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This is a list of the weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Tanks and armoured vehicles (WW II)
Regular light and medium tanks

A IJN Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
- Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha tankette
- Type 94 tankette
- Type 97 Te-Ke tankette
- Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
- Type 89A I-Go Kō medium tank
- Type 89B I-Go Otsu medium tank
- Type 97 medium tank
- Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank (improved)
Amphibious tanks

A captured IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi undergoing testing
- Type 1 Mi-Sha (a/k/a Type 1 Ka-Mi) (prototype) amphibious tank
- Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
- Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank
- Type 5 To-Ku (prototype) amphibious tank
Amphibious APC
- Type 4 Ka-Tsu amphibious APC vehicle

IJN Short Barrel 120 mm gun tanks at the Naval Yard in Sasebo
Self-Propelled vehicles
- Type 1 Ho-Ni I 75 mm gun tank
- Type 1 Ho-Ni II 105 mm gun tank
- Short Barrel 120 mm gun tank
- Navy Long Barrel 12 cm SPG
Armoured cars
- Vickers Crossley armoured car
- Sumida Model P armored car
- Type 93 armoured car
- Type 92 Osaka HoKoKu-Go armoured car
Cars and trucks
Artillery weapons (WWII)

Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun, rear view
Anti tank guns
Medium anti-aircraft gun
- Type 96 25 mm Dual Purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun
- Vickers Type 40 mm (1.6 in) Dual Purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun
- Type 11 75 mm AA gun
- Type 88 75 mm AA gun
- Type 4 75 mm AA gun

A damaged dual purpose Type 10 120 mm gun
Heavy anti-aircraft gun
Rocket launcher (ground use)
- 25 mm Rocket gun launcher
- 80 mm Anti-Tank rocket launcher
- 100 mm Anti-Tank rocket launcher
- 120 mm rocket launcher
- 120 mm Six-Rocket launcher
- 200 mm Rocket launcher Model 1
- 200 mm Rocket launcher Model 2
- 200 mm Rocket launcher Model 3
- 450 mm Heavy Rocket launcher
- Type 6 Ground Use Bomb Projection rocket launcher Model 11
- Type 6 Ground Use Bomb Projection rocket launcher Model 13
- Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 1
- Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 2
- Type 3 Rocket launcher Model 2 modification 1
Rocket launcher (carrier-based)
- 75 mm Blast-Off Rocket launcher
- 120 mm Rocket launcher
- 120 mm 28-Rocket launcher
- 120 mm 30-Rocket launcher
- 150 mm Rocket Depth Bomb launcher
Infantry weapons of the Japanese Navy (WW II)
Rifles
- Type 38 rifle
- Type 38 cavalry rifle
- Type 44 cavalry rifle
- Type 97 sniper rifle
- Type 99 rifle
- Type 99 sniper rifle
- Type 'I' rifle
- TERA rifles (Type 100 rifle, Type 1 rifle, Type 2 rifle)
Pistols
- Type 26 9 mm revolver
- Type 14 8 mm Nambu pistol
- Type 94 8 mm pistol
Sub machine guns
- Bergmann submachine gun
- Type 100 submachine gun
Machine guns
Infantry mortar
Grenades and grenade dischargers
- Type 10 grenade
- Type 91 grenade
- Type 97 grenade
- [Type 99] grenade
- Ceramic grenade
- Type 10 grenade discharger
- Type 89 grenade discharger
- Rifle grenade discharger
Light anti-aircraft weapons
- Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon
- Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon
- Type 4 20 mm twin AA machine cannon
- Type 4 20m Twin AA machine cannon
- AA Mine Discharger
Anti-tank weapons
Flamethrower
Military sword
- Type 98 Shin guntō Military Sword
Aerial bombs (WW II)
- Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb T(Spreading)
- Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb Type 2 Modify 1
- Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb Type 2 Modify 2
- Type 3 No.1 28-Go Bomb "Maru-Sen" steel board Anti Submarine
- Type 3 No.6 27-Go Bomb 1,354 200 58.0 1.2 10.5 500(Spreading)
- Type 3 No.25 4-Go Bomb Type 1 steel board Anti-Ground Anti Surface
- Type 3 No.50 4-Go Bomb steel board Anti-Ground Anti-Surface
Electronic warfare (WWII)
Land-Based Radar
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 1 Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 2 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 2 Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Modify 3 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Model 3 Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Mobil Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 2 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Modify 2 Mobil Early Warning Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Modify 3 Mobil Early Warning Radar ("12-Go" Modify 3 Mobil Early Warning Radar)
- Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 Early Warning Radar ("11-Go" Modify Early Warning Radar)
- Type 3 Mark 1 Model 3 Small Size Early Warning Radar ("13-Go" Small Size Early Warning Radar)
- Type 3 Mark 1 Model 4 Long-Range Air Search Radar ("14-Go" Long Range Air Search Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 4 Model 1 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Japanese SCR- 268) (S3 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar (Japanese SCR-268) (S24 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar)
Airborne Radar
- Type 3 Air Mark6 Model 4 Airborne Ship-Search Radar (H6 Airborne Ship-Search Radar)
- N6 Airborne Ship-Search Radar
- Type 5 Model 1 Radio Location Night Vision Device
Shipborne Radar
- Type 2 Mark 2 Model 1 Air Search Radar ("21-Go" Air Search Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 3 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar for Submarine ("21-Go" Modify 3 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 2 Model 2 Modify 4 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar for Ship ("21-Go" Modify 4 Anti-Surface, Fire-assisting Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 3 Model 1 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("31-Go" Anti Surface Fire-Control Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 3 Model 2 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("32-Go" Anti Surface Fire-Control Radar)
- Type 2 Mark 3 Model 3 Anti-Surface Fire-Control Radar ("33-Go" Anti Surface Fire-Control Radar)
Radar-equipped Bomber devices for maritime reconnaissance/antisubmarine patrol
- Mitsubishi G3M3 (Model 23) (Allied codename: "Nell"): This long-range bomber, beginning in 1943, was used as a radar-equipped maritime reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
- Mitsubishi G4M1 (Model 11/12) "Betty": From 1942, the G4M was also used for the same purposes as the G3M
- Nakajima B5N2 ("Kate")/Nakajima B6N1-2 Tenzan ("Jill"): In 1944, some torpedo bombers of mentioned types used with antisubmarine, radar detection (with finding radar equipment) and similar purposes in short- or medium-range maritime search missions from carriers or land bases.
- Aichi E13A1b ("Jake") Mark 11B:how model 11A, added surface-search radar and other night conversion with radar (E13A1b-S)
- Kawanishi H6K2,4, and 5 "Mavis" Marks 11, 22, and 23:more powerful engines, for ultra long range missions, long range sea radio equipment and surface-search radar added.
- Kawanishi H8K2 ("Emily") Mark 12:More potent engines for ultra-long range maritime recon missions, major heavy armament; also long range sea radio equipment and air-surface search radar added.
- Kawanishi E7K2 ("Alf") Mark 2: short range seaplane, fitted with magnetic anomaly detection equipment and surface-search radar for short range patrol and antisubmarine missions.
- Kyushu Q3W1 Nankai (South Sea): two place version of training aircraft Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku, for antisubmarine patrol. Equipped with sea-surface finding antisubmarine sonar (one prototype)
- Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai (Eastern Sea; "Lorna"): Antisubmarine patrol aircraft. Equipped with surface-search radar and antisubmarine equipment for escorting convoys in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan during short periods in 1944-45.
- Mitsubishi Q2M Taiyo: advanced antisubmarine patrol design, derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu ("Peggy"). Was equipped with magnetic antisubmarine search device, air-surface radar and electronic antennae warfare. This design did not advance past the design stage during the war.
Torpedoes
Surface-to-air missiles
- Funryu Type1 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
- Funryu Type2 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
- Funryu Type3 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
- Funryu Type4 radio-guided surface-to-air missile
Special weapons (World War II)
- Suicide Attack Frogman "Fukuryu"
- I-Go I-400 class submarine (Special Submarine) I-Go 402
- Aichi M6A "Seiran" special torpedo-bomber
References
- Stille, Mark (2014). The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472801463.
- 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.
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