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List of Japanese military equipment of World War II

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.

Small arms
Pistols and Revolvers (manual and semi-automatic) Automatic pistols and submachine guns Rifles Grenades and grenade launchers Flare guns Recoilless rifles Flamethrowers ==Machine guns==
Machine guns
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns Vehicle and aircraft machine guns {{see also|List of weapons of World War II Japanese aircraft#Army aircraft Training light machine guns ==Artillery==
Artillery
Infantry mortarsType 89 grenade discharger, or 'knee mortar,' firing grenades or 50mm shells. • Type 98 50 mm mortarType 11 70 mm infantry mortar (rifled bore) • Type 97 81 mm infantry mortarType 99 81 mm mortar – fired by hammer strike • Type 94 90 mm infantry mortarType 97 90 mm infantry mortar (simplified version of Type 94 90 mm infantry mortar) • Type 2 12 cm mortar • – actually heavy 150mm mortar, 90 made and used in 1932 • Type 96 150 mm infantry mortarType 97 150 mm infantry mortar (Type 96 150 mm infantry mortar with recoil absorber removed to save weight) Heavy mortars & rocket launchers • • Type 98 320 mm mortarType 4 20 cm rocket launcher • Type 3 300 mm heavy mortar on Type 4 Ha-To SP heavy mortar carrier • Type 4 40 cm rocket launcherType 5 mortar launcher "Tok"Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters Field artillery7cm mountain gun (75 mm caliber, short bronze barrel) • Type 31 75 mm mountain gun (steel version) • 7 cm field gun (75mm caliber, long bronze barrel) • Type 31 75 mm field gun (steel version) • Type 41 75 mm mountain gun (license-built Krupp M.08 mountain gun) • Type 94 75 mm mountain gun (Japanese design to replace Type 41 75 mm mountain gun) • Type 38 75 mm field gun (license-built Krupp gun) • Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun (Type 38 75 mm field gun lightened by about 30 kg in weight) • Type 90 75 mm field gun (Japanese design to replace Type 38 75 mm field gun) • Type 95 75 mm field gun (lighter weight gun to supersede the Type 90 75 mm field gun) • Type 99 10 cm mountain gunKrupp 10.5 cm cannon (Krupp built gun imported from Germany) • Krupp 12 cm howitzer (Krupp built gun imported from Germany) • Krupp 15 cm howitzer (Krupp built gun imported from Germany) • Type 38 10 cm cannon (license-built Krupp 105mm howitzer M1905) • Type 91 10 cm howitzer (Japanese design, light-weight howitzer to supplement Type 38 15 cm howitzer) • Type 14 10 cm cannon (Japanese design, largely unsuccessful) • Type 92 10 cm cannon (replacement for Type 14 10 cm cannon) • 120 mm Krupp howitzer M1905Type 38 12 cm howitzer (license-built 120 mm Krupp howitzer M1905) • Type 38 15 cm howitzer (license-built 150 mm Krupp QF howitzer M1905) • Type 4 15 cm howitzer (changes of Type 38 15 cm howitzer to improve portability) • Type 96 15 cm howitzer (intended replacement of Type 4 15 cm howitzer and main howitzer used by heavy artillery units) Fortress and siege gunsType 7 10 cm cannon (early production of Type 14 10 cm cannon) • Type 45 15 cm coast defense gun (1912) – barbette-mounted coastal defense gun • Type 7 15 cm cannonType 89 15 cm cannon – main heavy gun of Imperial Japanese ArmyType 96 15 cm cannon – developed to have a gun with a longer range than the Type 89 • 28 cm howitzer L/10Type 45 24 cm howitzer (1912) – replacement for 28 cm howitzer L/10 • Type 45 20 cm howitzer (1912) – almost the same as the Type 45 24 cm howitzer, but for the caliber • Type 96 24 cm howitzerType 90 24 cm railway gun – built in France • Type 7 30 cm howitzer (1918) – semi-mobile siege gun • Experimental 41 cm howitzer – largest Japanese gun produced Infantry gunsType 11 37 mm infantry gunType 92 70 mm infantry gun (Type 92 battalion gun) Anti-tank gunsType Ra 37 mm anti-tank gun (German 3.7 cm Pak 36 captured from Chinese) • Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gunType 1 37 mm anti-tank gun – same as Type 94 but with a longer barrel • – a prototype tested in 1937–1938 • Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun • – prototype tested in 1941–1943, cancelled because of the appearance of Allied heavy tanks. ==Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)==
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
Type 97 automatic cannonType 99 mine • Type 93 pressure AT, personnel mine • Type 2 rifle grenade launcher • Type 3 AT grenade • Lunge mine • 57 mm tank cannon • 37 mm tank cannon • Type 5 45 mm recoilless gun • Type 4 70 mm AT rocket launcher ==Anti-aircraft weapons==
Anti-aircraft weapons
Occasional anti-aircraft gunsType 97 automatic cannonType 11 light machine gunType 96 light machine gunType 99 light machine gunType 92 heavy machine gunType 1 heavy machine gun • 37mm high elevation angle gun • modified Type 38 75 mm field gun Light anti-aircraft gunsType 3 heavy machine gunType 4 heavy machine gun13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun • – used in independent machine gun companies • Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannonType 4 20 mm twin AA machine cannonType 2 20 mm AA machine cannonType 2 20 mm twin AA machine cannonType 96 25 mm AT/AA gun – main IJN gun, over 30,000 units produced • 70/81mm AA mine discharger Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns ==Vehicles==
Vehicles
TankettesCarden Loyd Mk.VIType 92 heavy armoured car (also known as Jyu-Sokosha Type 92 cavalry tank) • Type 94 tankette "TK" • Type 97 Te-Ke – improvement of Type 94 "TK" • Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG self-propelled AA gun (armed with Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon) • Model 94 3/4 ton tracked trailer – towed by tankettes Amphibious tanksType 92 A-I-Go (experimental, modified hull of Type 92 heavy armoured car) • Type 1 Mi-Sha (a/k/a Type 1 Ka-Mi) (experimental) • Type 2 Ka-Mi (modified hull of Type 95 Ha-Go) • Type 3 Ka-Chi (modified hull of Type 1 Chi-He) • Type 5 To-Ku (modified hull of Type 5 Chi-Ri) Note: Amphibious tanks were used by the IJN. Tanks and related vehiclesTank Mk IV – British World War I vintage • Medium Mark A Whippet – British World War I vintage • Renault FT-17 "Ko" light tank – World War I vintage • Renault NC27 "Otsu" light tankM3 light tank – captured • Experimental tank – Number 1 (Type 87 Chi-I) 1st prototype leading to the Type 89 I-GoType 89 I-Go medium tank • Type 91 heavy tank – prototype leading to Type 95 heavy tankType 95 heavy tank – multi-turret tank; four prototypes completed • Hi-Ro Sha SPG – Type 95 heavy tank hull, 105 mm cannon • Ji-Ro SPG – Type 95 heavy tank hull, 105 mm cannon • Type 95 Ha-Go (also known as Type 95 Ke-Go or Type 95 Kyu-Go) • Type 98 Ke-Ni (also known as Type 98 Chi-Ni) – replacement model light tank for the Type 95 Ha-Go • Type 2 Ke-To – variant of Type 98 Ke-Ni with improved 37 mm cannon • Type 2 Ke-To based work vehicle – prototype engineering vehicle with smaller, modified Type 2 Ke-To turret. Equipped with a generator, flood light and a light crane • Type 4 work vehicle – production engineering vehicle with Type 2 Ke-To hull. Equipped with a front end dozer blade, a generator and flood light • Type 98 Ta-Se – prototype 20 mm AA gun tank with Type 98 Ke-Ni hull • Type 98 20 mm AAG tank – prototype with Type 98 Ke-Ni hull and twin Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannonSpecial number 3 light tank Ku-Ro – airborne light tank carried by glider Ku-6 (early development version known as So-Ra); prototype, mockup only • Type 3 Ke-RiType 95 Ha-Go tank with 57 mm main gun. Prototype failed army trials in 1943 • Type 4 Ke-NuHa-Go hull with a 57 mm main gun in a Chi-Ha turret • Type 4 Ho-To SPG – prototype with a Ha-Go hull fitted with Type 38 12 cm howitzerType 5 Ho-Ru SPATG – prototype based on modified hull of the Ha-Go with a Type 1 47 mm tank gunType 97 Chi-Ha – with Type 97 57 mm tank gun; the most advanced Japanese tank available in numbers at start of the Pacific WarType 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha – Chi-Ha hull with an enlarged turret and production model Type 1 47 mm tank gunType 1 Ho-Ni I SPG (tank destroyer) – Chi-Ha hull with Type 90 75 mm field gunType 1 Ho-Ni II SPG (tank destroyer) – Chi-Ha hull with Type 91 10 cm howitzerType 3 Ho-Ni III SPG (tank destroyer) – Chi-Ha hull with Type 3 75 mm tank gun, same as Type 3 Chi-Nu tank • Type 2 Ho-I Infantry support tank – Type 99 75 mm L/23 gun on hull of Chi-Ha • Type 4 Ho-Ro SPG – Chi-Ha hull with Type 38 15 cm howitzerType 3 Chi-Nu – improved Chi-Ha hull fitted with large new hexagonal turret with Type 3 75 mm tank gunShort barrel 120 mm gun tank (1945) – 120 mm naval gun in a Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha turret on a Chi-Ha hull, for infantry support • Long barrel 120 mm SPG (1945) – 120 mm naval gun on a Chi-Ha hull – prototype only • Type 5 Ho-Chi SPG – (design study), Chi-Ha hull fitted with a Type 96 15 cm howitzerType 1 Chi-He – major improvement of the Chi-Ha series with a more powerful engine, thicker armor and using the Type 1 47 mm tank gun • Ta-Ha SPAAG – (design study), Type 1 Chi-He hull with twin 37 mm anti-aircraft guns • Type 98 Chi-Ho – prototype medium tank with an enlarged turret and the then "experimental" Type 1 47 mm tank gunO-I (1940), 100-ton tank (design study) • O-I (1943), 120-ton tank (unfinished prototype) • Type 4 Chi-To (2 completed) – up-scaled Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha with Type 5 75 mm tank gunType 5 Ka-To tank destroyer (unfinished prototype) – Extended Type 4 Chi-To hull fitted with a 105 mm cannon • Type 5 Chi-Ri – (unfinished prototype) to be fitted with Type 5 75 mm tank gun and later to be up-gunned with an 88 mm main gun • Type 5 Ho-Ri tank destroyer (unfinished prototype) – Type 5 Chi-Ri hull fitted with a 105 mm cannon • Type 5 Ke-Ho (prototype) – intended to be successor of Type 95 Ha-GoType 5 Na-To (tank destroyer) – Type 5 75 mm tank gun on a chassis of a Type 4 Chi-So medium tracked carrier Self-propelled guns Tank-based Other Armored cars Armored carriersType 94 disinfecting vehicle and Type 94 gas scattering vehicleType 97 disinfecting vehicle and Type 97 gas scattering vehicleType 98 So-Da armored ammunition carrier • Type 100 Te-Re armored artillery observation vehicle • Type 98 Ko-Hi half-track • Type 1 Ho-Ki armored personnel carrier • Type TC experimental armored personnel carrier • Type TE experimental armored personnel carrier • Type TG experimental armored personnel carrier • Type 1 Ho-Ha half-track • Type 4 Chi-So armored medium tracked carrier • Type 4 Ka-Tsu armored tracked resupply transport and amphibious torpedo craft • Experimental light armored ATG carrier "So-To" Armored trainsImprovised armored trainSpecial armoured trainType 94 armoured train 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 LocomotivesRailroad 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 • Type 94 6-wheeled truck • Type 95 mini-truck • Type 97 4-wheeled truck • Type 1 6-wheeled truck • Type 1 4-wheeled truck • Type 2 heavy truck • Toyota KB/KC truckNissan Type 80 truck • Nissan 180 truck • Amphibious truck "Su-Ki" • Isuzu Type 94 truck Tractors & prime movers • Type 92 5 t prime mover "I-Ke" – Ko model (gasoline engine), introduced in 1931 and weighted 4.6 ton. Otsu model (diesel engine), introduced in 1936 and weighted 5.3 ton. A total of 422 were produced. • Type 92 8 t prime mover "Ni-Ku" – Ko model (gasoline engine), introduced in 1932 and weighted 8.0 ton. Otsu model (diesel engine), introduced in 1936 and weighted 8.35 ton. A total of 1,657 were produced. • Type 94 4 t prime mover "Yo-Ke" – introduced in 1934 and weighted 3.55 ton. A total of 133 were produced. • Type 95 13 t prime mover "Ho-Fu" – Ko model (gasoline engine), introduced in 1935 and weighted 13.0 ton. Otsu model (diesel engine), introduced in 1938 and weighted 13.64 ton. A total of 373 were produced. • Type 98 4 t prime mover "Shi-Ke" – introduced in 1938 and weighted 4.3 ton. A total of 781 were produced. • Type 98 6 t prime mover "Ro-Ke" – introduced in 1939 and designed successor of the Type 92 5 t prime mover "I-Ke". It weighted 6.9 ton and a total of 1,983 were produced. • Experimental 16 t tractor "Chi-Ke" – developed in 1940/1941, it was a heavy prime mover and intended as the designed successor of the Type 95 13 t prime mover "Ho-Fu". It was powered by a diesel engine and had a crane at the backend for light loads. It did not go into production. • Type 96 AA gun prime mover • Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon carrier truckType 98 Ko-Hi half-track prime mover • Type 98 20 mm AA half-track vehicle Passenger cars (not armoured)Toyota AA/AB/AC • Type 93 6/4-wheeled passenger car • Small passenger car "Ho-Ya" • Type 95 passenger car "Kurogane" • Type 98 passenger car JC • Model 97 Nissan staff car, Nissan 70 MotorcyclesType 97 motorcycle (licensed Harley-Davidson, Rikuo production) • Type 1 motorcycle with side car (trike) Miscellaneous vehicles • Type 94 ambulance • Type 94 repair vehicle ==Army vessels==
Army vessels
River-crossing crafts • Type 95 collapsible boat • Type 99 pontoon bridge • Rubber rafts Landing craftPersonnel landing craft "Shohatsu"Personnel landing craft "Chuhatsu"Vehicle landing craft "Daihatsu"Vehicle landing craft "Toku-Daihatsu" • Vehicle Landing Craft "Mokusei-Daihatsu" Motorboats • Speedboat model Ko • Speedboat model Otsu • Suicide-Attack motorboat "Maru-Re" Gun boats • Armored boat "AB-Tei" • Submarine-chaser "Karo-Tei" ===IJA Landing craft/aircraft carriers=== • 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 • Tank landing ship "SS-Tei" • Fast transport vessel "Yi-Go" • Transport submarine "Maru-Yu", also referred as Type 3 submergence transport vehicle ==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==
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==
Missiles & bombs
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 and shells
Cartridges High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shells 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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