List of Japanese military equipment of World War II

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[edit] Infantry weapons

[edit] Rifles

[edit] Pistols

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

[edit] Submachine gun

[edit] Machine guns

[edit] Grenades

[edit] Grenade launchers

[edit] Infantry mortars

[edit] Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

[edit] Flamethrowers

[edit] Military swords

[edit] Heavy weapons

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[edit] Field artillery

[edit] Fortress guns

[edit] Infantry guns

[edit] Anti-tank guns

[edit] Anti-tank weapons

[edit] Anti-aircraft weapons

[edit] Occasional anti-aircraft guns

[edit] Light anti-aircraft guns

[edit] Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns

[edit] Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

[edit] Tanks

Note: Amphibious Tanks were used by the IJN.

[edit] 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

[edit] Armored vehicles

[edit] Armored cars

  • Austin Motor Company Armoured Car
  • Vickers Crossley Armored Car
  • Wolseley Motor Company 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

[edit] Armored carriers

  • Type 98 So-Da Armored Ammunition Carrier
  • Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier
  • Type 1 Ho-Ha Half-Track
  • Type 4 Ka-Tsu Amphibious Vehicle
  • Experimental Light Armored ATG Carrier "So-To"
  • Type 4 Ka-Tsu "Toku 4 Shiki Naikatei" Amphibious Personnel Carrier

[edit] 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"

[edit] Armored trains

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other land vehicles

[edit] Trucks

[edit] Passenger cars

[edit] Motorcycles

[edit] Railroad cars

[edit] 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

[edit] Miscellaneous vehicles

  • Type 94 Ambulance
  • Type 94 Repair Vehicle

[edit] Army vessels

[edit] River-crossing crafts

  • Type 95 Collapsible Boat
  • Type 99 Pontoon Bridge
  • Rubber Rafts

[edit] Landing craft

[edit] Motorboats

  • Speedboat Model Ko
  • Speedboat Model Otsu
  • Suicide-Attack Motorboat "Maru-Re"

[edit] Gun boats

  • Armored Boat "AB-Tei"
  • Submarine-chaser "Karo-Tei"

[edit] Landing craft/aircraft carriers

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

[edit] Transport vessels

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Navy ships and warvessels

Main article: List of Japanese Navy ships and warvessels in World War II

[edit] Secret weapons

Main article: Secret and special weapons in Showa Japan

[edit] 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

[edit] 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"

[edit] Imperial Japanese Army Electronic Warfare Systems

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Shipborne radar

  • Ta-Se 1 Anti-Surface Radar
  • Ta-Se 2 Anti-Surface Radar

[edit] Imperial Japanese Navy Electronic Warfare Systems

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Missiles & bombs

[edit] Japanese Army guided missiles

[edit] 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 piloted missile (suicide weapon)

[edit] Imperial Japanese Army bombs

  • Type Ro-3
  • Type Ro-5
  • Type Ro-7

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 70 mm 3.38 kg 281 mm 90 mm
Type 41 Mountain Gun 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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