List of weapons of the Japanese Empire during World War II

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

Side arm
Side arm
A side arm is a weapon, usually a pistol but can be a dagger, as used in pre-modern times, which is worn on the body in a holster to permit immediate access and use. A side arm is typically required equipment for military personnel and sometimes carried by law enforcement personnel...

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Type 26 Revolver
Type 26 revolver
was the first modern pistol adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was developed at the Koishikawa Arsenal and is named for its year of adoption in the Japanese dating system...
Nambu Type 1
Nambu pistol
was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. The pistol had two variants, the Type A , and the Type 14 .-History:...
Nambu Type 14
Nambu pistol
was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. The pistol had two variants, the Type A , and the Type 14 .-History:...
Type 94

Rifle
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...

scarbine
Carbine
A carbine , from French carabine, is a longarm similar to but shorter than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full rifles, firing the same ammunition at a lower velocity due to a shorter barrel length....

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Type 38
Type 38 rifle
The is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it. Both of these weapons were also known as the...

6.5mm
- Type 38 Cavalry Carbine
  Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
  The Japanese was a short barreled version of the bolt-action Type 38 rifle, it was used by the Japanese cavalry, engineers and artillery troops during World War II. It entered service in 1905. The rifle was very accurate. The rifle barrel was 310 mm shorter than the standard rifle...
- Type 44 Cavalry Carbine
  Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
  The Type 44 Cavalry Rifle is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. This rifle is also often referred to as a Type 44 Carbine. It was a development of the Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle, the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards and locks underneath the barrel...
- Type 97 Sniper Rifle
  Type 97 Sniper Rifle
  is a Japanese bolt-action rifle, based on the Type 38 Rifle. Following the standard practice of the time, it was adapted from an existing infantry rifle. The only difference between this rifle and the original Type 38 is that it had a lightened stock, a single-action hammer, a 2.5 power telescopic...
Type 99
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 8×57mm IS cartridge the Chinese used was superior to the 6.5×50mm cartridge of the Type 38 rifle,...

7.7mm
Type I
Type I Rifle
The Type I rifle was produced by Italy for the Japanese Empire prior to World War II. After the invasion of China, all Arisaka production was required for use of the Imperial Army, so under the terms of the Anti-Comintern Pact, the Imperial Navy contracted with Italy for this weapon in 1937...

7.7mm
Type 4 Rifle 7.7mm Japanese produced version of the US M1 Garand which saw little if any service.

Light machine gun
Light machine gun
A light machine gun is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.-Characteristics:...

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Type 11 Light Machine Gun
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 army of the utility of machine guns to provide covering fire for advancing infantry...
Type 96 Light Machine Gun
Type 96 Light Machine Gun
The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and in World War II. - History and development :Combat experience in the Manchurian Incident of 1931 and subsequent actions in Manchuria and northern China reaffirmed the Japanese army of the utility of machine...
Type 97 Light Machine Gun
Type 97 Light Machine Gun
The was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and also as a light machine gun by infantry forces.-Development:...
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. -History and development:The Type 96 Light Machine Gun, an improvement over the previous Type 11 Light Machine Gun was introduced into combat service in 1936, and quickly proved to be a versatile weapon to provide...
Lewis bipod-mounted MG
Lewis Gun
The Lewis Gun is a World War I–era light machine gun of American design that was perfected and widely used by the British Empire. It was first used in combat in World War I, and continued in service with a number of armed forces through to the end of the Korean War...

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Heavy machine gun
Heavy machine gun
The heavy machine gun or HMG is a larger class of machine gun generally recognized to refer to two separate stages of machine gun development. The term was originally used to refer to the early generation of machine guns which came into widespread use in World War I...

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Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War starting from 1941. It was sometimes used as a light anti-aircraft gun during the war in the Pacific. It is essentially a smaller, lighter version of the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. It employs the same principles...
Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
, also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.It used an ammo...
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. It was used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Army and Collaborationist forces. Captured weapons were also used extensively by Chinese National Revolutionary Army troops and the North Korean army...

Grenade
Grenade
A grenade is a small explosive device that is projected a safe distance away by its user. Soldiers called grenadiers specialize in the use of grenades. The term hand grenade refers any grenade designed to be hand thrown. Grenade Launchers are firearms designed to fire explosive projectile grenades...

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Type 4 Grenade
Ceramic Grenade
The was a “last-ditch” hand grenade developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the closing stages of World War II.-History and development:By late 1944 and early 1945, much of the industrial infrastructure of Japan had been destroyed by Allied strategic bombing, and there was a growing shortage of...
Type 10 Grenade
Type 10 Grenade
The was the first fragmentation hand grenade designed and deployed by the Imperial Japanese Army.-History and development:After the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the Japanese army experimented with a variety of grenades; however, no design reached mass production...
Type 91 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 Sino-Japanese War and by reserve forces, as well as...
Type 97 Grenade
Type 97 grenade
The was the standard fragmentation hand grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. -History and development:...
Type 99 Grenade
Type 99 Grenade
The was an improved version of the Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during World War II. -History and development:...

Support weapons

Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers
Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers
The were flamethrowers used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy's SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:...
Type 10 Grenade Discharger
Type 10 Grenade Discharger
was a Japanese smoothbore, muzzle loaded weapon used during the Second World War. It first entered service in 1921. The Type 10 has a range of 175 meters, greater than other grenade dischargers of that time. It had a range control device at the base of the barrel in the form of a graduated thimble...
Type 89 Grenade Discharger
Type 89 Grenade Discharger
The , inaccurately known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific during the Second World War.-Background:...
Type 2 rifle grenade launcher
Type 2 rifle grenade launcher
The Type 2 rifle grenade launcher was an attachment for the Japanese Type 38 and Type 99 rifles that allowed them to fire special hollow charge grenades. It was a version of the German Schiessbecher grenade launcher. Two grenades were produced for the launcher: a 30 mm calibre grenade and a larger...
Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle
was a Japanese anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had an automatic action which gave it the high rate of fire. On the downside the recoil from the large round was very violent. The gun could be fitted with a protective shield pushing the total weight up to 68 kg...
Type 5 45 mm AT Rocket Launcher
Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher
Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher
The Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher was a Japanese rocket launcher used during the last year of World War II. It was to be used in the Japanese mainland in case of an invasion by the Allies....

Cartridge
Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim . Electrically...

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9mm Japanese
8x22mm Nambu
8x22mm Nambu
The 8×22mm Nambu is a rimless, bottleneck handgun cartridge introduced in Japan in 1904 for the Type A Nambu pistol. It was also used in the Type 14 Nambu and Type 94 pistols, Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927, Type II machine pistol, Hino Komuro M1908 Pistol and the Type 100 submachine gun. It uses...
6.5x50mm Arisaka
7.7x58mm Arisaka
7.7x58mm SR

Tankette
Tankette
A tankette is a tracked combat vehicle resembling a small tank roughly the size of a car, mainly intended for light infantry support or reconnaissance. Colloquially it may also simply mean a "small tank"....

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Naval Type 88 Tankette
Carden Loyd tankette
The Carden Loyd tankettes were a series of British pre-World War II tankettes, the most successful of which was the Mark VI, the only version built in significant numbers...
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha
The 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 , the Type 92 was designed for reconnaissance and infantry support...
Type 94 tankette
Type 97 Te-Ke
Type 97 Te-Ke
The was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. It was designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 TK....

Light tank
Light tank
A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movement, and now primarily employed in low-intensity conflict. Early light tanks were generally armed and armored similar to an armored car, but used tracks in order to provide better cross-country mobility.The light tank was a major...

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Type 95 Ha-Go
Type 95 Ha-Go
The was a light tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry, however, like the American M3 Stuart, it was not designed to fight other tanks...
Type 98 Ke-Ni
Type 98 Ke-Ni
The was designed to replace the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, Japan's most numerous armored fighting vehicle during World War II.-History and development:...
Type 2 Ke-To
Type 2 Ke-To
The was a light tank of World War II, produced in small numbers for the Imperial Japanese Army as an improvement of the existing Type 98 Ke-Ni. It was not used in combat.-Design:...
Type 4 Ke-Nu
Type 4 Ke-Nu
The was a light tank of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was a conversion of existing hulls of Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks re-fitted with a larger tower of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank.-History and development:...
Type 5 Ke-Ho
Type 5 Ke-Ho
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Medium tank
Medium tank
Medium tank was a classification of tanks; the medium being intermediate in size and weight and armament between heavy tanks and light tanks.The medium tank concept has been eclipsed by the main battle tank.-History:...

Type 89 I-Go
Type 89 I-Go
The was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1932 to 1942 in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Khalkhin Gol against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. The Type 89B model was the world's first mass produced diesel engine tank...
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 97 Chi-Ha
The was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It was the most widely produced Japanese medium tank of World War II, although the armor protection was considered as average in the 1930s...
Type 1 Chi-He
Type 1 Chi-He
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Type 3 Chi-Nu
Type 3 Chi-Nu
The was another improvement over the Type 97 Chi-Ha line of medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Type 3 Chi-Nu mounted one Type 3 75 mm Tank Gun, one of the largest guns ever to be fitted on a World War II Japanese tank....
Type 4 Chi-To
Type 4 Chi-To
The was one of several new medium tanks developed by the Imperial Japanese Army towards the end of World War II. The Type 4 Chi-To was by far the most advanced Japanese wartime tank to reach the production phase...
Type 5 Chi-Ri
Type 5 Chi-Ri
The was the penultimate medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's sophisticated Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, in performance it was designed to surpass the US M4 Sherman medium tanks being fielded by the Allied...

Amphibious tanks

Type 2 Ka-Mi
Type 2 Ka-Mi
The was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first amphibious tank. The Type 2 Ka-Mi was based on the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank with major modifications, and was a capable armoured fighting vehicle on both land and at sea...
Type 3 Ka-Chi
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 tank and was a larger and more capable version of the earlier Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.-History and...
Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Type 4 Ka-Tsu
The was a Japanese amphibious tank during World War II.-History:This type, though relatively obscure, would have played a major role in the planned second sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Five submarines, equipped with four Ka-Tsu's armed with aerial torpedoes, were to release the tanks near Pearl...
Type 5 To-Ku
Type 5 To-Ku
The was a Japanese amphibious tank.The To-Ku was large and heavy; it boasted extensive armor protection and a turret fitted with a 47 mm Type 1 gun and 25 mm Type 1 gun. Only one model was built of this tank....

Self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled artillery vehicles are combat vehicles armed with artillery. Within the term are covered self-propelled guns and rocket artillery...

(including tank destroyer

Tank destroyer

A tank destroyer is a type of armored fighting vehicle armed with a gun or missile launcher, and is designed specifically to engage enemy armored vehicles...

Type 98 20 mm
Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank
The Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank or Ho-Ki was a Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun using the Type 98 20 mm gun combined with the chassis of the Type 1 Ho-Ki armoured personnel carrier...
Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track
Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle
The Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle was an experimental Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It was a single 20mm, type 2 gun mounted on a type 98, 4-ton half-track. The vehicle, which was also named the "Ko-Hi", was manufactured by Isuzu.The Type 98 4-tonners were "high speed" prime...
Type 1 Ho-Ni I
Type 1 Ho-Ni I
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Type 2 Ho-I
Type 2 Ho-I
The Support Tank was a derivative of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Similar in concept to early variant of the German Panzer IV, it was designed as a self-propelled howitzer to provide the close-in fire support for standard Japanese medium tanks with...
Type 3 Ho-Ni III
Type 3 Ho-Ni III
The gun tank was a tank destroyer and self-propelled artillery of Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Type 3 No-Ni II superseded the Type 1 Ho-Ni I in production, and was much safer for the crew due to its having a completely enclosed superstructure....
Type 4 Ho-Ro
Type 4 Ho-Ro
The was a self-propelled gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.-History and development:Inspired by the Grille series of self propelled artillery vehicles developed by Nazi Germany during World War II, wherein a 15 cm sIG 33 Infantry support gun was mounted on a tracked...
Type 4 Ha-To
Type 4 Ha-To
The was a self-propelled gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army for use in World War II-History and design:The Type 4 Ha-To was conceived as a mobile fire support platform in late 1943, making use of the already existing Type 3 300 mm heavy mortar on a chassis based an extensively...

Armored cars

Austin Motor Company
Austin Motor Company
The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The company was founded in 1905 and merged in 1952 into the British Motor Corporation Ltd. The marque Austin was used until 1987...

Armoured Car
Vickers Crossley
Crossley Motors
Crossley Motors was a British motor vehicle manufacturer based in Manchester, England. They produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945.Crossley Brothers, originally...

Armored Car
Wolseley Motor Company
Wolseley Motor Company
The Wolseley Motor Company was a British automobile manufacturer founded in 1901. After 1935 it was incorporated into larger companies but the Wolseley name remained as an upmarket marque until 1975.-History:...

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"
Su-Ki
The Amphibious Truck "Su-Ki" was a World War II Japanese military vehicle by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. 198 trucks were produced between November 1943 and August 1944.-Specification:*Weight : 6.4 metric tons*Dimensions: 7.6 x 2.2 x 2.4 m...

Armored trains

Type 94 Armored Train
Improvised Armored Train
Improvised Armored Train
The Japanese Improvised Armored Train was a series of armored trains converted by normal passenger trains built in the 1920s. They were used to guard the railways in Manchuria....
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

Infantry mortars

Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
The Type 11, was an infantry mortar used by the Japanese. It was first used in 1922 and was the first mortar to be introduced by the Imperial Japanese Army. The mortar was later replaced by the Type 92 Battalion Gun....
Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
The Type 94 was a 90 mm smoothbore infantry mortar, introduced in 1935, used by the Japanese in World War II. By giving the Type 94 an especially heavy and stable mount and bipod, a massive shock absorber group, a powerful projectile, and a lengthy tube and heavy powder charge capacity for long...
Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
The Type 96 and Type 97 were Japanese 150 mm calibre mortars used during the Second World War. The Type 96 was first introduced in 1936. It had a caliber of 150.5 mm, and approximately 90 were produced. The Type 96 was used in Iwo Jima and China, but its performance is not known...
Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar
Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar
The Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar was a Japanese mortar used during World War II. It entered service in 1937.-Specifications:* Range: 2,800 m * Muzzle velocity: 196 m/s * Elevation: +45 to +85 degrees...
Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
The Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar was a simplified version of the Japanese Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar by removing the recoil mechanism.- Specifications :*Type: Infantry Mortar*Introduced Year: 1937...
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 20 cm Rocket Launcher
The was a 203 mm rocket mortar used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the final stages of World War II.-Development and design:The Type 4 rocket mortar was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Japanese Army Technical Bureau, as a low-cost, easy to produce weapon, which had an...
Type 4 40 cm Rocket Launcher
Type 4 40 cm Rocket Launcher
The was a 400 mm rocket mortar used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the final stages of World War II.-Development and design:The Type 4 rocket mortar was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army Technical Bureau, as a relatively low-cost, easy to produce weapon,...
Type 5 Mortar Launcher "Tok"

Field artillery

7cm Mountain Gun
Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
The Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun was introduced in 1898. As the barrel was made of steel, it improved the range and accuracy of the gun when compared to the 7 cm Mountain Gun, which was made of bronze. It was used during the Russo-Japanese War. Approximately 620 were produced....
Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
The Type 41 75 mm mountain gun is a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. Originally it was the standard pack artillery weapon. After it was superseded by the Type 94 75 mm mountain gun, it was then used as an infantry "regimental" gun, deployed 4 to each infantry...
Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
The was a mountain gun used as a general purpose infantry support gun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It superseded the Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun to become the standard pack artillery piece of Japanese infantry divisions...
Type 99 10 cm Mountain Gun
Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun
Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun
The Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun was a Japanese field gun first accepted into service in 1908. It was slightly lightened version of the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun that was based on a 1905 Krupp design. It was the primary weapon of artillery units attached to cavalry formations...
7 cm Field Gun
Type 31 75 mm Field Gun
Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
Type 38 75 mm Field Gun
The was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.-History and development:...
Type 90 75 mm Field Gun
Type 95 75 mm Field 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, only a small number were produced, and the Type 38 and...
Krupp 12 cm Howitzer
Krupp 15 cm Howitzer
Type 38 12 cm Howitzer
Type 38 15 cm Howitzer
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.-History and development:...
Type 4 15 cm Howitzer
Type 4 15 cm howitzer
The was a heavy howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:The Type 4 15 cm Howitzer was designed by the Army’s Osaka Armory to rectify the shortcomings of the Type 38 15 cm howitzer – namely its lack of portability...
Type 91 10 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.-History and development:The Type 91 10 cm Howitzer was an orthodox design howitzer, based largely on contemporary French Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider howitzers ordered during the late...
Type 96 15 cm Howitzer
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.-History and development:...
Krupp 10.5 cm Cannon
Type 38 10 cm Cannon
Type 38 10 cm Cannon
The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was a licensed copy of a 1905 Krupp design...
Type 14 10 cm Cannon
Type 14 10 cm Cannon
The was the first medium caliber cannon totally of Japanese design and the first with a split trail carriage. It was used Imperial Japanese Army but was not considered successful and was replaced by the Type 92 10 cm Cannon.-History and development:...
Type 92 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. It was intended to supersede the Type 14 10cm Cannon in front line combat service.-History and development:...

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 89 15 cm Cannon
The Type 89 was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army heavy artillery units. It was widely used from the Manchurian Incident to the end of World War II, for example, Nomonhan, Bataan and Corregidor Island, Okinawa....
Type 96 24 cm Howitzer
Type 96 15cm Cannon
Experimental 41 cm Howitzer
Type 90 24 cm Railway Gun

Anti-tank guns

Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.-History and development:...
Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
Type 1 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during World War II.-History and development:After the Nomonhan Incident, the shortcomings of the Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun had become obvious, and the Imperial Japanese Army started the development of a new...
Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
The was an anti-tank gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and used in combat during World War II.-History and development:The Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank gun was accepted into service in 1942. The design originated as an improvement to the prototype “Experimental Type 97 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun” ,...
Type Ra 37 mm AT Gun

Light anti-aircraft guns

Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
, also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.It used an ammo...
Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 97 20 mm AT/AA Rifle
Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
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. About 80% of IJA light AA guns were Type 98. It entered service in 1938 and first saw combat in Nomonhan...
Type 2 20 mm AA Machine Cannon
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 German Flak 38. It entered service in 1942. A central fire-control system was developed for Type 2, which could control and direct 6 of the guns at once....
20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon
Type 4 20 mm Twin AA Machine Cannon was a Japanese Anti-aircraft gun. It consisted of two Type 98 20 mm guns. It was introduced in 1944 and approximately 500 guns were produced.* Caliber: 20 mm* Barrel length: 1.4 m...
Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
Model 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
The was an automatic cannon used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A local built variant of the French Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun, it was primarily used as an anti-aircraft gun in fixed mounts with between one and three guns, but was designed as a dual-purpose weapon for use...
AA Mine Discharger
AA Mine Discharger
The AA Mine Discharger was a Japanese anti-aircraft weapon of the Second World War. The device was a simple tube like an infantry mortar of 70 mm or 81 mm caliber. Instead of a standard mortar bomb, the projectile was a tube containing seven individual mines, each approximately 11/16ths...

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 11 75 mm AA Gun
The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. It was the first anti-aircraft gun in Japanese service, but only a small number were produced, and it was superseded by the Type 14 10 cm AA Gun and the Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in active service before the start of...
Type 88 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. It replaced the earlier Type 11 75 mm AA Gun in front line combat service, and at the time was equal in performances to any of its contemporaries in western armies and was...
Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
Type 4 75 mm AA Gun
The was an anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army, which went into production in 1943. Due to the lack of raw materials available and the great damage by air raids to its industrial infrastructure, only 70 units were made...
Type 3 80 mm AA Gun
Type 3 80 mm AA Gun
The Type 3 80 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun was a Japanese Anti-aircraft gun used during World War 2....
Type 99 88 mm AA Gun
Type 99 88 mm AA Gun
The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History and development:During the Battle of Nanjing in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces captured a number of German-made SK c/30 anti-aircraft guns from the National Revolutionary Army of the...
Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
Type 14 10 cm AA Gun
The was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. Only a small number were produced, and it was superseded by the Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in production before the start of World War II.-History and development:...
Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
Type 10 120 mm AA Gun
The Type 10 was a Japanese 120 mm calibre dual-purpose anti-aircraft and coastal defense gun used during the Second World War. The weapon was originally designed for ship use and was produced in large numbers during 1944...
Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
Type 3 12 cm AA Gun
The was an anti-aircraft gun used in quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It replaced the earlier Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in Japanese service.-History and development:...
Type 5 15 cm AA Gun
Type 5 15 cm AA Gun
The was a large caliber anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II. It was intended to replace the earlier Type 3 12 cm AA Gun in civil defense against American air raids.-History and development:...

Mobile anti-aircraft vehicles

Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank
Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank
The Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank or Ho-Ki was a Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun using the Type 98 20 mm gun combined with the chassis of the Type 1 Ho-Ki armoured personnel carrier...

"Ho-Ki"
20 mm AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck
20 mm AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck
The AA Machine Cannon Carrier Truck was a vehicle of the Imperial Japanese Army that carried the Type 98 20 mm AA autocannon. It was a Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck. The gun was unloaded on the ground or fired from the truck. It was deployed in the air defense units of tank divisions....
20 mm Anti-Aircraft Tank "Ta-Se"
Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover
Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover
The Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover is a Japanese 6 wheeled prime mover used during the Second World War. In entered service in 1937.In 1920s, the Imperial Japanese Army was using several types of trucks as Anti-aircraft gun tractors. In 1936 the Type 96, a new AA gun tractor was developed from Type 94...
Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle
Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle
The Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track Vehicle was an experimental Japanese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It was a single 20mm, type 2 gun mounted on a type 98, 4-ton half-track. The vehicle, which was also named the "Ko-Hi", was manufactured by Isuzu.The Type 98 4-tonners were "high speed" prime...

"Ko-Hi"

AutoCannon

13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
The 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun was a heavy machine gun designed and manufactured by Hotchkiss et Cie from the late 1920s until World War II where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where the gun was built under licence....
25mm shipboard AA gun adapted for land use
25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
The Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-aircraft gun was an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces...

Navy ships and warvessels

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

External links

IJA page

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