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List of Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
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Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles
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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 92 Jyu-Sokosha (Type 92 cavalry tank)
- Type 94 tankette
- Type 97 Te-Ke tankette
Light tanks
Medium tanks
- Type 89 I-Go medium tank (Chi-Ro)
- Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank
- Shi-Ki command tank
- Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha improved medium tank
- Type 1 Chi-He medium tank
- Ka-So command tank
- Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank
- Type 4 Chi-To medium tank
- Type 5 Chi-Ri medium tank (prototype)
Heavy tanks
- Type 95 heavy tank
- O-I super-heavy tank (incomplete prototype)
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 (prototype)
Self-propelled guns
- 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 Short barrel 120 mm gun tank
- Type 5 Na-To 75 mm SP anti-tank gun
Experimental tanks & self-propelled guns
- Experimental tank Number 1 a/k/a Type 87 Chi-I medium tank
- Experimental Type 91 heavy tank
- Experimental medium tank Chi-Ni
- Experimental medium tank Type 98 Chi-Ho
- Experimental Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG 20 mm anti-aircraft tank
- Experimental Type 98 Ta-Se 20 mm anti-aircraft tank
- Experimental Type 98 20 mm AAG tank with a twin Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon
- Experimental Type 1 Ho-I infantry support gun tank
- Experimental light tank Type 3 Ke-Ri
- Experimental flying tank Ku-Ro (only a prototype mock-up was completed)
- Experimental Type 97 Chi-Yu mine flail tank
- Experimental Type 97 mine clearing tank GS
- Experimental Type 97 flamethrower tank (two different versions)
- Experimental Type 2 Ku-Se 75 mm SP gun
- Experimental Type 4 Ho-To 120 mm self-propelled howitzer
- Experimental Type 5 Ho-Ru 47 mm SP gun (similar to the German Hetzer)
- Experimental light tank Type 5 Ke-Ho
- Experimental Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm SP gun
- Experimental Ji-Ro 10 cm SP gun
- Experimental Long barrel 120 mm SP gun
- Experimental anti-aircraft tank Ta-Ha (incomplete prototype)
- Experimental Ka-To SP gun 105 mm tank destroyer (development stage unknown)
- Type 5 Ho-Ri 105 mm SP gun tank (similar to the German Ferdinand/Elefant, only the main gun and a prototype mock-up was completed)
- Type 5 Ho-Ri II 105 mm SP gun tank (similar to the German Jagdtiger, only a design study was completed)
- Experimental Type 5 155 mm Ho-Chi SP gun
Armored vehicles
- Sumida amphibious armored car (experimental)
- Austin-type Chiyoda armoured car
- Type 2592 Chiyoda armored car
- Sumida M.2593 a/k/a Type 91 So-Mo armored railroad car
- Sumida Model P armored car
- Type 93 armoured car a/k/a Type 2593 Hokoku, Type 93 Kokusan or "Type 92" naval armored car
- Type 95 So-Ki armored railroad car
- Type 98 So-Da armored ammunition carrier
- Type 100 Te-Re observation vehicle
- Type 1 Ho-Ha half-track armored personnel carrier
- Type TC experimental armored personnel carrier
- Type TE experimental armored personnel carrier
- Type TG experimental armored personnel carrier
- Type 1 Ho-Ki armored personnel carrier
- Type 4 Chi-So armored tracked carrier
- Type 4 Ka-Tsu amphibious armored launch/personnel carrier
Other vehicles
- 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 4 work vehicle
- Type 97 tank with detachable dozer blades, mostly for use in airfield construction
- Type T-G "bridge layer", utilized a Type 97 Chi-Ha tank chassis
- Experimental obstacle clearance vehicle, derived from the Type 97 tank
- Experimental charge layer vehicle, derived from the Type 97 tank
- Experimental trench excavator vehicle, derived from the Type 97 tank
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Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)
- Austin armoured car
- Type Ka Kijusha a/k/a Type Ka machine gun car (Carden Loyd tankette)
- 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
- Stuart M3 light tank – captured
- British Universal carrier – captured
- Marmon-Herrington armoured car – captured
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See also
References
- Foss, Christopher (2003). Tanks: The 500. Crestline. ISBN 0-7603-1500-0.
- 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.
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