Type 92 Tankette
  • Type 95 Ke-Go Light Tank
  • Type 93 Light Tank
  • Type 94 Medium Tank
  • Type 95 Kyo-Go Light Tank
  • Type 95 Ke-Ri Light Tank
  • Type 95 Keni Light Tank
  • Type 95 So-Ki Rail Tank
  • Type 95 Ke-Nu Rail Tank
  • Type 95 Heavy Tank
    Type 95 Heavy Tank
    The Type 95 Heavy Tank was the final version of the Japanese multi-turreted designs in commission during the time periods of World War I and World War II. Modeled from Axis German and Italian tank designs, this tank featured 2 turrets, the main armament being a 70mm cannon, and its secondary turret...

  • Type 97 Chi-Ni
  • Type 1 Ti-Ho Medium Tank
  • Type 2 Medium Tank
  • Type 2 Ho-I Infantry Support Tank
    Type 2 Ho-I
    The Support Tank was a derivative of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Similar in concept to early variant of the German Panzer IV, it was designed as a self-propelled howitzer to provide the close-in fire support for standard Japanese medium tanks with...

  • Type 4 Ke-Hy Light Tank
  • Type 5 Ke-Xo Light Tank
  • Experimental Tank - Number 1
  • Type 91 Heavy Tank - Experimental
  • Experimental Medium Tank Chi-Ni
  • Experimental Medium Tank
  • Experimental Medium Tank Chi-Ho
  • Experimental O-I Super Heavy Tank
  • Experimental Ultra Heavy Tank
  • Experimental Type 98 Medium Tank
  • Experimental Flying Tank Ku-Ro or So-Ra
  • Experimental Flying Tank Maeda Ku-6
  • Model 94 3/4 Ton Tracked Trailer
  • SRII Amphibious Tank
  • Type 1 "Mi-Sha" Amphibious Tank
  • Type 3 "Ka-Chi" Amphibious Tank
  • Type 2 "Ka-Mi" Amphibious Tank
  • Type 4 "Ka-Tsu" Amphibious Launch
  • Type 4 "Ka-Sha" Amphibious Tank
  • Type 5 "To-Ku" Amphibious


Note: Amphibious Tanks were used by the IJN.

Self-propelled guns

  • Type 1 75 mm SPH "Ho-Ni I"
  • Type 1 105 mm SPH "Ho-Ni II"
  • Type 2 Gun Tank "Ho-I"
  • Type 3 Gun Tank "Ho-Ni III"
  • Type 4 150 mm SPH "Ho-Ro"
  • Short Barrel 120 mm Gun Tank
  • 75 mm SP AT Gun "Na-To"
  • Type 4 120 mm Ho-To
  • Type 4 155 mm Ho-Ro
  • 75 mm SPG "Kusae"
  • 120 mm Short Barrel Gun Tank
  • Experimental Type 2 Ho-Ri Tank Destroyer
  • Experimental Jiro-Sha Self Propelled Gun
  • Experimental Type 2 105 mm Ka-To Tank Destroyer
  • Experimental Type 2 75 mm Ku-Se SPG
  • Experimental Type 5 47 mm Ho-Ru SPATG
  • Experimental 105 mm Tank Destroyer
  • Experimental Type 5 155 mm Ho-Chi SPG
  • Experimental 120 mm SPG
  • Experimental Type 2 105 mm Ka-To Tank Destroyer
  • Experimental Type 2 75 mm Ku-Se SPG
  • Experimental Type 5 47 mm Ho-Ru SPATG

Armored cars

  • Austin Motor Company
    Austin Motor Company
    The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The company was founded in 1905 and merged in 1952 into the British Motor Corporation Ltd. The marque Austin was used until 1987...

     Armoured Car
  • Vickers Crossley
    Crossley Motors
    Crossley Motors was a British motor vehicle manufacturer based in Manchester, England. They produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945.Crossley Brothers, originally...

     Armored Car
  • Wolseley Motor Company
    Wolseley Motor Company
    The Wolseley Motor Company was a British automobile manufacturer founded in 1901. After 1935 it was incorporated into larger companies but the Wolseley name remained as an upmarket marque until 1975.-History:...

     Armoured Car
  • Model 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor Sumi-Da
  • Type 91 Armored Railroad Car "So-Mo"
  • Type 95 Armored Railroad Car "So-Ki"
  • Aikoku Armored Car
  • Hokoku Armored Car
  • Type 2592 Osaka HoKoKu-Go Armored Car
  • Type 2592 "Kokusan" Armored Car
  • Type 2592 "Chokei Sensha" Armored Car*
  • Type 2592 Chiyoda Armored Car
  • Type 2593 "Sumida" Armored Car
  • Model 92 Naval Armored Car
  • Model 92 "Chiysda" Armored Car
  • Ford Armored Car
  • Type 2598 Railroad Car

Armored carriers

  • Type 98 So-Da
    Type 98 So-Da
    -External links:**...

     Armored Ammunition Carrier
  • Type 1 Ho-Ki
    Type 1 Ho-Ki
    The was a tracked Armored personnel carrier developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.-Development and history:The Type 1 Ho-Ki was developed in 1942 as a result of a request from the Army...

     Armored Personnel Carrier
  • Type 1 Ho-Ha
    Type 1 Ho-Ha
    -External links:*...

     Half-Track
  • Type 4 Ka-Tsu
    Type 4 Ka-Tsu
    The was a Japanese amphibious tank during World War II.-History:This type, though relatively obscure, would have played a major role in the planned second sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Five submarines, equipped with four Ka-Tsu's armed with aerial torpedoes, were to release the tanks near Pearl...

     Amphibious Vehicle
  • Experimental Light Armored ATG Carrier "So-To"
  • Type 4 Ka-Tsu "Toku 4 Shiki Naikatei" Amphibious Personnel Carrier

Experimental armored vehicles

  • Anti-Aircraft Tank "Ta-Se"
  • Type 4 30 cm SP Heavy Mortar Carrier "Ha-To"
  • 105 mm SP Gun Tank "Ho-Ri"
  • Type 5 47 mm SP Gun "Ho-Ru"
  • Super-Heavy Tank "O-I"

Armored trains

  • Type 94 Armored Train
  • Improvised Armored Train
    Improvised Armored Train
    The Japanese Improvised Armored Train was a series of armored trains converted by normal passenger trains built in the 1920s. They were used to guard the railways in Manchuria....

  • Experimental Armored Train

Wagons

  • Wagon-1 Reconnaissance Wagon
  • Wagon-1 Protective Wagon
  • Wagon-2 Heavy Canone Wagon
  • Wagon-3 Light Canone Wagon
  • Wagon-4 Infantry Wagon
  • Wagon-5 Command Wagon

Locomotives

  • Wagon-6 Auxiliary Tender
  • Wagon-7 Materials Wagon
  • Wagon-7 Power Supply Wagon
  • Wagon-8 Infantry Wagon
  • Wagon-9 Light Canone Wagon
  • Wagon-10 Howitzer Wagon
  • Wagon-11 Protective Wagon

Other armored vehicles

  • Armored Engineer Vehicle "SS"
  • Armored Lumberjack "Ho-K"
  • Type 95 Crane Vehicle "Ri-Ki"
  • Armored Recovery Vehicle "Se-Ri"
  • Swamp Vehicle "FB"
  • Command Tank "Shi-Ki"
  • Type 100 Observation Vehicle "Te-Re"
  • Type 97 Mini Engineer Vehicle "Yi-Go"
  • High-Voltage Dynamo Vehicle "Ka-Ha"
  • Type 97 Pole Planter and Type 97 Cable Layer
  • Type 94 Disinfecting Vehicle
  • Type 94 Gas Scattering Vehicle

Trucks

  • Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck
  • Type 95 Mini-truck
  • Type 97 4-Wheeled Truck
  • Type 1 6-Wheeled Truck
  • Type 2 Heavy Truck
  • Toyota KB/KC Truck
  • Nissan 80 Truck
  • Nissan 180 Truck
  • Amphibious Truck "Su-Ki"
  • Type 1 4x2 Toyota GB
  • 2 Wheel Towed Cart
  • Isuzu Hucks Starter

Passenger cars

  • Type 92 Armored Car
  • Type 93 6/4-Wheeled Passenger Car
  • Type 95 Passenger Car "Kurogane"
    Type 95 recon car
    The Type 95 "Kurogane" recon car was the Japanese counterpart to the US Army Jeep during the Pacific War. Between 1937 and 1945 approximately 4,800 were built. It was the only completely Japanese designed recon car ever used by the Japanese Army....

  • Type 98 Passenger Car
  • Model 97 Nissan Staff Car, Nissan 70

Tractors & prime movers

  • Type 92 5 t Prime Mover "I-Ke"
  • Type 98 6 t Prime Mover "Ro-Ke"
  • Type 92 8 t Prime Mover "Ni-Ku"
  • Type 95 13 t Prime Mover "Ho-Fu"
  • Type 94 4 t Prime Mover "Yo-Ke"
  • Type 98 4 t Prime Mover "Shi-Ke"
  • Type 98 Half-tracked Prime Mover "Ko-Hi"
  • Type 98 Half-tracked Prime Mover Large Model
  • Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover NEW
  • Experimental Heavy Gun Tractor Chi-Ke
  • Experimental Crawler Truck
  • T G Experimental Crawler Truck
  • Fordson Prime Mover
  • The Pavessi Gun Tractor
  • The 50 hp Gun Tractor
  • Komatsu 3 ton Tractor
  • Light Prime Mover
  • Clarton Prime Mover
  • The Holt 30

Landing craft

  • Personnel Landing Craft "Shohatsu"
    Shohatsu class landing craft
    The Shohatsu or 10m landing craft was a small landing craft used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was used for landing personnel and stores. It was built of steel and had a single bow with no landing ramp. It was also carried by destroyers and smaller vessels as a cargo...

  • Personnel Landing Craft "Chuhatsu"
    Chuhatsu class landing craft
    The or 13m landing craft was a type of landing craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was a smaller version of the Daihatsu Class, with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach....

  • Vehicle Landing Craft "Daihatsu"
    Daihatsu class landing craft
    The Daihatsu Class or 14m landing craft was a type of landing craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was similar to the Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel , with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach...

  • Vehicle Landing Craft "Toku-Daihatsu"
    Toku Daihatsu class landing craft
    The Toku Daihatsu Class or 17m landing craft was a type of landing craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was a larger design of the Daihatsu Class landing craft, with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach...

  • Vehicle Landing Craft "Mokusei-Daihatsu"

Landing craft/aircraft carriers

  • Landing Craft Carrier "Shinshu Maru"
  • Landing Craft Carrier Model Ko, Otsu, Hei

Transport vessels

  • Tank Landing Ship "SS-Tei"
  • Fast Transport Vessel "Yi-Go"
  • Transport Submarine "Maru-Yu"

Engineering vehicles & weapons

  • Armored Engineer Vehicle Soukou Sagyou Ki "SS-Ki"
  • Armored Cable Layer
  • Type 97 Mini Engineering Vehicle "Yigo"
  • Tank Recovery Vehicle "Ri-Ki"
  • Tank Recovery Vehicle "Seri"
  • T G Armored Bridge Layer
  • Japanese Armored Lumberjack "Ho-K"
  • Japanese Armored Lumberjack "Basso Ki"
  • Armored Cable Layer
  • Experimental Trench Excavator
  • Experimental Excavator

Army secret weapons

  • Remote control special vehicle "I-Go"
  • Unmanned miniature special vehicle "Ya-I"
  • Remote control special working cable car with 90 mm
  • Mortar cannon "Ite-Go"
  • Remote control boat "Isu-Go"
  • Rocket cannon "Ro-Go"
  • Nuclear project "Mishina"
  • Engine stop gas "Ha-Go"
  • Radio jammer "Ho-Go"
  • Electric cannon "To-Go"
  • Ultrashort waves application research "Chi-Go"
  • High voltage weapon "Ka-Go"
  • High voltage obstacle destruction device "Kaha-Go"
  • High voltage wire obstacles "Kake-Go"
  • High voltage net launching rocket "Kate-Go"
  • Infrared rays detection device "Ne-Go"
  • Mine detection sonar for the landing operations "Ra-Go"
  • Radio control device "Mu-Go"
  • Radio controlled boat with sonar and a depth bomb "Musu-Go"
  • Plan to make artificial thunderclouds "U-Go"
  • Noctovision "No-Go"
  • Death ray "Ku-Go"
  • Infrared ray homing bomb "Ke-Go"
  • Balloon bomb "Fu-Go"
  • Optical communication device "Ko-Go"
  • Rope launching rocket "Te-Go"
  • Blind ray "Ki-Go"
  • Propaganda electronic ray device "Se-Go"
  • Sonar "Su-Go"
  • Experimental armour for MG-gunner

Navy secret weapons

    • I-Go 14 Type (Type "Ko-Kai 2":Modified A Type2) I-Go 14 Aircraft Submarine
    • I-Go 15 Type (Type "Otsu":Type B) I-Go 26 Aircraft Submarine
    • I-Go 54 Type (Type "Otsu-Kai 2":Modified B Type2) I-Go 54 Aircraft Submarine
    • I-Go 400 Type (Special Submarine) I-Go 402 Aircraft Submarine
    • Aichi M6A1 Seiran Torpedo-Bomber carried in subs.
    • Suicide Attack Frogman "Fukuryuu"
    • "Kaiten" Type1 Suicide Attack Midget Submarine
    • "Kairyu" Midget Submarine
    • Nuclear Project "F-Go"
    • Aircraft Battleship "Ise" Class "Ise"

Ground-based radar

  • Ta-Chi 1 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 1
  • Ta-Chi 2 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 2
  • Ta-Chi 3 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 3
  • Ta-Chi 4 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 4
  • TypeA Bi-static Doppler Interface Detector (High Flequency Warning Device "Ko")
  • Ta-Chi 6 TypeB Fixed Early Warning Device (Fixed Early Warning Device "Otsu")
  • Ta-Chi 7 TypeB Mobile Early Warning Device (Mobile Early Warning Device "Otsu")
  • Ta-Chi 13 Aircraft Guidance System
  • Ta-Chi 18 TypeB Potable Early Warning Device (Portable Early Warning Device "Otsu")
  • Ta-Chi 20 Fixed Early Warning Device Receiver (for Ta-Chi 6)
  • Ta-Chi 24 Mobil Anti-Aircraft Radar (Japanese Würzburg)
  • Ta-Chi 28 Aircraft Guidance Device
  • Ta-Chi 31 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 4 modified

Airborne radar

  • Ta-Ki 1 Model 1 Airborne Surveillance Radar
  • Ta-Ki 1 Model 2 Airborne Surveillance Radar
  • Ta-Ki 1 Model 3 Airborne Surveillance Radar
  • Ta-Ki 11 ECM Device
  • Ta-Ki 15 Aircraft Guidance Device Receiver (for Tachi 13)

Land-based radar

  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 1 Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 2 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 2 Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 3 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 3 Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Mobil Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 2 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Modify 2 Mobile Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 3 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Modify 3 Mobile Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Modified Early Warning Radar)
  • Type 3 Mark 1 Model 3 Small Size Early Warning Radar ("13-Go" Small Size Early Warning Radar) *Type 3 Mark 1 Model 4 Long-Range Air Search Radar ("14-Go" Long-Range Air Search Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 4 Model 1 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Japanese SCR-268)
  • Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Japanese SCR-268) (S24 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar)

Airborne radar

  • Type 3 Air Mark 6 Model 4 Airborne Ship-Search Radar (H6 Airborne Ship-Search Radar) (N6 Airborne Ship-Search Radar)
  • Type 5 Model 1 Radio Location Night Vision Device

Shipborne radar

  • Type 2 Mark 2 Model 1 Air Search Radar ("21-Go" Air Search Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 3 Anti-Surface, Fire assisting Radar for Submarine ("21-Go" Modify 3 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 4 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar for Ship ("21-Go" Modify 4 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 3 Model 1 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("31-Go" Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 3 Model 2 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("32-Go" Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar)
  • Type 2 Mark 3 Model 3 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("33-Go" Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar)

Japanese Army guided missiles

  • Mitsubishi Ki-67
    Mitsubishi Ki-67
    The Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū was a twin-engine medium bomber produced by Mitsubishi and used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II. Its Army designation was "Type 4 Heavy Bomber" .-Design:The Ki-67 was the result of a 1941 Japanese army specification for a successor to the Nakajima...

     I Go-IA "Carrier Missile Bomber"
  • Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko  - radio controlled air-to-surface missile
  • Mitsubishi Ki-148 I-Go Type 1 - Otsu  - radio controlled air-to-surface missile
  • I-Go Type 1 - Hei
  • Ke-Go infra-red guidance air to Surface Missile

Japanese Navy guided missiles

  • Funryu Type1
  • Funryu Type2 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile
  • Funryu Type3
  • Funryu Type4 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile
  • Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
    Ohka
    The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka was a purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack plane employed by Japan towards the end of World War II...

     piloted missile (suicide weapon)

Imperial Japanese Navy bombs

  • Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb Type 2
  • Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb Type 2 Modify 1
  • Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb Type 2 Modify 2
  • Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb "Maru-Sen"
  • No.6 27-Go Bomb
  • Type 3 No.25 4-Go Bomb Type 1
  • Type 3 No.50 4-Go Bomb

High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shells

Gun Caliber Weight Length Penetration
Type 90/97 Tank Gun 57mm 1.80 kg 189 mm 55 mm
Type 92 Infantry Gun
Type 92 Battalion Gun
The was a light howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Each infantry battalion included two Type 92 guns; therefore, the Type 92 was referred to as .-History and development:...

 
70 mm 3.38 kg 281 mm 90 mm
Type 41 Mountain Gun
Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
The Type 41 75 mm mountain gun is a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. Originally it was the standard pack artillery weapon. After it was superseded by the Type 94 75 mm mountain gun, it was then used as an infantry "regimental" gun, deployed 4 to each infantry...

 
75 mm 3.95 kg 297 mm 100mm
Type 91 10 cm Howitzer 105 mm 10.91 kg 364 mm 120 mm
Type 38 12 cm Howitzer 120 mm 13.03 kg 387 mm 140 mm
Type 4 15 cm Howitzer 149 mm 21.04 kg 524 mm 150mm


Among them, the HEAT of Type 41 Mountain Gun was used in action and destroyed several Allied tanks in Burma and other places. The use of the HEAT for other guns is not known.

Other HEAT shell was the projectile of Type 94 Mountain Gun. The HEAT of Type 94 Mountain Gun was not produced though it was developed.

See also


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