imperial japanese army

  1. N

    Information on the Ta-Ha SPAAG?

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%A6%E8%A3%BD%E5%AF%BE%E7%A9%BA%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A_%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8F I found some information here on Wikipedia, and received some information on how it may have looked on another thread...
  2. World B4

    IJA heavy mortars

    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
  3. World B4

    Maru-Se rocket powered submarine

    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...
  4. World B4

    Chi-Se medium tank

    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.
  5. World B4

    WW2 Japanese self propelled 20cm gun

    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...
  6. Grey Havoc

    Shoichi Yokoi memorial museum closes

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

    Japanese Mortar 70 mm Parachute Bombs Barrage.

    " 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...
  8. monochromelody

    Some thought about "Japanese Heavy Tanks"

    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...
  9. Tzoli

    Japanese Radar Type Designation Systems

    I've tried to collect the WW2 Japanese radar Type designation systems with data and if possible photos and drawings. Gathered from these sources: http://www.combinedfleet.com/radar.htm http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/R/a/Radar.htm http://home.e01.itscom.net/ikasas/index.htm...
  10. blackkite

    The IJA Kai-shiki, Mo-shiki, Sei-shiki and Ko-shiki aircraft

    Hi! I will post these aircraft.
  11. M

    Aichi-96

    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...
  12. M

    Japanese tanks and projects Pt.I

    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...
  13. mackeebryanee13

    Anyone have a photo of Japanese ww2 Type 4 amphibious mines?

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

    other less known japanese aircraft projects

    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...
  15. airman

    Japanese Focke Wulf fw 200

    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 ?
  16. airman

    Mitsubishi Ki-99

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

    Japanese Nuclear Weapons Research during WW II

    http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201506290078 EDIT: Renamed to reflect that the IJN actually had two atomic weapons projects during WWII (one subsequent to the other).
  18. airman

    Japanese airships until 1945

    Anyone know something about japanese airships until 1945 ? I have found this article on j-aircraft : http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/jas_jottings/japanese_airships.htm
  19. Stargazer

    Some mysterious Japanese projects...

    While going through some Japanese sources I came across these seemingly undocumented projects: 7-Shi Special Bomber (one Nakajima prototype built — program cancelled) 7-Shi Reconnaissance Seaplane [E7N] (unbuilt Nakajima contender of the E7K "Alf" and E7A) 8-Shi Fighter (Nakajima proposal —...
  20. airman

    Nakajima Ki-49 and Ki-58 « Donryu » ("Helen")

    Nakajima Ki-49 III with Nakajima Ha-117 of 2 420 hp: anyone have images and more info about it ?
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