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By 1944 the Americans were using M1 bazooka anti-tank rocket launchers in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese. In response, the Japanese began development of the Type 4 rocket launcher. Unlike the US rocket, that used fins to stabilize it in flight, the Japanese rocket had angled venturis in the base to spin the rocket for stability, in a ...
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 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]
25 mm Rocket Gun Launcher; 80 mm Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher; 100 mm Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher; 120 mm Rocket Launcher; 120 mm Six-Rocket Launcher; 200 mm Rocket Launcher Model 1; 200 mm Rocket Launcher Model 2; 200 mm Rocket Launcher Model 3; 450 mm Heavy Rocket Launcher; Type 6 Ground Use Bomb Projection Rocket Launcher Model 11
Type 97 mine clearing tank GS fitted with rocket launchers. Type 97 mine clearing tank GS; Type 97 Chi-Ha fitted with rocket launchers. First produced in 1943. A rocket would be launched with detonating cords affixed from its engine deck. The tank also had a rocket launcher at the rear MG position on the turret.
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 ...
Anti-tank rocket launcher: 110mm Japan West Germany: Made under license by Nissan/IHI IHI Aerospace. [21] Type 79 anti-landing-craft and anti-tank missile: Heavy anti-tank/landing-craft guided missile 153mm Japan: Built by Kawasaki. [22] Type 87 anti-tank missile: Laser guided anti-tank missile: 110mm Japan: Built by Kawasaki. [23] Type 01 ...
80 mm (3.1 in) anti-tank rocket launcher; 100 mm (3.9 in) anti-tank rocket launcher; 120 mm (4.7 in) rocket launcher; 120 mm (4.7 in) six-rocket launcher; 200 mm (7.9 in) rocket launcher Model 1; 200 mm (7.9 in) rocket launcher Model 2; 200 mm (7.9 in) rocket launcher Model 3; 450 mm (18 in) heavy rocket launcher; Type 6 ground use bomb ...