List of weapons of the Japanese Navy
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This is a list of the weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Tanks and armoured vehicles (WW II)[]
Regular Light and Medium Tanks[]
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A IJN Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
- Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha Tankette
- Type 94 tankette Tankette
- Type 97 Te-Ke Light Tank
- Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank
- Type 89 Chi-Ro Medium Tank
- Type 89 Yi-Go Medium Tank
- Type 97 Medium Tank
- Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha Improved Medium Tank
Amphibious Tank[]
A captured IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi undergoing testing
- Type 1 Mi-Sha (a/k/a Type 1 Ka-Mi) Amphibious Tank
- Type 2 Ka-Mi Amphibious Tank
- Type 3 Ka-Chi Amphibious Tank
- Type 5 To-Ku Amphibious Tank
Amphibious APC[]
- Type 4 Ka-Tsu Amphibious APC Vehicle
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IJN Short Barrel 120 mm Gun tanks at the Naval Yard in Sasebo
Self-Propelled vehicles[]
- Type 1 75 mm SPH Ho-Ni I
- Type 1 105 mm SPH Ho-Ni II
- Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha Short Barrel 120 mm Gun Tank
- Navy Long Barrel 12 cm SPG
Armoured cars[]
- Vickers Crossley Armoured Car
- 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)[]
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Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun, rear view
Anti tank guns[]
- Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
- 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
- Vickers Type 40 mm (1.6 in) Dual Purpose AntiTank/Anti-Aircraft Gun
- Type 11 75 mm AA gun
- Type 88 75 mm AA Gun
- Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
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A damaged dual purpose Type 10 120 mm gun
Heavy anti-aircraft gun[]
- Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
- 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
- 450 mm Heavy Rocket Launcher
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
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Rifles[]
- Type 38 Rifle
- Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
- Cavalry Rifle
- Type 97 Sniper Rifle
- Type 99 Rifle
- Type 99 Sniper Rifle
- 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 Sub Machine Gun
- Type 100 Sub Machine Gun
Machine guns[]
- Type 11 Light Machine Gun
- Type 96 Light Machine Gun
- Type 99 Light Machine Gun
- Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
- Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
- Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
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
- 81 mm Infantry Mortar
- 120 mm Infantry Mortar
- 50 mm Mortar
Grenades and grenade dischargers[]
- Type 10 Grenade
- Type 91 Grenade
- Type 97 Grenade
- [Type 99] Grenade
- Ceramic Grenade
- Type 10 Grenade Discharger
- Type 89 Grenade Discharger
Light anti-aircraft weapons[]
- Type 98 20 mm AA-Rapid Fire Anti-Tank Machine Cannon
- Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
- Type 220 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
- Pressure Anti-Tank/Personnel Mine
- 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[]
- Mitsubishi G3M3 () (Allied codename: "Nell"): This long-range bomber, beginning in 1943, was used as a radar-equipped maritime reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
- Mitsubishi G4M1 (/12) "Betty": From 1942, the G4M was also used for the same purposes as the G3M
- Nakajima B5N2 ("Kate")/Nakajima B6N1-2 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 E13A1b ("Jake") Mark 11B:how model 11A, added surface-search radar and other night conversion with radar (E13A1b-S)
- Kawanishi H6K2,4, 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 E7K2 ("Alf") Mark 2: short range seaplane, fitted with magnetic anomaly detection equipment and surface-search radar for short range patrol and antisubmarine missions.
- 1 Nankai (South Sea): two place version of training aircraft Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku, for antisubmarine patrol. Equipped with sea-surface finding antisubmarine sonar (one prototype)
- Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai (Eastern Sea; "Lorna"): Antisubmarine patrol aircraft. Equipped with surface-search radar and antisubmarine equipment for escorting convoys in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan during short periods in 1944-45.
- Mitsubishi Q2M 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
- Type 92 submarine torpedo
- Type 93 surface-launched torpedo
- Type 95 submarine torpedo
- Type 97 midget submarine 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 (World War II)[]
- Suicide Attack Frogman "Fukuryu"
- I-Go I-400 class submarine (Special Submarine) I-Go 402
- Aichi M6A "Seiran" special torpedo-bomber
References[]
- Stille, Mark (2014). The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472801463.
- Tomczyk, Andrzej (2002). Japanese Armor Vol. 1. AJ Press. ISBN 83-7237-097-4.
- Tomczyk, Andrzej (2007) [2002]. Japanese Armor Vol. 2. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371119.
- Tomczyk, Andrzej (2003). Japanese Armor Vol. 3. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371287.
- Tomczyk, Andrzej (2005). Japanese Armor Vol. 4. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371676.
- Tomczyk, Andrzej (2007). Japanese Armor Vol. 5. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371799.
- Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.
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- Imperial Japanese Navy