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Type 4 70 mm AT rocket launcher, disassembled. The launcher was made in two parts that were joined in the middle, similar to the US 3.5-inch rocket launcher. It was designed to be fired by a soldier while prone. The weapon itself had a bipod similar to the one on the Type 99 LMG. The gunner lay with his body at approximately a 45-degree angle ...
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945. [1]
An example of this competition was the Army Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher and the 20 cm Naval Rocket Launcher. [2] The Type 4 20cm 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 advantage of greater accuracy over conventional mortars.
The Imperial Japanese Navy deployed the 12 Senchi 28 Rensō Funshinhō (十二糎二八連装噴進砲, "12 cm, 28 tubes rocket launcher"), a specially built rocket launcher, on a number of aircraft carriers and battleships during 1944-1945, with the type first seeing action in October 1944. It was also emplaced at Kure Navy Yard to provide ...
Although testing indicated that it would be an effective weapon, it was expensive to produce, and the Japanese Army Technical Bureau shifted its attention to self-propelled multiple rocket launchers instead, which were easier to produce. [1] [5] An additional three units were produced before the surrender of Japan, but none were used in combat. [6]
The 20 cm naval rocket launcher was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Japanese Navy, as a low-cost, easy to produce weapon for use by naval troops as a last-ditch weapon for the defense of Japanese occupied islands. The first units were used successfully during the Battle of Peleliu in 1944. [3] The 20 cm naval rocket was a ...
Each soldier receives two sets of the Type III Work Uniform after enlisting, and after the boot camp each soldier receives two sets of Type III Combat Uniform, Airborne Uniform or Tank Uniform, depending on the unit the soldier belongs to. The Combat Uniform and Camouflaged Work Uniform are identical to each other, except for the product tag.
20 cm naval rocket launcher; Type 4 15 cm howitzer; Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher; Type 4 40 cm rocket launcher; Type 4 75 mm AA gun; Type 41 75 mm cavalry gun; Type 41 75 mm mountain gun; Type 45 240 mm howitzer; Type 5 15 cm AA gun; Type 88 75 mm AA gun; Type 89 15 cm cannon; Type 90 75 mm field gun; Type 90 240 mm railway gun; Type 91 10 cm ...