List of weapons of the Japanese Empire during World War II

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Weapons of the Japanese Empire during World War II List of Weapons

Contents 1 Infantry weapons 1.1 Swords 1.2 Side arms 1.3 Rifles / carbines 1.4 Submachine guns 1.5 Light machine guns 1.6 Heavy machine guns 1.7 Grenades 1.8 Support weapons 1.9 Cartridges 2 Armor 2.1 Tankettes 2.2 Tanks 2.2.1 Light tanks 2.2.2 Medium tank 2.2.3 Amphibious tanks 2.3 APCs 2.4 Self-propelled artillery 2.5 Armored cars 2.6 Amphibious Trucks and Land Trucks 2.7 Armored trains 2.7.1 Wagons 2.7.2 Locomotives 3 Artillery 3.1 Infantry mortars 3.2 Heavy mortars & rocket launchers 3.3 Field artillery 3.4 Fortress guns 3.5 Infantry guns 3.6 Anti-tank guns 3.7 Light anti-aircraft guns 3.8 Medium & heavy anti-aircraft guns 3.9 Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles 3.10 AutoCannon 4 Navy ships and warvessels 5 Secret weapons 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Infantry weapons

Swords

• Katana
• Type 98 Military Sword

Side arms

• Type 26 Revolver
• Nambu Type 1
• Nambu Type 14
• Type 94

Rifles / carbines

• Type 38 6.5mm
  • Type 38 Cavalry Carbine
  • Type 44 Cavalry Carbine
  • Type 97 Sniper Rifle
• Type 99 7.7mm
• Type I 7.7mm
• Type 4 Rifle 7.7mm Japanese produced version of the US M1 Garand which saw little if any service.

Submachine guns

• MP18 and MP28
• Type 100

Light machine guns

• Type 11 Light Machine Gun
• Type 96 Light Machine Gun
• Type 97 Light Machine Gun
• Type 99 Light Machine Gun
• Lewis bipod-mounted MGs

Heavy machine guns

• Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

Grenades

• Type 4 Grenade
• Type 10 Grenade
• Type 91 Grenade
• Type 97 Grenade
• Type 99 Grenade

Support weapons

• Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers
• Type 10 Grenade Discharger
• Type 89 Grenade Discharger
• Type 2 rifle grenade launcher
• Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
• Type 5 45 mm AT Rocket Launcher
• Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher

Cartridges

• 9mm Japanese
• 8x22mm Nambu
• 6.5x50mm Arisaka
• 7.7x58mm Arisaka
• 7.7x58mm SR

Armor

Tankettes

• Naval Type 88 Tankette
• Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha
• Type 94 tankette
• Type 97 Te-Ke

Tanks

Light tanks

• Type 95 Ha-Go
• Type 98 Ke-Ni
• Type 2 Ke-To
• Type 4 Ke-Nu
• Type 5 Ke-Ho

Medium tank

• Type 89 I-Go
• Type 97 Chi-Ha
• Type 1 Chi-He
• Type 3 Chi-Nu
• Type 4 Chi-To
• Type 5 Chi-Ri

Amphibious tanks

• Type 2 Ka-Mi
• Type 3 Ka-Chi
• Type 4 Ka-Tsu
• Type 5 To-Ku

APCs

• Type 98 So-Da
• Type 1 Ho-Ha
• Type 1 Ho-Ki

Self-propelled artillery

(including tank destroyers)

• Type 98 20 mm
• Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track
• Type 1 Ho-Ni I
• Type 2 Ho-I
• Type 3 Ho-Ni III
• Type 4 Ho-Ro
• Type 4 Ha-To

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
• Hokoku Armored Car
• Type 2592 Osaka HoKoKu-Go Armored Car

Amphibious Trucks and Land Trucks

• Type 95 Mini-truck
• Toyota Amphibious Truck "Su-Ki"

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

Artillery

Infantry mortars

• 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 98 50 mm Mortar
• Type 99 81 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 2 120 mm Infantry Mortar

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"

Field artillery

• 7cm Mountain Gun
• Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
• Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
• Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
• Type 99 10 cm Mountain Gun
• Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun
• 7 cm Field Gun
• Type 31 75 mm Field Gun
• Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
• Type 90 75 mm Field Gun
• Type 95 75 mm Field Gun
• Krupp 12 cm Howitzer
• Krupp 15 cm Howitzer
• Type 38 12 cm Howitzer
• Type 38 15 cm Howitzer
• Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
• Type 91 10 cm Howitzer
• Type 96 15 cm Howitzer
• Krupp 10.5 cm Cannon
• Type 38 10 cm Cannon
• Type 14 10 cm Cannon
• Type 92 10 cm Cannon

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

• Type 11 37 mm Infantry Gun
• Type 92 70 mm Infantry Gun

Anti-tank guns

• Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
• Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
• Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
• Type Ra 37 mm AT Gun

Light anti-aircraft guns

• Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 97 20 mm AT/AA Rifle
• Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
• Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
• 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
• Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
• Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
• AA Mine Discharger

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 14 10 cm AA Gun
• Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
• Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
• Type 5 15 cm AA Gun

Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

• Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank "Ho-Ki"
• 20 mm AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck
• 20 mm Anti-Aircraft Tank "Ta-Se"
• Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover
• Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle "Ko-Hi"

AutoCannon

• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
• 25mm shipboard AA gun adapted for land use

Navy ships and warvessels

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

Secret weapons

See article: Secret and special weapons in Showa Japan

See also

• List of World War II weapons
• List of Japanese military equipment of World War II
• List of Japanese HEAT shells in World War II
• List of artillery weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• List of military aircraft of Japan

References

• Bishop, Chris (eds) The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Barnes & Nobel. 1998. ISBN 0760710228
• Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. Light and Medium Field Artillery. Macdonald and Jane's (1975). ISBN 0356082156
• Chant, Chris. Artillery of World War II, Zenith Press, 2001, ISBN 0760311722
• McLean, Donald B. Japanese Artillery; Weapons and Tactics. Wickenburg, Ariz.: Normount Technical Publications 1973. ISBN 0-87947-157-3.
• US Department of War, TM 30-480, Handbook On Japanese Military Forces, Louisiana State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0807120138

External links

• IJA page