List of weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Template:Short description Template:ImperialJapaneseMilitary This is a list of the weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Tanks and armoured vehicles (World War II)

Tankettes, light and medium tanks

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Type 95 Ha-Go light tank of the IJN

• Type Ka Kijusha (a/k/a Type Ka machine gun car) (Carden Loyd tankette)
• Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha tankette
• Type 94 tankette
• Type 97 Te-Ke tankette
• Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
• Type 89A I-Go Kō medium tank
• Type 89B I-Go Otsu medium tank
• Type 97 medium tank
• Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank (improved)

Amphibious tanks

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A captured Type 2 Ka-Mi of the IJN undergoing testing

• Type 1 Mi-Sha (a/k/a Type 1 Ka-Mi) (prototype) amphibious tank
• Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
• Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank
• Type 5 To-Ku (prototype) amphibious tank

Amphibious APC

• Type 4 Ka-Tsu amphibious APC vehicle

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Short barrel gun tanks at the Naval Yard in Sasebo

Self-Propelled vehicles

• Short barrel 120 mm gun tank
• Long barrel 12 cm SPG (prototype)

Armoured cars

• Vickers Crossley armoured car
• Sumida Model P armored car
• Type 93 armoured car

Cars and trucks

• Type 95 mini-truck
• Amphibious truck Su-Ki

Artillery weapons (World War II)

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Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun, rear view

Anti tank guns

• Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun
• Type 1 37 mm anti-tank gun
• Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun

Medium anti-aircraft gun

• Type 96 25 mm dual purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun
• Vickers Type Dual purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun
• Type 11 75 mm AA gun
• Type 88 75 mm AA gun
• Type 4 75 mm AA gun

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A damaged dual purpose Type 10 120 mm gun

Heavy anti-aircraft gun

• Type 14 10 cm AA gun
• Type 3 12 cm AA gun
• Type 5 15 cm AA gun (project)
• Type 3 80 mm AA gun
• Type 10 120 mm AA gun

Rocket launcher (ground use)

• rocket gun launcher
• anti-tank rocket launcher
• anti-tank rocket launcher
• rocket launcher
• six-rocket launcher
• rocket launcher Model 1
• rocket launcher Model 2
• rocket launcher Model 3
• heavy rocket launcher
• Type 6 ground use bomb projection rocket launcher Model 11
• Type 6 ground use bomb projection rocket launcher Model 13
• Type 3 rocket launcher Model 1
• Type 3 rocket launcher Model 2
• Type 3 rocket launcher Model 2 modification 1

Rocket launcher (carrier-based)

• blast-off rocket launcher
• rocket launcher (AA)
• 28-rocket launcher (AA)
• 30-rocket launcher (AA)
• rocket depth bomb launcher (ASW)

Surface-to-air missiles

• Funryu Type 1 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
• Funryu Type 2 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
• Funryu Type 3 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
• Funryu Type 4 radio-guided surface-to-air missile

Infantry weapons of the Japanese Navy (World War II)

Rifles

• Type 38 rifle
• Type 38 cavalry rifle
• Type 44 cavalry rifle
• Type 97 sniper rifle
• Type 99 rifle
• Type 99 sniper rifle
• Type 'I' rifle
• TERA rifles (Type 100 rifle, Type 1 rifle, Type 2 rifle)

Pistols

• Type 26 revolver
• Type 14 Nambu pistol
• Type 94 pistol

Sub machine guns

• Bergmann submachine gun
• Type 100 submachine gun

Machine guns

• Type 11 light machine gun
• Type 96 light machine gun
• Type 99 light machine gun
• Type 3 heavy machine gun
• Type 92 heavy machine gun
• Type 1 heavy machine gun

Infantry mortar

• Type 11 infantry mortar
• Type 94 infantry mortar
• Type 96 infantry mortar
• Type 97 infantry mortar
• Type 97 infantry mortar
• Type 97 infantry mortar
• Type 99 infantry mortar
• Type 2 infantry mortar
• Type 98 mortar

Grenades and grenade dischargers

• Type 10 grenade
• Type 91 grenade
• Type 97 grenade
• [Type 99] grenade
• Ceramic grenade
• Type 10 grenade discharger
• Type 89 grenade discharger
• Rifle grenade discharger

Light anti-aircraft weapons

• Type 98 AA machine cannon
• Type 2 AA machine cannon
• Type 4 twin AA machine cannon
• Type 4 twin AA machine cannon
• AA mine discharger

Anti-tank weapons

• Type 97 AT rifle
• Type 99 AT mine
• Type 2 AT rifle grenade
• Type 3 AT grenade
• Lunge AT mine
• Model 93 pressure anti-tank/personnel mine
• Model 99 magnetic anti-tank mine

Flamethrower

• Type 100 flamethrower

Military sword

• Type 98 Shin guntō Military sword

Aerial bombs (World War II)

• Type 3 No.1 28-Go bomb T(Spreading)
• Type 3 No.1 28-Go bomb Type 2 modify 1
• Type 3 No.1 28-Go bomb Type 2 modify 2
• Type 3 No.1 28-Go bomb "Maru-Sen" steel board anti-submarine
• Type 3 No.6 27-Go bomb 1,354 200 58.0 1.2 10.5 500(spreading)
• Type 3 No.25 4-Go bomb Type 1 steel board anti-ground anti-surface
• Type 3 No.50 4-Go bomb steel board anti-ground anti-surface

Torpedoes (World War II)

The following is not an exhaustive list, only covering the principal torpedoes produced in large numbers.

• 6th Year Type surface-launched torpedo
• 8th Year Type surface-launched torpedo
• Type 44 surface-launched torpedo
• Type 44 surface-launched torpedo
• Type 89 submarine torpedo
• Type 90 surface-launched torpedo
• Type 91 aircraft-launched torpedo
• Type 92 submarine torpedo
• Type 93 surface-launched torpedo
• Type 95 and Type 96 submarine torpedoes
• Type 97 and Type 98 midget submarine torpedoes
• Type 2 midget submarine torpedo
• Type 4 aircraft-launched torpedo

Electronic warfare (World War II)

Land-Based radar

• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 early warning radar ("11-Go" early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 1 early warning radar ("11-Go" Model 1 early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 2 early warning radar ("11-Go" Model 2 early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 3 early warning radar ("11-Go" Model 3 early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mobil early warning radar ("12-Go" Mobil early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 2 Mobil early warning radar ("12-Go" Modify 2 Mobil early warning radar)
• Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 3 Mobil early warning radar ("12-Go" Modify 3 Mobil early warning radar)
• Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 early warning radar ("11-Go" Modify early warning radar)
• Type 3 Mark 1 Model 3 small size early warning radar ("13-Go" small size early warning radar)
• Type 3 Mark 1 Model 4 long-range air search radar ("14-Go" long-range air search radar)
• Type 2 Mark 4 Model 1 anti-aircraft fire-control radar (Japanese SCR- 268) (S3 anti-aircraft fire-control radar)
• Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 anti-aircraft fire-control radar (Japanese SCR-268) (S24 anti-aircraft fire-control radar)

Airborne radar

• Type 3 Air Mark6 Model 4 airborne ship-search radar (H6 airborne ship-search radar)
• N6 airborne ship-search radar
• Type 5 Model 1 radio location night vision device

Shipborne radar

• Type 2 Mark 2 Model 1 air search radar ("21-Go" air search radar)
• Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 3 anti-surface, fire-assisting radar for Submarine ("21-Go" Modify 3 anti-surface, fire-assisting radar)
• Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 4 anti-surface, fire-assisting radar for ship ("21-Go" Modify 4 anti-surface, fire-assisting radar)
• Type 2 Mark 3 Model 1 anti-surface fire-control radar ("31-Go" anti-surface fire-control radar)
• Type 2 Mark 3 Model 2 anti-surface fire-control radar ("32-Go" anti-surface fire-control radar)
• Type 2 Mark 3 Model 3 anti-surface fire-control radar ("33-Go" anti-surface fire-control radar)

Radar-equipped Bomber devices for maritime reconnaissance/antisubmarine patrol

• Mitsubishi G3M3 (Model 23) (Allied codename: "Nell"): This long-range bomber, beginning in 1943, was used as a radar-equipped maritime reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
• Mitsubishi G4M1 (Model 11/12) "Betty": From 1942, the G4M was also used for the same purposes as the G3M
• Nakajima B5N2 ("Kate")/Nakajima B6N1-2 Tenzan ("Jill"): In 1944, some torpedo bombers of mentioned types used with antisubmarine, radar detection (with finding radar equipment) and similar purposes in short- or medium-range maritime search missions from carriers or land bases.
• Aichi E13A1b ("Jake") Mark 11B:how model 11A, added surface-search radar and other night conversion with radar (E13A1b-S)
• Kawanishi H6K2,4, and 5 "Mavis" Marks 11, 22, and 23:more powerful engines, for ultra long range missions, long range sea radio equipment and surface-search radar added.
• Kawanishi H8K2 ("Emily") Mark 12:More potent engines for ultra-long range maritime recon missions, major heavy armament; also long range sea radio equipment and air-surface search radar added.
• Kawanishi E7K2 ("Alf") Mark 2: short range seaplane, fitted with magnetic anomaly detection equipment and surface-search radar for short range patrol and antisubmarine missions.
• Kyushu Q3W1 Nankai (South Sea): two place version of training aircraft Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku, for antisubmarine patrol. Equipped with sea-surface finding antisubmarine sonar (one prototype)
• Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai (Eastern Sea; "Lorna"): Antisubmarine patrol aircraft. Equipped with surface-search radar and antisubmarine equipment for escorting convoys in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan during short periods in 1944-45.
• Mitsubishi Q2M Taiyo: advanced antisubmarine patrol design, derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu ("Peggy"). Was equipped with magnetic antisubmarine search device, air-surface radar and electronic antennae warfare. This design did not advance past the design stage during the war.

Special weapons (World War II)

• I-400 class submarine (special submarine aircraft carrier)
  • Aichi M6A "Seiran" special seaplane bomber (submarine-born)

Tokkotai

Japanese Special Attack Units (特別攻撃隊, tokubetsu kōgeki tai, often abbreviated to 特攻隊, tokkōtai) were a category which comprised both ad-hoc and specially designed guided weapons, most of them involving the use of a suicide pilot. The term "Special Attack" (特別攻撃, tokubetsu kōgeki) was widely understood to refer to a suicide attack. For example, the fleet sortie during Operation Ten-Ichi-Go was also referred to as Tokko Yamato Kantai (The Special Attack Fleet Yamato).

• "Kamikaze" manned suicide flying bomb (repurposed conventional aircraft)
• "Tohka" manned suicide flying bomb
• "Ohka" manned suicide flying bomb
• "Kaiten" manned suicide torpedo
• "Shinyo" manned bomb motorboat
• "Fukuryu" frogman