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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.
The Type 97 Light armored car Te-Ke (九七式軽装甲車 テケ, Kyū-nana-shiki kei sōkōsha Teke) 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 ...
The first significant development of cannons in Japan occurred during the 1550s, coinciding with the Nanban trade. Portuguese traders introduced two types of breech-loaded cannons to Ōtomo Sōrin . These cannons consisted of a heavy barrel mounted on a swivel and were loaded from the breech, with powder and shot inserted through a separate ...
Interior side view of planned production model. The Type 4 Chi-To was a thirty-ton medium tank of all-welded construction and had maximum armor thickness of 75 mm (3.0 in) on the frontal plates. The turret was an enlarged variant of the one used on the Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank and it carried a crew of five.
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.
The Type 93 was originally made for use by the Japanese Navy marine units of the Special Naval Landing Forces. [6] Production was very limited, with an estimate of only five being produced for use in China. [1] The vehicle was considered a superior design to the Chiyoda armored car.
After World War II, the United States provided the newly created Japan Ground Self-Defense Force with a number of variants of the M8 Greyhound armoured car. However, a relatively small number of these were employed due to concerns about the poor quality of roads in Japan, as many Japanese roads were unpaved and poorly maintained, limiting the feasibility of wheeled vehicles for military service.
The 30 mm Type 5 cannon was a Japanese Navy autocannon used near the end of World War II. It was an indigenous 30 mm design with better performance than the Navy's earlier Oerlikon-derived Type 2 or the Imperial Army's Browning-derived Ho-155 , although it was considerably heavier.