List of Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
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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 92 Jyu-Sokosha (Type 92 cavalry tank)
Type 94 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
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
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
See also
List of armoured fighting vehicles used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War
List of Type 97 Chi-Ha variants
Japanese tanks of World War II
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.
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