List of Japanese military equipment of World War II

1 Infantry weapons
2 Heavy weapons
3 Field artillery
4 Anti-aircraft weapons
5 Tanks
6 Self-propelled guns
7 Armored vehicles
8 Other land vehicles
9 Army vessels
10 Navy ships and warvessels
11 Secret weapons
- 11.1 Army secret weapons
- 11.2 Navy secret weapons
12 Imperial Japanese Army Electronic Warfare Systems
13 Imperial Japanese Navy Electronic Warfare Systems
14 Missiles & bombs
15 High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shells
16 See also
17 External links

Infantry weapons

Rifles

Pistols

Type 26 9 mm Pistol
Nanbu Type A 8 mm "Grandpa"
Nanbu Type B 8 mm "Papa"
Nanbu Type C 7 mm "Baby"
Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol
North China Type 19 8 mm Pistol
Type 94 8 mm Pistol
Type 1 .32ACP Pistol
Type 2 8 mm Pistol
Sugiura .32ACP Pistol
Inagaki .32ACP Pistol
Mauser C96 (Type MO Large pistol)
FN Model 1910
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless

Attention

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

Submachine gun

Type 100
Type II
MP18 (Used by Paratroopers)
MP28 (Used by Paratroopers)
M38/43 (Used by the Imperial Navy)
Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

15cm Mortar
Type 14 27 cm Heavy Mortar
Type 98 32 cm Spigot Mortar
Type 4 20 cm Rocket Launcher
Type 4 40 cm Rocket Launcher
Type 5 Mortar Launcher "Tok"

Flamethrowers

Type 100 Flamethrower

Military swords

Type 98 Military Sword

Heavy weapons

Field artillery

Fortress guns

28cm Howitzer
Type 45 24 cm Howitzer
Type 45 15 cm Cannon
Type 7 30 cm Howitzer
Type 7 10 cm Cannon
Type 7 15 cm Cannon
Type 11 75 mm Cannon
Type 89 15 cm Cannon
Type 96 24 cm Howitzer
Type 96 15cm Cannon
Experimental 41 cm Howitzer
Type 90 24 cm Railway Gun

Infantry guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons

Infantry Armor
Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
Type 99 AT Mine
Armor Piercing Anti-Tank Grenade
Type 93 Pressure Anti-Tank/Personnel Mine
Type 2 AT Rifle Grenade
Type 3 AT Grenade
Lunge AT Mine
57 mm Tank Cannon
37 mm Tank Cannon
Experimental AT Gun (Japanese equivalent to Bazooka, PIAT, Panzerfaust or Panzershreck)
Type 5 45 mm Recoilless Gun
Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher

Anti-aircraft weapons

Occasional anti-aircraft guns

Light anti-aircraft guns

Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns

Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun (triple Muzzle)
Vickers Type 40 mm AT/AA Gun
Type 11 75 mm AA Gun
Type 88 75 mm AA Gun
Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
Type 3 80 mm AA Gun
Type 99 88 mm AA Gun
Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
Type 89 127 mm/40 caliber,twin mounted,dual-purpose
Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
Type 5 15 cm AA Gun

Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

Tanks

British Mk IV - World War I vintage
British Medium A "Whippet" - World War I vintage
Renault FT17 "Ko" Light Tank - World War I vintage
Type 89 Medium Yi-Go
Renault NC27 "Otsu" Light Tank
Carden Loyd Mk.VI
Type 92 Combat Car
Type 94 Tankette "TK"
Type 95 Heavy Tank
Type 95 Ha-Go
Type 97 Te-Ke
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 97-improved Medium Tank "Shinhoto Chi-Ha"
M3 Light Tank - Captured
Type 98 Light Tank "Ke-Ni"
Type 1 Medium Tank "Chi-He"
Type 2 Light Tank "Ke-To"
Type 2 Amphibious Tank "Ka-Mi"
Type 3 Amphibious Tank "Ka-Chi"
Type 3 Medium Tank "Chi-Nu"
Type 4 Medium Tank "Chi-To"
Type 4 Light Tank "Ke-Nu"
Type 5 Medium Tank "Chi-Ri"
Type 92 Tankette
Type 95 Ke-Go Light Tank
Type 93 Light Tank
Type 94 Medium Tank
Type 95 Kyo-Go Light Tank
Type 95 Ke-Ri Light Tank
Type 95 Keni Light Tank
Type 95 So-Ki Rail Tank
Type 95 Ke-Nu Rail Tank
Type 95 Heavy Tank
Type 97 Chi-Ni
Type 1 Ti-Ho Medium Tank
Type 2 Medium Tank
Type 2 Ho-I Infantry Support Tank
Type 4 Ke-Hy Light Tank
Type 5 Ke-Xo Light Tank
Experimental Tank - Number 1
Type 91 Heavy Tank - Experimental
Experimental Medium Tank Chi-Ni
Experimental Medium Tank
Experimental Medium Tank Chi-Ho
Experimental O-I Super Heavy Tank
Experimental Ultra Heavy Tank
Experimental Type 98 Medium Tank
Experimental Flying Tank Ku-Ro or So-Ra
Experimental Flying Tank Maeda Ku-6
Model 94 3/4 Ton Tracked Trailer
SRII Amphibious Tank
Type 1 "Mi-Sha" Amphibious Tank
Type 3 "Ka-Chi" Amphibious Tank
Type 2 "Ka-Mi" Amphibious Tank
Type 4 "Ka-Tsu" Amphibious Launch
Type 4 "Ka-Sha" Amphibious Tank
Type 5 "To-Ku" Amphibious

Note: Amphibious Tanks were used by the IJN.

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

Armored vehicles

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

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

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"

Armored trains

Type 94 Armored Train
Improvised Armored Train
Experimental Armored Train

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

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

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

Other land vehicles

Trucks

Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck
Type 95 Mini-truck
Type 97 4-Wheeled Truck
Type 1 6-Wheeled Truck
Type 2 Heavy Truck
Toyota KB/KC Truck
Nissan 80 Truck
Nissan 180 Truck
Amphibious Truck "Su-Ki"
Type 1 4x2 Toyota GB
2 Wheel Towed Cart
Isuzu Hucks Starter

Passenger cars

Type 92 Armored Car
Type 93 6/4-Wheeled Passenger Car
Type 95 Passenger Car "Kurogane"
Type 98 Passenger Car
Model 97 Nissan Staff Car, Nissan 70

Motorcycles

Type 97 Motorcycle
Japanese Military "Trike"

Railroad cars

Type 98 Railroad Car
Type 100 Railroad Car

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

Miscellaneous vehicles

Type 94 Ambulance
Type 94 Repair Vehicle

Army vessels

River-crossing crafts

Type 95 Collapsible Boat
Type 99 Pontoon Bridge
Rubber Rafts

Landing craft

Personnel 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"

Landing craft/aircraft carriers

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

Transport vessels

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

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

Navy ships and warvessels

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

Secret weapons

Main article: Secret and special weapons in Showa Japan

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

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"

Imperial Japanese Army Electronic Warfare Systems

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

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 Electronic Warfare Systems

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)

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

Japanese Army guided missiles

Mitsubishi Ki-67 I Go-IA "Carrier Missile Bomber"
Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko - radio controlled air-to-surface missile
Mitsubishi Ki-148 I-Go Type 1 - Otsu - radio controlled air-to-surface missile
I-Go Type 1 - Hei
Ke-Go infra-red guidance air to Surface Missile

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)

Imperial Japanese Army bombs

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

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

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.

List of Japanese military equipment of World War II

Contents

Infantry weapons

Rifles

Pistols

Submachine gun

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

Flamethrowers

Military swords

Heavy weapons

Field artillery

Fortress guns

Infantry guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Occasional anti-aircraft guns

Light anti-aircraft guns

Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns

Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

Armored vehicles

Armored cars

Armored carriers

Experimental armored vehicles

Armored trains

Wagons

Locomotives

Other armored vehicles

Other land vehicles

Trucks

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

Railroad cars

Tractors & prime movers

Miscellaneous vehicles

Army vessels

River-crossing crafts

Landing craft

Motorboats

Gun boats

Landing craft/aircraft carriers

Transport vessels

Engineering vehicles & weapons

Navy ships and warvessels

Secret weapons

Army secret weapons

Navy secret weapons

Imperial Japanese Army Electronic Warfare Systems

Ground-based radar

Airborne radar

Shipborne radar

Imperial Japanese Navy Electronic Warfare Systems

Land-based radar

Airborne radar

Shipborne radar

Missiles & bombs

Japanese Army guided missiles

Japanese Navy guided missiles

Imperial Japanese Army bombs

Imperial Japanese Navy bombs

High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shells

See also

External links