Search results
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945. [1]
Japanese infantry weapons were robust and reliable, the infantry were mainly armed with Arisaka rifles and officers Nambu pistols. Nambu also designed the military’s machine guns including the squad light machine guns and the heavier machine guns found at battalion level.
List of Japanese infantry weapons used in the Second-Sino Japanese War; Sugiura pistol
Index listing of all of the known guns and related infantry small arms used by the Japanese Empire in World War 2.
The Type 92 battalion gun (九二式歩兵砲, Kyūni-shiki Hoheihō) was a 70mm (2.75 in) light howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. [3] Type 92 could be used in both direct and in-direct fire.
Infantry Weapons: Japanese infantry were equipped with weapons such as the Ariska Rifle, Type 96 and Type 99 light machine guns, and grenades. Artillery: The army used a range of artillery, including howitzers, field guns, and anti-aircraft guns.
The purpose of this study is to provide a concise description of Japanese infantry weapons. Contents include nomenclature, pistols and rifles, grenades and landmines, grenade dischargers, machine guns, mortars, antitank and infantry guns, and small arms ammunition.
