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During the pre–World War II military buildup and throughout the war, all Japanese officers were required to wear a sword. Traditionally made swords were produced during this period but, in order to supply such large numbers of swords, blacksmiths with little or no knowledge of traditional Japanese sword manufacture were recruited.
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]
These weapons consisted of; rifles, Pistols, Submachine guns, Machine guns, infantry mortars, grenades and grande discharges, Light anti-aircraft weapons, Anti-tank weapons, Flamethrower, and Military swords. These weapons were utilized to help build the strength of the Japanese Imperial Navy but also defend and attack against opposing Navies.
In 1934 the Japanese government issued a military specification for the shin guntō (new army sword), the first version of which was the Type 94 Katana, and many machine- and hand-crafted swords used in World War II conformed to this and later shin guntō specifications. Military Swords of Imperial Japan (Guntō)
Japanese military swords produced between 1875 and 1945 are referred to as guntō (military swords). [53] Type 95, World War II era guntō. During the pre-World War II military buildup, and throughout the war, all Japanese officers were required to wear a sword. Traditionally made swords were produced during this period, but in order to supply ...
World War II weapons of Japan ... Japanese knives (1 C, 6 P) Japanese swords (7 C, 19 P) L. Land mines of Japan (5 P) N.
Pages in category "World War II infantry weapons of Japan" ... List of Japanese military equipment of World War II; 0–9. Type 10 grenade; 7×20mm Nambu; 8×22mm Nambu;
shin guntō (新軍刀, neo-army sword) – sword of the Imperial Japanese Army with a metal scabbard (saya) produced from the 1930s to the end of World War II in 1945. [49] shinken (真剣, lit. real sword) – a real sword as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapons (bokutou). [50]