empire of japan

Hi Guys I came across information on the internet that the Japanese used: Messerschmitt Bf.109G Dornier Do. 215 Focke-Wulf Ta.154 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Reggiane Re.2000 Japanese homegrown Mistel project similar to the Germans (N1K fighter on a modified J5M bomb) Could this be a case of...

A detailed description of the Torpedo Protection System for this ship is held by the University of Tokyo and has been digitised. I have downloaded, and uploaded here, the description and the diagram of this system. It goes without saying that the presence of this document in Japan is a very...

Everybody and his brother were trying to have as good as aiforce/air-service as possible, and especially in the specified time frame, but many times the available budget was a serious brick wall between the desires and reality. What kind of aircraft should a not-rich, but a reasonably developed...

Are there any Japanese WW2 projects for bombs in the 2000+ kilogram range? The British, Americans, Germans, and Soviets all had various large conventional bombs in the 2000 - 20000 kilogram range, but I have not come across anything (in my limited research) of a similar weight class for Japan...

Something about Super-A Cruisers before Maru-5 Project. Source: 早川幸夫，スーパー・クルーザー「超甲巡」覇王伝説，月刊《丸》，2013年5月号 (Monthly "Maru", May 2013). The author stated that in a 1934 document named "Required National Defense Force from Treaty-Break to 1940" (条約決裂後ノ昭和十五年度ニオケル国防所要兵力表), that IJN's original plan...

http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/14-27.html I can't find other sources referencing this, if it's not real what's the picture of? https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%AD%E5%BC%8F%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%AB%E6%92%83%E7%A0%B2

I first saw this on navypedia, and I had a hard time finding more. I thought it might have been fake. https://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_maru_se.htm I found these images http://www.ww2technik.de/Bilderchen/japmarine/armeeschiffe/jap%20maru-se%20type%20army%20sub%202.jpg...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-35 After months of research, Kusaba's team developed a six-metre (20 ft) prototype balloon capable of flying at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) for 30...

yeah I bet you can't guess The I-351 and her sister sub the I-352 were laid down as flying boat tender submarines, but converted during construction to tanker subs. Original specifications, design docs and illustrations itt

The Ha-101 class submarines were laid down as transport submarines, but during construction were converted into tanker submarines, small submarine motherships/tenders, and radar picket subs. Any specifications or illustrations of the intended original design would be bussin...

The Ohama and her sister ship Okashi were laid down as target ships, successors to the Hakachi. Ohama was completed as an escort vessel, and Ohashi collided with Yamashio Maru and sunk before completion, but would have been given the same treatment. I can't find any illustrations of their...

The Satsuma class as laid down was intended to mount 12 12 inch guns, with 4 on the centerline and 5 on either side, in a total of 4 twin and 4 single gun turrets. Due to budget issues that the link goes into, the ships got redesigned as semi-dreadnoughts. I can't find any illustrations of the...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%A6%E8%A3%BD%E4%B8%AD%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A_%E3%83%81%E3%82%BB Given that there is one magazine listed as a source, and I don't have it to look into further, posting this here.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%AD%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E7%B3%8E%E7%A0%B2#cite_note-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_ShinHoTo_Chi-Ha_medium_tank#Short_Barrel_120_mm_gun_tank https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%AD%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%8C%E7%B3%8E%E8%87%AA%E8%B5%B0%E7%A0%B2 This thing's big...

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220905/p2a/00m/0na/020000c?dicbo=v2-c68a3d101177a19f336252dfd46fdc77

This is not an unbuilt project, but it is an enigmatic mystery that perhaps members here might be able to add more to. The Volta was a 19-ton electric-powered submarine armed with two 12in torpedo tubes, built by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Drydock Co. Ltd at Wivenhoe, Essex...

" The Japanese 70-mm barrage mortar was first encountered on Attu. It consists of a smooth-bore tube, 4 feet long, the steel base plate of which is fastened by two bolts to a wooden block, 10 x 12 x 8 inches. A large iron spike on the under side of the wooden block is thrust into the ground to...

Here I gathered all the various cruiser designs and projects proposed for the Imperial Japanese Navy Protected Cruisers: Not found any so far except the cancelled sister ships of the Unebi and Tone classes Light Cruisers: Design C-19 (1912) - A primary mine-layer cruiser design offered before...

Similar to the post-BoB RAF: what might've Luftwafe/RLM do after Autumn of 1940 in order to improve their standing, both in short-term (next 12 months) and long-term (a few next years). I've also included 'Axis' term here - mostly European Axis countries' air forces/services - since they can be...

You may read some info from Maiwaffentrager's blog or somewhere else, which I seriously doubt any credibility. I would assume that these names show some certain design features, rather than factory names, I'll explain now. What Maiwftrgr. said Ai-96, Mitsu-97, Mitsu-104, Ishi-108, have names to...