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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.
A 16th-century swivel breech-loading Japanese cannon, called an Ōzutsu (大筒, "Big Pipe"). Due to its proximity with China, Japan had long been familiar with gunpowder. Primitive cannons seem to have appeared in Japan around 1270, as simple metal tubes invented in China and called Teppō (鉄砲 Lit. "Iron cannon").
Type 89 15 cm cannon; Type 90 75 mm field gun; Type 90 240 mm railway gun; Type 91 10 cm howitzer; Type 92 10 cm cannon; Type 92 battalion gun; Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun; Type 94 75 mm mountain gun; Type 95 75 mm field gun; Type 96 15 cm howitzer; Type 99 88 mm AA gun; 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun; 28 cm howitzer L/10; 45 cm naval rocket
In interviews conducted by the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan after the end of the war, Japanese military personnel said it was the most reliable Japanese anti-aircraft weapon, but second in effectiveness to the 100 mm (3.9 in) Type 98 anti-aircraft gun. [4] The Type 96 was most effective when used at ranges of 1,000 meters or less.
Ho-3 20 mm cannon; Ho-5 20 mm cannon (based on Browning) Ho-155 cannon (aka Ho-105) 30 mm cannon (based on Browning) Ho-155-II 30mm cannon; Ho-203 37 mm cannon; Ho-204 37 mm cannon (based on Browning) Ho-301 40 mm cannon (caseless ammunition, sometimes considered a "rocket launcher") Ho-401 57 mm cannon; Ho-402 57 mm cannon; Type 88 75 mm ...
The Type 94 75 mm mountain gun (九四式山砲, Kyūyon-shiki nanagō-miri Sanpō) 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 It superseded the Type 41 75 mm mountain gun to become the standard pack artillery piece of Japanese infantry ...
The Type 89 15 cm cannon (八九式十五糎加農砲, Hachikyūshiki Jyūgosenchi Kanōhō) was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army's heavy artillery units. The Type 89 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2589 of the Japanese calendar (1929). [4]
The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ホ式十三粍高射機関砲 Ho Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kōsha Kikanhō), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino ...