This is a list of Japanese infantry weapons in

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

Infantry Regular Artillery

* 7cm Field Gun (75 mm) * 7 cm Mountain Gun (75mm)7cm Mountain Gun
at plala.or.jp * Type 31 75 mm Field Gun * Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun * Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun "Rentai Ho"(regimental artillery) *

Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun The Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun was a Japanese field gun first accepted into service in 1908. The ''Type 41'' designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 41st year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1908).War Department TM-E-30-480 ''Han ...

* Type 90 75 mm Field Gun * Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun *

Type 95 75 mm Field Gun The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm field gun and the Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun in front line combat units but, due to operational and budgetary constraints, on ...

Infantry Anti Tank Gun

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 * Type Ra 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun (local derivation of German PAK 35/36 captured to Chinese) for use in guadalcanal and Chinese front.

Infantry Support Gun

Type 11 37 mm Infantry Gun The was an infantry support gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type 11 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 11th year of Emperor Taishō's reign (1922).War Departmen ...

* Type 92 70 mm Infantry Gun "Daitai Ho"(Battalion Artillery)

Infantry Howitzer

* Krupp 12 mm david * Krupp 15 cm Howitzer *

Type 38 12 cm Howitzer The Type 38 12 cm howitzer (1905) is an obsolete Japanese field piece used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, Second Sino-Japanese War, and World War II. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the ...

Type 38 15 cm Howitzer The was a 1905 German design that was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard heavy howitzer of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th ...

* Type 4 15 cm Howitzer *

Type 91 10 cm Howitzer The was a howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. As the standard Japanese light howitzer of the period, it was influenced by Schneider designs and was considered to be light, robust and ...

Type 96 15 cm Howitzer The was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 4 15 cm howitzer in front line combat units from 1937, although it fired the same ammunition. It was first use ...

* 28 cm Howitzer *

Type 45 24 cm Howitzer 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. * Typ ...

* Type 7 30 cm david

Infantry Heavy Artillery Cannons

* Krupp 10.5 cm Cannon * Type 38 10 cm Cannon * Type 14 10 cm Cannon *

Type 92 10 cm Cannon The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type 92 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2592 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1932 in the Gregor ...

* Type 45 15 cm Cannon * Type 7 10 cm Cannon * Type 7 15 cm Cannon * Type 11 75 mm Cannon *

Type 89 15 cm Cannon The Type 89 15 cm cannon was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army's heavy artillery units. The ''Type 89'' designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2589 of the Japanese calendar (1929).War Department Special Seri ...

Type 96 24 cm Howitzer The Type 96 24 cm howitzer (Japanese: 九六式二十四糎榴弾砲 , ''Kyūroku -shiki nijūyon-senchi ryūdanhō'') was a siege gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Japanese-Soviet War and during the Pacific War from 1936 to 1945 ...

Type 96 15 cm Cannon The Type 96 15 cm cannon (Japanese: 九六式十五糎加農砲, ''Kyūroku-shiki jūgo-senchi Kannohō'') was a siege gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Japanese-Soviet War and during the Pacific War from 1936 to 1945. The desi ...

Tank Cannons (in regular tank use)

* 57 mm Tank Cannon * 37 mm Tank Cannon * 47 mm Tank Cannon

Infantry Mortars

* Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar * Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar *

Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar The Type 96 and Type 97 were Japanese 150 mm caliber mortars used during the Second World War. The Type 96 designation was given to this mortar as it was accepted in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar Japanese calendar types have inc ...

Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar The Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar was a Japanese mortar used primary by Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The Type 97 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2597 of the Japanese calendar (1937).War Departm ...

* 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 * 15 cm Heavy Mortar * Type 14 27 cm Heavy Mortar * Type 98 32 cm Spigot Mortar

Infantry Anti-Aircraft Gun

Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon The Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon was the most common light anti-aircraft gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. It entered service in 1938 and was used until the end of World War II. After World War II this gun was used by the Indonesian Army ...

Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon The Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon was a Japanese-designed anti-aircraft gun, based on the assembly of the German Flak 38. It entered service in 1942. Design Introduced in 1942, compared to the earlier Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon, Type ...

* 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon * Model 96 25 mm Dual Purpose Anti-Tank/Anti-Aircraft Gun * Vickers Type 40 mm Dual Purpose Anti-Tank/Anti-Aircraft Gun * AA Mine Discharger (7 or 8 cm) * 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 The was an anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army. They started producing the gun in 1943. The Type 4 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2604 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1944 in the Gregor ...

* Type 99 88 mm AA Gun (based on Krupp 88 mm Flak of the German Navy (8.8 cm/45 SK C/30), which was captured in China) *

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- ...

Infantry Rifles

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 ...

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 *

TERA Rifle The TERA rifles ( ja, 挺進落下傘小銃／挺身落下傘小銃, Teishin Rakkasan Shoujuu) were special Japanese takedown rifles developed for paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army. All designs were capable of either being broken down o ...

s (Type 100 Rifle, Type 1 Rifle, Type 2 Rifle)

Infantry Pistols

* Type 26 9 mm Pistol * Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol * Type 94 8 mm Pistol

Infantry Submachine Gun

* 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 ...

Infantry Machine Guns

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* 7.7 mm Tank Machine Gun

Infantry Hand Grenade

* 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 * Type 99 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 ...

Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons

* Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle * Type 93 mine * Type 99 AT Mine * Type 2 AT Rifle Grenade * Rifle Grenade Dischargers * Type 3 AT Grenade

Other Infantry Equipment

Type 100 Flamethrower The were flamethrowers used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Naval Landing Forces, SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. History and development Japanese military attaché, military observ ...

* Type 98 Military Sword * Infantry Armor

References

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