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Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrend ...
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Tanks and armoured vehicles (WW II)


Regular light and medium tanks

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Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha The , also known as the Type 92 cavalry tank, was the Empire of Japan's first indigenous tankette. Designed for use by the cavalry of the Imperial Japanese Army by Ishikawajima Motorcar Manufacturing Company (currently Isuzu Motors), the Type 92 ...
tankette *
Type 94 tankette The Type 94 tankette ( ja, 九四式軽装甲車, Kyūyon-shiki keisōkōsha, literally "94 type light armored car"; also known as TK, an abbreviation of ''Tokushu Keninsha'', literally "special tractor") was a tankette used by the Imperial Japane ...
* Type 97 Te-Ke tankette *
Type 95 Ha-Go light tank The was a light tank used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry but, like the American M3 Stuart light tank, was not d ...
* Type 89A I-Go Kō medium tank * Type 89B I-Go Otsu medium tank * Type 97 medium tank *
Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * T ...
Improved medium tank


Amphibious tanks

* Type 1 Mi-Sha (a/k/a Type 1 Ka-Mi) amphibious tank *
Type 2 Ka-Mi The was the first amphibious tank of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Type 2 Ka-Mi was based on the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank with major modifications. History and development As early as 1928, the Japanese Army ...
amphibious tank *
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 medium tank (it had 2 more road-wheels and two more return roll ...
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Type 5 To-Ku The was a Japanese prototype amphibious tank developed in 1945. The development status by the end of the Pacific War The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, t ...
amphibious tank


Amphibious APC

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Type 4 Ka-Tsu The was a Japanese amphibious landing craft of World War II. The first prototype was completed in late 1943 and trials were conducted off Kure in March 1944. History Japan's combat experience in the Solomon Islands in 1942 which revealed the dif ...
Amphibious APC vehicle


Self-Propelled vehicles

*Type 1 75 mm SPH Ho-Ni I *Type 1 105 mm SPH Ho-Ni II *Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha
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* Navy Long Barrel 12 cm SPG


Armoured cars

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Vickers Crossley armoured car The Vickers Crossley armoured car a/k/a the Model 25 Vickers Crossley Motors, Crossley armored car (military), armoured car, was a British-made military vehicle used by the British Army in India and exported to different countries, including J ...
* Sumida Model P armored car * Type 93 armoured car *Type 92 Osaka HoKoKu-Go armoured car


Cars and trucks

* Type 95 Mini-truck *Amphibious truck Su-Ki


Artillery weapons (WWII)


Anti tank guns

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Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * ...
* Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun * Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun


Medium anti-aircraft gun

* Type 96 25 mm Dual Purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun *
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Type Dual Purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun * Type 11 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. The Type 88 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2588 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1928 in the ...
* Type 4 75 mm AA gun


Heavy anti-aircraft gun

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Type 14 10 cm AA gun The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. The Type 14 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, the 14th year of Emperor Taishō's reign, 1929 in the Gregorian calendar.War Department TM- ...
* Type 3 12 cm AA gun * Type 5 15 cm AA gun (project) * Type 3 80 mm AA gun * Type 10 120 mm AA gun


Rocket launcher (ground use)

*25 mm Rocket gun launcher *80 mm Anti-Tank rocket launcher *100 mm Anti-Tank rocket launcher *120 mm rocket launcher *120 mm Six-Rocket launcher *200 mm Rocket launcher Model 1 *200 mm Rocket launcher Model 2 *200 mm Rocket launcher Model 3 *450 mm Heavy Rocket launcher *Type 6 Ground Use Bomb Projection rocket launcher Model 11 *Type 6 Ground Use Bomb Projection rocket launcher Model 13 *Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 1 *Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 2 *Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 2 modification 1


Rocket launcher (carrier-based)

*75 mm Blast-Off Rocket launcher *120 mm Rocket launcher *120 mm 28-Rocket launcher *120 mm 30-Rocket launcher *150 mm Rocket Depth Bomb launcher


Infantry weapons of the Japanese Navy (WW II)


Rifles

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Type 38 rifle The is a bolt-action service rifle that was used by the Empire of Japan predominantly during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Second World War. The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence ...
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Type 38 cavalry rifle The is a bolt-action service rifle that was used by the Empire of Japan predominantly during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Second World War. The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence ...
* Type 44 cavalry rifle * Type 97 sniper 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 7.7mm cartridge being fired by their Type 92 ...
* Type 99 sniper rifle * Type 'I' rifle * TERA rifles (Type 100 rifle, Type 1 rifle, Type 2 rifle)


Pistols

* Type 26 9 mm revolver * Type 14 8 mm Nambu pistol * Type 94 8 mm pistol


Sub machine guns

* Bergmann submachine gun *
Type 100 submachine gun The was a Japanese submachine gun used during World War II and the only submachine gun produced by Japan in any quantity. It was made in two basic variants referred to by American and British observers as the Type 100/40 and the Type 100/44, the ...


Machine guns

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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 of the utility of machine guns in prov ...
* Type 96 light machine gun * Type 99 light machine gun *
Type 3 heavy machine gun , also known as the Taishō 14 machine gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun. Design The Type 3 heavy machine gun was based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the ...
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Type 92 heavy machine gun was a Japanese heavy machine gun, related to the Hotchkiss machine gun series. It entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. Known for its reliability, it was used after the war by various fo ...
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Type 1 heavy machine gun was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the later stages of the Second World War. Though seemingly intended to replace the older Type 92 heavy machine gun, the weapon never underwent the same level of mass production a ...


Infantry mortar

* Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 97 150 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 99 81 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 2 120 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 98 50 mm Mortar


Grenades and grenade dischargers

*Type 10 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 S ...
* Type 97 Grenade * ype 99Grenade * Ceramic Grenade * Type 10 Grenade Discharger *
Type 89 Grenade Discharger The , inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It got the nickname the "knee mortar" because of an errone ...
* Rifle Grenade Dischargers


Light anti-aircraft weapons

* Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon * Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon * Type 4 20 mm twin AA machine cannon * Type 4 20m Twin AA machine cannon * AA Mine Discharger


Anti-tank weapons

* Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle * Type 99 AT Mine * Type 2 AT Rifle Grenade *Type 3 AT Grenade * Lunge AT Mine * Model 93 Pressure Anti-Tank/Personnel Mine * Model 99 Magnetic Anti-Tank Mine


Flamethrower

* Type 100 flamethrower


Military sword

*Type 98 Shin guntō Military Sword


Aerial bombs (WW II)

* Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb T(Spreading) * 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" steel board Anti Submarine * Type 3 No.6 27-Go Bomb 1,354 200 58.0 1.2 10.5 500(Spreading) * Type 3 No.25 4-Go Bomb Type 1 steel board Anti-Ground Anti Surface * Type 3 No.50 4-Go Bomb steel board Anti-Ground Anti-Surface


Electronic warfare (WWII)


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 Mobil Early Warning Radar) * Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 3 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Modify 3 Mobil Early Warning Radar) * Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Modify 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) (S3 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar) * 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 Mark6 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)


Radar-equipped Bomber devices for maritime reconnaissance/antisubmarine patrol

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Mitsubishi G3M The was a Japanese bomber and transport aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during World War II. The Yokosuka L3Y (Allied reporting name "Tina"), was a transport variant of the aircraft manufactured by the Yokosu ...
3 ( Model 23) (Allied codename: "Nell"): This long-range bomber, beginning in 1943, was used as a radar-equipped maritime reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft. *
Mitsubishi G4M The Mitsubishi G4M was a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber formerly manufactured by the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. Its official designat ...
1 ( Model 11/12) "Betty": From 1942, the G4M was also used for the same purposes as the G3M *
Nakajima B5N The Nakajima B5N ( ja, 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Al ...
2 ("Kate")/
Nakajima B6N The Nakajima B6N ''Tenzan'' ( ja, 中島 B6N 天山, "Heavenly Mountain", Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber during the final years of World War II and the successor to the B5N ...
1-2 ''Tenzan'' ("Jill"): In 1944, some torpedo bombers of mentioned types used with antisubmarine, radar detection (with finding radar equipment) and similar purposes in short- or medium-range maritime search missions from carriers or land bases. *
Aichi E13A The Aichi E13A ( Allied reporting name: "Jake") was a long-range reconnaissance seaplane used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1941 to 1945. Numerically the most important floatplane of the IJN, it could carry a crew of three and a bombl ...
1b ("Jake") Mark 11B:how model 11A, added surface-search radar and other night conversion with radar (E13A1b-S) *
Kawanishi H6K The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was Mavis; the Navy designation was . Desig ...
2,4, and 5 "Mavis" Marks 11, 22, and 23:more powerful engines, for ultra long range missions, long range sea radio equipment and surface-search radar added. * Kawanishi H8K2 ("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 E7K The Kawanishi E7K was a Japanese three-seat reconnaissance seaplane mainly in use during the 1930s. It was allocated the reporting name Alf by the Allies of World War II. Design and development In 1932 the Imperial Japanese Navy requested the K ...
2 ("Alf") Mark 2: short range seaplane, fitted with
magnetic anomaly detection A magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) is an instrument used to detect minute variations in the Earth's magnetic field. The term refers specifically to magnetometers used by military forces to detect submarines (a mass of ferromagnetic material crea ...
equipment and surface-search radar for short range patrol and antisubmarine missions. *
Kyushu Q3W is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
1 ''Nankai'' (South Sea): two place version of training aircraft
Kyushu K11W The Kyūshū K11W Shiragiku (白菊, "White Chrysanthemum") made by the Kyūshū Aircraft Company, was a land-based bombing trainer aircraft which served in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in the latter years of World War II. As indicated ...
1 ''Shiragiku'', for antisubmarine patrol. Equipped with sea-surface finding antisubmarine sonar (one prototype) *
Kyushu Q1W The Kyūshū Q1W ''Tokai'' (東海 "Eastern Sea") was a land-based anti-submarine patrol bomber aircraft developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Allied reporting name was ''Lorna''. Although similar in appearance to the G ...
1 ''Tokai'' (Eastern Sea; "Lorna"): Antisubmarine patrol aircraft. Equipped with surface-search radar and antisubmarine equipment for escorting convoys in the East China Sea, the
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and the
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during short periods in 1944-45. *
Mitsubishi Q2M The Mitsubishi Q2M "''Tai'yō''" (大洋, ''Great Sea'') design was derived from the Mitsubishi Ki-67-I ''Hiryū'' ("Peggy") heavy/torpedo bomber of the Japanese Army The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieit ...
''Taiyo'': advanced antisubmarine patrol design, derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 ''Hiryu'' ("Peggy"). Was equipped with magnetic antisubmarine search device, air-surface radar and electronic antennae warfare. This design did not advance past the design stage during the war.


Torpedoes

* Type 91 aircraft-launched
torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, s ...
* Type 92 submarine torpedo * Type 93 surface-launched torpedo * Type 95 submarine torpedo * Type 97
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torpedo


Surface-to-air missiles

* Funryu Type1 radio-guided surface-to-air missile * Funryu Type2 radio-guided surface-to-air missile * Funryu Type3 radio-guided surface-to-air missile * Funryu Type4 radio-guided surface-to-air missile


Special weapons (

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* Suicide Attack Frogman "
Fukuryu were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of the Home islands by Allied forces. The name literally means "crouching dragon," and has also been called " suicide divers" or "kamikaze frogmen" in English te ...
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I-400 class submarine The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarines were the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. The IJN called this type of submarine . T ...
(Special Submarine) I-Go 402 *
Aichi M6A The is a submarine-launched attack floatplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was intended to operate from I-400 class submarines whose original mission was to conduct aerial attacks against the United States. ...
"Seiran" special torpedo-bomber


References

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