List of radar models of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Ground-Based Radar
- Ta-Chi 1 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 1 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band (200 MHz) derivative built in small numbers
- Ta-Chi 2 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 2 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band (200 MHz) derivative built in small numbers
- Ta-Chi 3 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 3 - (Based on British GL sets captured in Singapore) - 3.75 m (80 MHz) pw = 1 or 2 us, Power = 50 kW, PRF = 1 or 2 kHz (range 40 km), 150 built by Sumitomo Entered service early 1944. Yagi Antenna
- Ta-Chi 4 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 4 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band (200 MHz) derivative built in small numbers
- Type A Bi-static Doppler Interface Detector (High Frequency Warning Device "Ko")
- Ta-Chi 6 TypeB Fixed Early Warning Device (Fixed Early Warning Device "Otsu") 1943 - 3 meter band (100 MHz) - 60 built
- Ta-Chi 7 TypeB Mobile Early Warning Device (Mobile Early Warning Device "Otsu") Transportable version of the Ta-Chi 6
- Ta-Chi 13 Aircraft Guidance System
- Ta-Chi 18 TypeB Potable Early Warning Device (Portable Early Warning Device "Otsu") - 3 meter band (100 MHz) - 400 built
- 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 Modify
- Ta-Chi 35 Height finding radar
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)
Medium Bomber, with Control Air-To-Air Missile Device
- Mitsubishi Ki-67Mitsubishi Ki-67The 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...
Hiryu "Peggy" I KAI Go-IA: This experimental modification was for managed Air-To-Air guided missile evaluations, during 1944–1945.
Guided Missiles
- Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1-Ko Air to Surface Radio Guidance Missile
- Mitsubishi Ki-148 I-Go Type1-Otsu Air to Surface Radio Guidance
- Missile I-Go Type 1-Hei
- "Ke-Go" IR Guidance Air to Surface Missile
Land-based Radar
| Designation | Type | Antenna | Wave length |
Peak output |
Pulse length (µS) |
PRF Pulse repetition frequency Pulse repetition frequency or Pulse repetition rate is the number of pulses per time unit . It is a measure or specification mostly used within various technical disciplines Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) or Pulse repetition rate (PRR) is the number of pulses per time unit (e.g. Seconds). It... (hz) |
Detection range single aircraft |
Detection range formation |
Weight | First operational |
Number built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 "11" | Fixed early warning radar | Two rows of three dipoles | 3 m | 5 kW | 20 | 1,000 | 130 km | 250 km | 8,700 kg | March 1942 | 30 total (all marks) |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 1 "11-1" | Fixed early warning radar | Two rows of three dipoles | 3 m | 5 kW | 20 | 1,000 | 130 km | 250 km | 8,700 kg | May 1942 | |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 2 "11-2" | Fixed early warning radar | Two rows of three dipoles | 3 m | 20 kW | 40 | 500 | 130 km | 250 km | 8,700 kg | May 1943 | |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 3 "11-3" | Fixed early warning radar | Two rows of three dipoles | 3 m | 20 kW | 40 | 500 | 130 km | 250 km | 8,700 kg | July 1943 | |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 "12-Go" | Ground based mobile | Dipole array with a mat type reflector | 1.5 m | 5 kW | 10 | 1,000 | 50 km | 100 km | 6,000 kg | December 1942 | 50 total (all marks) |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mod 2 "12-Go" | Ground based mobile | Dipole array with a mat type reflector | 2 m | 5 kW | 10 | 1,000 | 50 km | 100 km | 6,000 kg | December 1943 | |
| Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mod 3 "12-Go" | Ground based mobile | Dipole array with a mat type reflector | 2 m | 5 kW | 10 | 500 | 150 km effective 300 km max |
6,000 kg | January 1944 | ||
| Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 "11-Go" | Shore based medium size radar | Two arrays of 5 dipoles | 150 MHz | 10 kW | 20 | 500 | 150 km effective 300 km max |
October 1943 | unknown | ||
| Type 3 Mark 1 Model 3 "13-Go" | Multi-purpose portable early warning radar. Adapted for submarine use |
Dipole array with mat type reflector | 2 m | 10 kW | 10 | 500 | 50 km | 100 km | 110 kg | August 1943 | 1,000 |
| Type 3 Mark 1 Model 4 "14-Go" | Ship-bourne long-Range air search |
Four two element yagis | 6 m | 100 kW | 20 | 250 | 250 km | 360 km to 450 km |
30,000 kg | May 1945 | 2 to 5 |
| Type 2 Mark 4 Model 1 S3 | Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Copy of SCR-268 SCR-268 radar The SCR-268 was the US Army's first radar system. It was developed to provide accurate aiming information and used in gun laying systems and directing searchlights against aircraft.... ) |
2 x 4 dipole array with mat type reflector | 1.5 m | 13 kW | 3 | 2,000 | 20 km | 40 km | 5,000 kg | August 1943 | 50 |
| Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 S24 | Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Copy of SCR-268 SCR-268 radar The SCR-268 was the US Army's first radar system. It was developed to provide accurate aiming information and used in gun laying systems and directing searchlights against aircraft.... ) |
4 Yagis | 1.5 m | 13 kW | 3 | 1,000 | 20 km | 40 km | 5,000 kg | October 1944 | 60 |
Airborne Radar
| Designation | Type | Antenna | Wave length |
Peak output |
Pulse length (µS) |
PRF Pulse repetition frequency Pulse repetition frequency or Pulse repetition rate is the number of pulses per time unit . It is a measure or specification mostly used within various technical disciplines Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) or Pulse repetition rate (PRR) is the number of pulses per time unit (e.g. Seconds). It... (hz) |
Detection range single aircraft |
Detection range formation |
Weight | First operational |
Number built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 3 Mark 6 Model 4 (Type H6) | Airborne radar | Yagi type | 2 m | 3 kW | 10 | 70 km | 100 km | 110 kg | August 1942 | 2,000 | |
| Type FM-1 | Air and surface search radar | Yagi Type | 2 m | 42 kW | 70 km | 100 km | 70 kg | September 1944 | Experimental only | ||
| Type N6 | Air and surface search radar | Yagi type | 1.2 m | 2 kW | 50 km | 70 km | 60 kg | October 1944 | 20 | ||
| Type FM-3 | Air and surface search radar | Yagi type | 2 m | 2 kW | 50 km | 70 km | 60 kg | June 1945 | 100 | ||
| FD-2 | Air and surface search radar | Yagi type | 0.25 m | 2 kW | <10 km | 3 km | 70 kg | August 1944 | 100 |
- 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)
Radar-equipped Bomber devices for maritime reconnaissance/antisubmarine patrol
- Mitsubishi G3MMitsubishi G3MThe Mitsubishi G3M was a Japanese bomber used during World War II.-Design and development:...
3 (Model 23) "Nell": This bomber for long range capacity, in 1943, was used as a Maritime reconnaissance/Radar aircraft for long range missions and some electronic warfare work in the seas.
- Mitsubishi G4MMitsubishi G4MThe Mitsubishi G4M 一式陸上攻撃機, 一式陸攻 Isshiki rikujō kōgeki ki, Isshikirikkō was the main twin-engine, land-based bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allies gave the G4M the reporting name Betty...
1 (Model 11/12) "Betty": From 1942, the G4M of this model was also used for the same purpose as the G3M bomber debt at your maritime long range capacities with sea radar and electronic warfare equimpment.
- Nakajima B5NNakajima B5N|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bridgwater, H.C. and Peter Scott. Combat Colours Number 4: Pearl Harbor and Beyond, December 1941 to May 1942. Luton, Bedfordshire, UK: Guideline Publications, 2001. ISBN 0-9539040-6-7....
2/B6N1-2 "Kate"/Tenzan "Jill": In 1944, some torpedo bombers of mentioned types used with antisubmarine, radar detection (with finding radar equipment) and similar purposes in maritime short or medium range missions from carriers or land bases.
- Aichi E13AAichi E13A-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Dorr, Robert E. and Chris Bishop. Vietnam Air War Debrief. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-874023-78-6....
1b "Jake" Mark 11B: like model 11A, added Air-Surface radar and other night conversion with radar(E13A1b-S)
- Kawanishi H6KKawanishi H6K|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Doubilet, David. "The Flying Boat". Sport Diver Magazine. Volume 15, Number 8, September 2007.* Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.* Green, William. Warplanes of the Second...
2,4 and 5 "Mavis" Marks 11,22 and 23: More powerful engines, for ultra long range missions, long range sea radio equipment and air-surface finding radar added.
- Kawanishi H8KKawanishi H8K|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bridgeman, Leonard. "The Kawanishi H8K2 “Emily”" Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0....
2 "Emily" Mark 12: more potent engines for ultra-long range maritime recon missions, major heavy armament; also long range sea radio equipment and air-surface search radar added
- Kawanishi E7KKawanishi E7K-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, Ph.D., Réne J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-370-30251-6....
2 "Alf" Mark 2: short range hidroplane, was installing mangnetic detection equipment and finding surface radar for short range patrol and antisubmarine missions
- Kyushu Q3W1 Nankai (South Sea): two place version of training aircraft Kyūshū K11WKyushu K11W-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-370-30251-6....
1 Shiragiku, for anti-submarine patrol - was equipped with sea-surface finding antisubmarine sonar (one prototype)
- Kyūshū Q1WKyushu Q1W-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.-External links:*...
1 Tokai "Lorna": Anti-submarine patrol aircraft, derived from German Junkers Ju 88Junkers Ju 88The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...
A design.was equipped with sea-surface radar and antisubmarine equipment for scorted convoys in the East China SeaEast China SeaThe East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of 1,249,000 km² or 750,000 square miles.-Geography:...
, the Yellow SeaYellow SeaThe Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. Its name comes from the sand particles from Gobi Desert sand storms that turn the surface of the water golden...
and the Sea of JapanSea of JapanThe Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...
during short times in 1944-45.
- Mitsubishi Q2MMitsubishi Q2MThe Mitsubishi Q2M "Taiyō" Anti-Submarine Aircraft design was derived from the Mitsubishi Ki-67-I Hiryū "Peggy" heavy/torpedo bomber of the Japanese Army . It was ordered for design and construction in the last stages of war.Powerful engines of 1,380 kW would have been used to drive...
Taiyō: Advanced Antisubmarine patrol design, derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67Mitsubishi Ki-67The 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...
Hiryū "Peggy" Bomber. Was equipped with magnetic antisubmarine search device, air-surface radar and electronic warfare equipment.
Navy Air Guided Missiles
- Funryu Type1 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile
- Funryu Type2 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile
- Funryu Type3 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile
- Funryu Type4 Surface to Air Radio Guidance Missile