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Taiho was ordered as part of Maru 4 fleet expansion program. She was a compromised design, mating an armored flight deck to a Shokaku size hull, resulting in lower freeboard an reduced hangar capacity. The first, prewar, draft of the subsequent Maru 5 plan included 3 more armored carriers of a...

Hello everyone. Today I wanted to share one of Japan's heavy tanks, the Aichi 96. Designed sometime after the Type95 heavy tank, Japan delved into producing new tanks in an attempt to fielding them across China. Multiple companies are listed to have taken part. This tank had at least unit built...

Hello,for almost a year i was looking for japanese tanks/projects.I think everybody know about tanks like Chi-Ha or Chi-Nu.Unfortunately, not all tanks are as easy to find as Chi-Ha.In future I want to present a book called "Japanese tanks and projects".So today i want to show information that i...

Please. Anyone who have a rare photo of this landmine. Thanks

http://www.armouredcarriers.com/japanese-aircraft-carrier-taiho-armoured-flight-decks/ A nice look at the background of the Taihō-class program in general, along with an detailed overview of IJN Taihō herself. The fact that she doubled as a support carrier, for example, is often overlooked.

Posted in J-Aircraft.com yesterday: Dear Members of J-Aircraft.com, Once again, I am afraid it is my sad duty to inform you of the saddest news of all in this dark year of devastating loss for the aviation history fraternity. After a 22 year battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, our dear friend...

American Report about Kawasaki Aircraft Industries Company Inc on archive.org : https://archive.org/stream/corporationrepor19unit#page/n3/mode/2up report can be saved in .pdf , .epub plain text , daisy and in kindle format . on txt numbers on planned productions by kawasaki .

Hello people! I'm looking for information about the following projects, some pure paper projects, other more serious proposals never come to fruition: -Kaneda battleship: an alleged 1914 study by Commander Kaneda about an half million ton battleship armed with 100 41cm guns in 50 double turrets...

Hi dear people I know that the Japanese navy was testing the IJN Shimakaze destroyer it stayed by one example, so she was one of a kind. Does somebody know there were more paper project destroyers or a further developed version of the IJN Shimakaze?

As you all know Richard Vogt was send to Kawasaki by Dornier for the production of Dornier types. Later he became chief designer at the Kawasaki factory. For a few types there is information which he designed for the company. But who can help me with a list of aeroplanes and projects designed by...

While cleaning out my deceased Mother-in-law's desk, I found the following (original copy): Newark Evening News April 14, 1945 Jap’s Jet Plane Like Ball of Fire GUAM (U.P.) Sgt. Aril Sumwall, Sidney, Mont., reported he saw a jet-propelled Jap fighter over Tokyo in today’s early-morning B-29...

Hi Folks This is my list of (documented; not speculative) IJN Service Airplane Development Program designations. Any additions/corrections are welcome. This table is strictly for my own files. Thanks. Harry Known SADP Designations: • Kawanishi K-10 14-Shi High-speed Reconnaissance Seaplane...

On wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_military_aircraft_designation_systems we have Nakajima Ki-13 ( attacker airplane) , Mitsubishi Ki-14 (recon. coop.) , Kawasaki Ki-22 , Tachikawa Ki-29 , Mitsubishi Ki-42 ( Heavy Bomber ) , Nakajima Ki-37 ( fighter) , Mitsubishi...

The history about it i can see it : http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel/4504/Focke-Wulf-Fw-200-Condor.htm?page=2 Anyone have more about it ?

Is it a typo of Mitsubishi Ki-109 or an other based Ki-67 fighter or what else ?!

Continuing with the consolidation of Japanese aircraft topics on this forum, here's a list of all Kawasaki-related threads. As this company's activities span over eight decades and range from aircraft to helicopters and from boats to spacecraft, it was difficult to know exactly where to put this...

Hi people I'm searching for data/drawings of never build Japanese carriers such as the G19 project Hopefully some one can help me on this subject

Hi! Aichi Experimental AM-10 two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane. In 1933,Aichi designed single wing experimental AM-10 two-seat reconnaissance seaplane apart from the experimental 8-shi reconnaissance seaplane. This airplane possessed the cantilevering system taper wing by which the feature of...

Not much I know about the history of these 4 battlecruiser studies, but they were proposed in 1916 as very fast and large capital vessels with good armour and armament. Their armour and armament was almost the same as the Nagato class battleships but speed was chosen for 34,5 or 35knots. My idea...

I've recently found this pretty interesting Japanese Project at the Hiraga Archive. It looks like a hybrid cruiser-carrier warship from 1920's era. There seems to be a few variants mostly by how large the hanger should be and where to locate the conning tower and AA guns. Apart from the unique...