List of Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II






Depot for IJA 4th Tank Division with Type 1 Chi-He and Type 3 Chi-Nu tanks, 1945




Contents






  • 1 Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles


    • 1.1 Tankettes


    • 1.2 Light tanks


    • 1.3 Medium tanks


    • 1.4 Heavy tanks


    • 1.5 Amphibious tanks


    • 1.6 Self-propelled guns


    • 1.7 Experimental tanks & self-propelled guns


    • 1.8 Armored vehicles


    • 1.9 Other vehicles




  • 2 Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles


This is a list of the Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II. This list includes vehicles that never left the drawing board; prototype models and production models from after World War I, into the interwar period and through the end of the Second World War.



Tankettes




Type 97 Te-Ke tankette in China



  • Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha


  • Type 94 tankette Tankette


  • Type 97 Te-Ke Tankette



Light tanks




  • Type 95 Ha-Go Light tank


  • Type 98 Ke-Ni Light tank


  • Type 2 Ke-To Light tank


  • Type 4 Ke-Nu Light tank



Medium tanks




Photo of Type 1 Chi-He on left and Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha on right




  • Type 89 Chi-Ro (I-Go) Medium Tank


  • Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank


  • Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha improved Medium Tank

  • Type 97 Command Tank Shi-Ki


  • Type 1 Chi-He Medium Tank


  • Type 3 Chi-Nu Medium Tank


  • Type 4 Chi-To Medium Tank


  • Type 5 Chi-Ri Medium Tank



Heavy tanks



  • Type 95 Heavy Tank

  • Super-Heavy tank O-I





Type 2 Ka-Mi tanks on a IJN 2nd class transporter



Amphibious tanks




  • SR I-Go Amphibious Tank (prototype)


  • SR II Ro-Go Amphibious Tank (prototype)


  • SR III Ha-Go Amphibious Tank (prototype)


  • Type 1 Mi-Sha Amphibious Tank (prototype)


  • Type 2 Ka-Mi Amphibious Tank


  • Type 3 Ka-Chi Amphibious Tank


  • Type 5 To-Ku Amphibious Tank



Self-propelled guns





Type 1 Ho-Ni II





Type 4 Ha-To




  • Type 1 Ho-Ni I 75 mm Tank Destroyer


  • Type 1 Ho-Ni II 105 mm SPH


  • Type 2 Ho-I Gun Tank


  • Type 3 Ho-Ni III Gun Tank


  • Type 4 Ho-Ro 150 mm SPH


  • Type 4 Ha-To 30 cm SP Heavy Mortar Carrier

  • Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha Short Barrel 120 mm Gun Tank


  • Type 5 Na-To 75 mm SP Tank Destroyer

  • Type 5 Mortar Launcher Tok



Experimental tanks & self-propelled guns




Experimental IJN Long Barrel 120 mm SPG being demonstrated to US Army personnel, post-surrender



  • Experimental Tank Number 1 - Type 87 Chi-I

  • Experimental Type 91 Heavy Tank

  • Experimental Medium Tank Chi-Ni

  • Experimental Medium Tank Type 98 Chi-Ho

  • Experimental Ji-Ro Sha 105 mm SPG

  • Experimental Hi-Ro Sha (a/k/a Hiro-sha) 105 mm SPG

  • Experimental Type 98 Ta-Se 20 mm Anti-Aircraft Tank

  • Experimental Type 98 20 mm AAG Tank twin Type II 20 mm guns

  • Experimental Light Tank Type 3 Ke-Ri

  • Experimental Flying Tank Ku-Ro

  • Experimental Type 2 Ku-Se 75 mm SPG

  • Experimental Type 4 Ho-To 120 mm Self Propelled Howitzer

  • Experimental Light Tank Type 5 Ke-Ho

  • Experimental Type 5 Ho-Ru 47 mm SP Gun (similar to the German Hetzer)

  • Experimental Type 5 155 mm Ho-Chi SP Gun

  • Experimental Long Barrel 120 mm SPG

  • Experimental Type 5 Ka-To 105 mm Tank Destroyer

  • Type 5 Ho-Ri 105 mm SP Gun Tank (similar to the German Ferdinand/Elefant)

  • Type 5 Ho-Ri II 105 mm SP Gun Tank (similar to the German Jagdtiger)



Armored vehicles




  • Sumida Amphibious Armored Car (Experimental)


  • Type 95 So-Ki Armored Railroad Car


  • Sumida M.2593 (variants: Type 91 So-Mo Armored Railroad Car & Sumida Model P Armored Car)

  • Type 2592 Chiyoda armored car


  • Type 93 Armoured Car a/k/a Type 2593 Hokoku, Type 93 Kokusanor or "Type 92" naval armored car


  • Type 98 So-Da Armored Ammunition Carrier


  • Type 100 Te-Re Observation Vehicle


  • Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier


  • Type 1 Ho-Ha Half-Track Armoured Personnel Carrier


  • Type 4 Chi-So Armored Tracked Carrier


  • Type 4 Ka-Tsu Amphibious Armoured Launch/Personnel Carrier

  • Type 4 Ka-Sha Amphibious Tank (design only)



Other vehicles




SS-Ki of the 5th Independent Engineer Regiment using its crane



  • Armored Engineer Vehicle SS-Ki

  • Armored Lumberjack Ho-K

  • Lumber Sweeper Basso-Ki

  • Armored Recovery Vehicle Se-Ri


  • S B tracked swamp vehicle (prototype)


  • F B tracked swamp vehicle


  • T B tracked swamp scout vehicle

  • Type 94 Disinfecting Vehicle and Type 94 Gas Scattering Vehicle

  • Type 97 "Pole Planter" and Type 97 "Cable Layer"

  • Type 95 Crane Vehicle Ri-Ki

  • Type 97 Disinfecting Vehicle and Type 97 Gas Scattering Vehicle

  • Type 97 Mini Engineer Vehicle Yi-Go a/k/a Type 98 Ya-I Go

  • Type T-G "bridge layer"



Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)




A IJN Vickers Crossley armored car in Shanghai



  • Austin Armoured Car

  • Vickers Crossley Armoured Car

  • Wolseley Armoured Car

  • British Light Tank Mk IV

  • British Medium Whippet Mk A


  • Renault FT "Ko-Gata Sensha" Light Tank


  • Renault NC27 "Otsu-Gata Sensha" Light Tank

  • Carden-Loyd Mk.VI

  • Captured Stuart M3 Light Tank

  • British Universal Carrier

  • American M3 Half-track

  • Dutch Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car

  • Vickers 6-Ton

  • Austin-Putilov



See also


  • Japanese tanks of World War II


References




  • Foss, Christopher (2003). Tanks: The 500. Crestline. ISBN 0-7603-1500-0..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Tomczyk, Andrzej (2002). Japanese Armor Vol. 1. AJ Press. ISBN 83-7237-097-4.


  • Tomczyk, Andrzej (2007) [2002]. Japanese Armor Vol. 2. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371119.


  • Tomczyk, Andrzej (2003). Japanese Armor Vol. 3. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371287.


  • Tomczyk, Andrzej (2005). Japanese Armor Vol. 4. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371676.


  • Tomczyk, Andrzej (2007). Japanese Armor Vol. 5. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371799.


  • Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.



External links



  • History of War.org

  • Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page - Akira Takizawa




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