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The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.[1]
The Empire of Japan forces conducted operations over a variety of geographical areas and climates from the frozen North of China bordering Russia during the Battle of Khalkin Gol (Nomonhan) to the tropical jungles of Indonesia. Japanese military equipment was researched and developed along two separate procurement processes, one for the IJA and one for the IJN. Until 1943, the IJN usually received a greater budget allocation, which allowed for the enormous Yamato-class battleships, advanced aircraft such as the Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" series, and the world's largest submarines. In addition, a higher priority of steel and raw materials was allocated to the IJN for warship construction and airplane construction. It changed to a degree in 1944/45, when the Japanese home islands became increasingly under direct threat, but it was too late. Therefore, during the prior years the Imperial Japanese Army suffered by having a lower budget allocation and being given a lower priority as to raw materials, which eventually affected its use of equipment and tactics in engagements during World War II.
A majority of the materials used were cotton, wool, and silk for the fabrics, wood for weapon stocks, leather for ammunition pouches, belts, etc. But by 1943 material shortages caused much of the leather to be switched to cotton straps as a substitute.
Swords and bayonets
Small arms
Pistols and Revolvers (manual and semi-automatic)
General sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Image | Name | Type | Role/s | Action | Origin | Base model/s | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | Effective firing range (m) | From (year) | Estimated wartime quantity | Unloaded wt (kg) | Notes |
| Type 26 revolver[9] | Revolver | Sidearm | Double-action | Empire of Japan | | Koishikawa Arsenal | 9×22mmR Type 26[9] | 100 | 1893 [9] | 59,900~ [9] | 0.880 [9] | |
| Type 94 8mm Nambu pistol[10] | Pistol | Sidearm[11] | Recoil operated, locked breech | Empire of Japan | | Nambu | 8x22mm Nambu[12] | 50–100 [11] | 1935 [12] | 71,000~ [12] | 0.765 [12] | |
| Type A 8 mm Nambu pistol[13] | Pistol | Sidearm | Recoil operated, locked breech | Empire of Japan | Type 94 8mm Nambu pistol | Nambu | 8×22mm Nambu | 50 | 1903 [13] | 10,300~ | 0.900 | |
| Type 14 8 mm Nambu pistol[14] | Pistol | Sidearm[15] | Recoil operated | Empire of Japan | Type A 8 mm Nambu pistol | Nambu | 8×22mm Nambu | 50 [15] | 1925 [14] | 400,000~ [16] | 0.900 | Reduced-cost version of Type A |
- | Nambu Type 19 "North China" pistol[17] | Pistol | Sidearm | Short recoil, locked breech | Empire of Japan | Type 14 8 mm Nambu pistol | Nambu | 8×22mm Nambu | | 1944 [18] | 100~ | 1.106 | Reliability improvements of Type 14, occupied Chinese production |
- | Type B 7 mm Nambu pistol[13] | Pistol | Sidearm | Short recoil, locked breech | Empire of Japan | Type A 8 mm Nambu pistol | Nambu | 7×20mm Nambu | | 1909 [13] | 6,000~ [19] | 0.650 | 3/4 size of Type A |
- | Hino–Komuro pistol[20] | Pistol | Sidearm | Blow-forward | Empire of Japan | | Komuro | 8×22mm Nambu .25 ACP .32 ACP | | 1908 | 1,200~ | ? | |
| Sugiura pistol[21] | Pistol | Sidearm | Blow-back | Empire of Japan | | Sugiura | 8×22mm Nambu .25 ACP .32 ACP | | 1945 | 6,000~ | ? | Occupied Chinese production |
- | Inagaki pistol[22] | Pistol | Sidearm | Blow-back | Empire of Japan | | Koishikawa Arsenal | 8×22mm Nambu .32 ACP[23] | | 1941 | 50~ | ? | |
| Hamada Type pistol[24] | Pistol | Sidearm | Recoil operated, locked breech | Empire of Japan | FN Model 1910 | Nippon Firearms | 8×22mm Nambu .32 ACP | | 1941 | 5,000~ | 0.650 | |
| Smith & Wesson Model 3 | Revolver | Sidearm | Single-action | United States of America | | Smith & Wesson | .44 Russian .44 S&W American .38 S&W .44 Henry .44-40 Winchester .45 S&W .32 S&W | | 1870 | ? | 1.300 | |
| Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless | Pistol | Sidearm | Single-action blow-back | United States of America | | Colt Patent Firearms | .32 ACP .380 ACP | | 1903 | ? | 0.680 | |
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
Rifles
Tree chart of Japanese rifles of World War II |
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Name | Type | Role/s | Action | Origin | Base model/s | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | Effective firing range (m) | From (year) | Estimated wartime quantity | Unloaded weight (kg) | Notes |
Type 30 rifle[26] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 450 | 1897 | 599,000~ | 3.95 | Limited distribution in 1945 |
Type 35 rifle[27] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | | 1902 | 38,200~[28] | 4.20 | |
Type 38 rifle[29] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 457 | 1905 | 3,400,000~ | 3.95 | |
Type 38 carbine[30] | Carbine | Close-quarters | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 38 | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 366 | 1905 | 517,800~[30] | 3.30 | Main armament of IJA auxiliary troops |
Type 44 carbine[31] | Carbine | Close-quarters | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 38 | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 366 | 1911 | 91,900~[31] | 3.30 | Foldable |
Type 97 sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | Long-Range Precision | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 38 | Arisaka | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 1,500 | 1937 | 22,500~ | 3.95 | 2.5x telescopic sight |
Type 99 (short) rifle[32] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | | Arisaka | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 656 | 1939 | 3,500,000~[32] | 3.70 | Intended to replace Type 38 |
Type 99 (long) rifle[33] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | | Arisaka | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 656 | 1939 | 38,000~[33] | 4.09 | |
Type 2 TERA rifle | Takedown rifle | Front-line / Close-quarters | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 99 | Nagoya | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | | 1943 | 21,200~ | 3.70 | Takedown variant for paratroopers |
Type 99 sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | Long-Range Precision | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 99 | Arisaka | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 1,700 | 1939 | 8,000~ | 3.70 | 2.5x or 4x telescopic sight |
Type 100 TERA rifle | Takedown rifle | Front-line / Close-quarters | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Karabiner 98k | unknown | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | | 1940 | 500~ | 3.90 | Experimental, detachable barrel for paratroopers |
Type 1 TERA rifle | Takedown rifle | Front-line / Close-quarters | Bolt-action | Empire of Japan | Type 38 carbine | Nagoya | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | | 1941 | 250~ | 3.30 | Experimental, foldable for paratroopers |
Type Hei rifle | Battle rifle | Front-line / Assault | Gas-operated, toggle-action | Empire of Japan | | Nippon | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | | 1935 | 50~ | 3.90 | Experimental |
Type 4 rifle / Type 5 Rifle[34] | Battle rifle | Front-line / Assault | Gas-operated, rotating bolt | Empire of Japan | M1 Garand | Yokosuka | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 457 | 1945 | 250~ | 4.14 | Experimental |
Karabiner 98k (Type Mo rifle I, II) [35] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Nazi Germany | | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 500 | 1937 | 20,000~[35] | 3.90 | Imported, version I for infantry and II for cavalry |
vz. 24 (Type Mo rifle III)[36] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Czechoslovakia | Karabiner 98AZ | Považská Bystrica | 7.92×57mm Mauser | | 1937 | 40,000~[36] | 4.20 | Imported, for both infantry and cavalry |
Type I rifle[37] | Standard rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Kingdom of Italy | Type 38 | Carcano | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | | 1939 | 120,000~ | 3.95 | Built in Italy under contract to Type 38 specification |
Grenades and grenade launchers
Flare guns
Recoilless rifles
Flamethrowers
Machine guns
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
Name | Type | Role/s | Action | Origin | Base model/s | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | Effective firing range (m) | Cyclic rate of fire (round/min) | From (year) | Estimated wartime quantity | Unloaded mass (kg) | Note/s |
Type 11 light machine gun | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | | Nambu | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | 800 | 500 | 1922 | 29,000~ (Pacific Theater) | 10.2 | |
Type 89 flexible | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 11 light machine gun | Nambu | 7.7x58mmSR Type 89 | | 1,400 | 1929 | ? | 28 | Twin Type 11 |
Type 89 (special) | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 89 flexible | Nambu | 7.7x58mmSR Type 89 | | 1,400 | 1929 | ? | 28 | Belt-fed version of Type 89 flexible |
Type 89 (modified single) | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 89 (special) | Nambu | 7.7x58mmSR Type 89 | | 670 | 1938 | ? | 9.3 | Single-barrel version of Type 89 (special) to reduce weight |
Type 96 light machine gun | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | | Nambu | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 800 | 550 | 1936 | 41,000~ (Pacific Theater) | 9 | |
Type 97 light machine gun | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 96 light machine gun | Nagoya | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 540 | 500 | 1937 | 18,000~ (Pacific Theater) | 12.4 | 7.7 mm version of Type 96, widely used on Japanese tanks |
Type 99 light machine gun | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 97 light machine gun | Hitachi | 7.7×58mm Arisaka 7.62×54mmR (VPA converted) | 2,000 | 800 | 1939 | 53,000~ (Pacific Theater) | 10.4 | Reliability improvements of Type 96/97 (7.7 mm) |
Type 21 light machine gun | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | | | | | | | ? | | |
Type 3 heavy machine gun | Heavy machine gun | Anti-Aircraft / Airspace Denial / Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Hotchkiss M1914 | Nambu | 6.5x50mm Arisaka 7×57mm Mauser | 1700 | 400–450 | 1914 | ? | 55 | Also known as 6.5mm Taishō 14 machine gun |
Type 92 heavy machine gun | Heavy machine gun | Anti-Aircraft / Airspace Denial / Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 3 heavy machine gun | Nambu | 7.7×58mm Type 92 | 800 | 450-500 | 1934 | 45,000~ (Pacific Theater) | 55.3 | 7.7mm version of Type 3 |
Type 1 heavy machine gun | Heavy machine gun | Anti-Aircraft / Airspace Denial / Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | Type 92 heavy machine gun | Hitachi | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 1,400 | 400–450 | 1941 | ? | 36.8 | Type 92 modified for weight reduction |
Type 98 7.7mm water-cooled heavy machine gun [ja] | Heavy machine gun | Anti-Aircraft / Airspace Denial / Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Recoil-operated | Empire of Japan | | | 7.7×58mm Type 92 | | 500 | 1940 | ? | 55.5 | |
Type 38 heavy machine gun | Heavy machine gun | Anti-Aircraft / Airspace Denial / Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | Empire of Japan | | | | | | | ? | | |
Lewis gun (Type 92 machine gun) | Light machine gun | Fire support / Suppression / Defense | Gas-operated | United States | | | 7.7x56R Type 87 IJN | 800 | 600 | 1932 | ? | 8.5 | |
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns
Name | Type | Action | Application/s | Origin | Base model/s | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | From (year) | Unloaded mass (kg) | Note/s |
Type 91 machine gun | Light machine gun | Gas-operated | Armoured fighting ground vehicles | Empire of Japan | Type 11 light machine gun | | 6.5×50mm Arisaka | | | Type 11 light machine gun modified for automotive use |
Type 92 Automotive 13 mm cannon [ja] | Autocannon | Gas-operated | Armoured fighting ground vehicles | Empire of Japan | | | 7.7×58mm Type 92 | 1932 | | |
Type 97 aircraft machine gun | Light machine gun | Short recoil, toggle lock | Nakajima B6N, Yokosuka K5Y, Yokosuka D4Y, Aichi D3A, Aichi E16A, Kawanishi E7K, Kawanishi N1K and its land-based derivative, the N1K-J, Mitsubishi J2M, Mitsubishi F1M2, in addition to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and its floatplane derivative, the Nakajima A6M2-N. | Empire of Japan | Type 89 FIXED | | 7.7x56mm R | 1937 | | Modified Type 89 fixed |
Type 4 heavy machine gun [ja] | Heavy machine gun | Recoil operated | | Empire of Japan | | | | 1944 | | Experimental, tested in 1942–1944, but was not accepted by army until surrender of Japan |
Ho-103 machine gun | Heavy Machine Gun | Recoil operated | and various others. | Empire of Japan | M1921 aircraft Browning machine gun | | 12.7×81mmSR Breda | 1941 | | |
Ho-203 cannon | Autocannon | Long recoil | | Empire of Japan | | | 37x112mmR | 1940 | | |
Ho-5 cannon | Autocannon | Short recoil | and various others. | Empire of Japan | Ho-103 machine gun | | 20×94mm | | | |
Type 99 cannon | Autocannon | API blowback | | Empire of Japan | Oerlikon FF | | 20×72mmRB | 1937 | | Modified Oerlikon FF. |
MG15 (Type 98 turret machine gun [ja]) | Light machine gun | Recoil operation | and various others. | Weimar Republic | | | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1940 | | Licensed production of MG15 7.62mm machine gun. |
Vickers .303 (Type 89 fixed) | Light machine gun | Short recoil | Nakajima Ki-27, Ki-43, early Ki-44 fighters, the Mitsubishi Ki-30, Ki-51 light bombers, the Kawasaki Ki-32 light bomber and various others. | United Kingdom | | | 7.7x58mmSR Type 89 | 1929 | 12.7 | License-built Vickers .303 (7.7 mm). |
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Heavy mortars & rocket launchers
Field artillery
Fortress and siege guns
Infantry guns
Anti-tank guns
- Type Ra 37 mm AT gun (German 3.7 cm Pak 36 captured from Chinese)
- Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun
- Type 97 47 mm anti-tank gun [ja] – a prototype tested in 1937–1938
- Type 2 57 mm anti-tank gun [ja] – prototype tested in 1941–1943, cancelled because of the appearance of Allied heavy tanks.
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
Anti-aircraft weapons
Occasional anti-aircraft guns
Light anti-aircraft guns
Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns
Name | Caliber (mm) | Eff. alt. | From (year) | Estimated quantity | Mass (kg) | Fire rate (RPM) | Note/s |
QF 3.7-inch AA gun Mk1 | 94 | 7,300 | 1941 | 0 | 9,317 | 15 | captured from British |
Type 11 | 75 | 6,650 | 1922 | 44 | 2,061 | 5~ | used as railroad gun and in home islands fortresses |
Type 14 | 100 | 10,500 | 1925 | 70 | 5,194 | 5~ | civil defense in Kyushu only |
Type 10 | 120 | 10,065 | 1927 | 2,000 | 7,800 | 11 | cheap coastal defense tool, dual-purpose |
Type 88 | 75 | 7,250 | 1928 | 2,000 | 2,740 | 18 | based on QF 3-inch 20 cwt design, mainstay of civil defense |
Type 89 naval gun | 127 | 9,439 | 1932 | 1,306 | 20,300 | 11 | standard heavy AA gun of IJN |
Type 99 | 88 | 10,420 | 1938 | 1,000 | 6,500 | 15 | 2nd most produced after Type 88 for civil defense |
8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun | 76.2 | 5,400 | 1914 | 69 | 2,600 | 13 | dual-purpose naval gun, during World War II used on gunboats and for civil air defense |
Type 3 12cm | 120 | 13,000 | 1944 | 120 | 19,800 | 20 | the only mass-produced Japanese weapon effective against B-29 |
Type 4 | 75 | 10,000 | 1944 | 70 | 5,850 | 10 | reverse-engineered Bofors gun captured from Chinese, intended to replace Type 88, modified as Type 5 75 mm Tank Gun |
Type 5 | 149.1 | 16,000 | 1945 | 2 | 9,200 | 10 | had a fire-control electronic computer |
Vehicles
Tankettes
Amphibious tanks
Note: Amphibious tanks were used by the IJN.
Self-propelled guns
Tank-based
Other
Armored cars
Armored carriers
Armored trains
Railroad vehicles
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
- 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
Locomotives
- Locomotives Type 97/98/100 [ja]
Railroad cars
Japanese has used routinely road-railroad convertible automobiles. These are covered in "Armoured cars" section
Engineering and command
See List of Japanese Army military engineer vehicles of World War II
Trucks
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 96 AA gun prime mover
- Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon carrier truck
- Type 98 Ko-Hi half-track prime mover
- 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
- Holt 30
Passenger cars (not armoured)
Motorcycles
- Type 97 motorcycle (licensed Harley-Davidson, Rikuo production)
- Type 93 motorcycle with side car (trike)
Miscellaneous vehicles
- Type 94 ambulance
- Type 94 repair vehicle
Army vessels
River-crossing crafts
- Type 95 collapsible boat
- Type 99 pontoon bridge
- Rubber rafts
Landing craft
Motorboats
- Speedboat model Ko
- Speedboat model Otsu
- Suicide-Attack motorboat "Maru-Re"
Gun boats
- Armored boat "AB-Tei"
- Submarine-chaser "Karo-Tei"
- Hei-class landing craft carrier "Shinshu Maru"
- Hei-class landing craft/aircraft carrier "Akitsu Maru"
- Hei-class landing craft/aircraft carrier "Kumano Maru"
- Ko-class landing craft carrier "Mayasan Maru"
- Ko-class landing craft carrier "Kibitsu Maru"
- Ko-class landing craft carrier "Tamatsu Maru"
- Ko-class landing craft carrier "Hyuga Maru"
- Ko-class landing craft carrier "Settsu Maru"
- Otsu-class landing craft carrier "Takatsu Maru"
Transport vessels
Navy ships and war vessels
Aircraft
Secret weapons
Army secret weapons
- Remote-control special vehicle "I-Go"
- Unmanned miniature special vehicle "Ya-I"
- Remote-control special working cable car
- Experimental mortar weapon "Ite-Go"
- Remote-control boat "Isu-Go"
- Rocket cannon "Ro-Go"
- Nuclear project "Mishina"
- Engine stopcock "Ha-Go"
- Radio signal jamming device "Ho-Go"
- Electromagnetic anti-tank weapon "To-Go"
- VHF wave application research "Chi-Go"
- High voltage weapon "Ka-Go"
- High voltage obstacle-destroying weapon "Kaha-Go"
- High voltage conductive wire obstacles "Kake-Go"
- High voltage conductive wire net launching rocket "Kate-Go"
- Infrared ray detecting device "Ne-Go"
- Mine-detecting sonar for landing operations "Ra-Go"
- Remote radio-control device "Mu-Go"
- Radio-controlled boat with remote sonar and depth charge deployment device "Musu-Go"
- Device to cause artificial lightning flashes through ray-scattering "U-Go"
- Night vision system "No-Go"
- Microwave heat ray "Ku-Go" (developed at the No. 9 Special Warfare Army Laboratory)
- Infrared homing bomb "Ke-Go"
- Intercontinental balloon bomb "Fu-Go"
- Optical communication device "Ko-Go"
- Rope-launching rocket system "Te-Go"
- Blinding light ray device "Ki-Go"
- Propaganda transmission device "Se-Go"
- Advanced sonar system "Su-Go"
- Anti-tank explosive spear suicide weapon "Shitotsubakurai"
- Experimental armour for machine gunner
- Experimental reconnaissance aircraft "Te-Go"
- Reconnaissance autogyro "Ka-Go"
- Defoliant bacteria bomb
- Ceramic flea-dispersal bomb for plague propagation
- Plan to collapse Chinese economy through introduction of counterfeit yuan
Navy secret weapons
- I-Go 14 Type Ko-Kai 2 modified A Type 2 I-Go 14 aircraft submarine
- I-Go 15 Type Otsu Type B I-Go 26 aircraft submarine
- I-Go 54 Type Otsu-Kai 2 modified B Type 2 I-Go 54 aircraft submarine
- I-Go 400 Type I-Go 402 aircraft submarine
- Aichi M6A1 Seiran torpedo-bomber (carried in submarines)
- Suicide Attack Diver "Fukuryu"
- "Kaiten" Type 1 suicide attack midget submarine
- "Kairyu" midget submarine
- Nuclear project "F-Go"
- Aircraft battleship class "Ise"
Radars
Imperial Japanese Army radars
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 frequency warning device "Ko")
- Ta-Chi 6 Type B fixed early warning device (fixed early warning device "Otsu")
- Ta-Chi 7 Type B mobile early warning device (mobile early warning device "Otsu")
- Ta-Chi 13 aircraft guidance system
- Ta-Chi 18 Type B portable early warning device (portable early warning device "Otsu")
- Ta-Chi 20 fixed early warning device receiver (for Ta-Chi 6)
- Ta-Chi 24 mobile anti-aircraft radar (Japanese Wurzburg radar)
- 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)
Shipborne radar
- Ta-Se 1 anti-surface radar
- Ta-Se 2 anti-surface radar
Imperial Japanese Navy radars
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 mobile early warning radar ("12-Go" mobile early warning radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 modify 2 mobile early warning radar ("12-Go" modify 2 mobile early warning radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 modify 3 mobile 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)
Missiles & bombs
Name | Type | From (year) | Mass (kg) | Role/s | User/s | Comment/s |
Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko | guided missile | 1944 | 1,400 | air-to-surface | IJA | Radio-guided, also known as I-Go-1A |
Mitsubishi I-Go-1B | guided missile | 1944 | 680 | air-to-surface | IJA | Radio-guided, also known as Ki-148 or I-Go Type 1-Hei |
Ke-Go | guided missile | 1944 | 680 | air-to-surface | IJA | IR homing version of Ki-148 |
Funshin-dan | unguided missile | 1943 | 40 | surface-to-air | IJN | used in battle of Iwo Jima |
Funryu | guided missile | 1943 | 1,900 | surface-to-air | IJN | Radio-guided, models Funryu-1 to Funryu-4 |
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka | guided missile | 1945 | 2,140 | surface-to-air | IJN | guided by suicide pilot |
Type 92 No. 1 | bomb | 1932 | 15 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 92 No. 25 | bomb | 1932 | 250 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 92 No. 50 | bomb | 1932 | 500 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 94 No. 5 | bomb | 1934 | 50 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 94 Mod. No. 5 | bomb | 1934 | 50 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 94 No. 10 | bomb | 1934 | 100 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 94 No. 10 Mod. | bomb | 1934 | 100 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 97 No. 6 | bomb | 1937 | 60 | air-to-surface | IJN | used in Pearl Harbor attack |
Type 98 No. 25 | bomb | 1938 | 30 | air-to-surface | IJN | used in Pearl Harbor attack |
Type 99 No. 3 Mod. | bomb | 1939 | 30 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 99 No. 80 | bomb | 1939 | 800 | anti-ship | IJN | used in Pearl Harbor attack |
Type 99 No. 25 | bomb | 1939 | 30 | anti-ship | IJN | used in Pearl Harbor attack |
Type 1 No. 5 | bomb | 1941 | 50 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 1 No. 10 | bomb | 1941 | 100 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 1 No. 25 | bomb | 1941 | 250 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 3 No. 10 | bomb | 1943 | 100 | air-to-surface | IJA | – |
Type 3 No. 25 | bomb | 1943 | 250 | air-to-surface | IJA | Skipping bomb |
Type 4 No. 10 | bomb | 1944 | 100 | anti-ship | IJA | – |
Type 4 No. 25 | bomb | 1944 | 250 | anti-ship | IJA | – |
Type 4 No. 50 | bomb | 1944 | 500 | anti-ship | IJA | – |
Unclear IJA bombs
- Type Ro-3
- Type Ro-5
- Type Ro-7
Unclear IJN 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
Unclear bomb
- Type 4456 100 kg Skipping bomb
Cartridges and shells
Cartridges
High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shells
Gun | Caliber (mm) | Mass (kg) | Length (mm) | Penetration (mm) |
Type 90/97 tank gun | 57 | 1.80 | 189 | 55 |
Type 92 infantry gun | 70 | 3.38 | 281 | 90 |
Type 41 75 mm mountain gun | 75 | 3.95 | 297 | 100 |
Type 38 12 cm howitzer | 120 | 13.03 | 387 | 140 |
Type 4 15 cm howitzer | 149 | 21.04 | 524 | 150 |
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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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050512014429/http://www.strange-mecha.com/index.html
- Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page - Akira Takizawa
- Color and Markings of the Japanese Explosive Ordnance at Pearl Harbor, A Summary