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

Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles

This is a list of the Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II. This list includes vehicles which 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

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

Type 1 Mi-Sha Amphibious Tank
Type 2 Ka-Mi Amphibious Tank
Type 3 Ka-Chi Amphibious Tank
Type 5 To-Ku Amphibious Tank
SRII Ro-Go 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 No-Ni Tank Destroyer
Type 2 Ho-I Gun Tank
Type 3 Ho-Ni III Gun Tank
Type 4 Ho-Ro 150 mm SPH
Type 4 Ho-To 120 mm Self Propelled Gun (SPG)
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
75 mm SPG Kusae

Experimental tanks

Experimental tank No.1(ja:試製1号戦車), 1927 (Imperial year 2587)

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 Hiro-sha 150 mm SPG
Experimental Type 2 Ka-To 105 mm Tank Destroyer
Experimental Type 2 Ku-Se 75 mm SPG
Experimental Light Armored ATG Carrier So-To
Experimental Light Tank Type 3 Ke-Ri
Experimental Flying Tank Ku-Ro
Experimental Light Tank Type 5 Ke-Ho
Experimental Type 5 Ho-Ru 47 mm SP Gun
Experimental Type 5 155 mm Ho-Chi SPG
Experimental Long Barrel 120 mm SPG
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

Type 91 So-Mo Armored Railroad Car
Type 95 So-Ki 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 APC
Type 1 Ho-Ha Half-Track Armoured Personnel Carrier
Type 4 Ka-Tsu Amphibious Armoured Launch/Personnel Carrier
Type 4 Ka-Sha Amphibious Tank (design only)

Other vehicles

Armored Engineer Vehicle "SS"
Armored Lumberjack Ho-K
Armored Lumberjack Brasso Ki
Armored Recovery Vehicle Se-Ri
F B tracked Swamp 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 Mini Engineer Vehicle Yi-Go
High-Voltage Dynamo Vehicle Ka-Ha
Type T-G "bridge layer"

Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)

Austin Armoured Car
Vickers Crossley Armoured Car
Wolseley Armoured Car
British Light Tank Mk IV
British Medium Whippet Mk A
Renault FT "Ko" Light Tank
Renault NC27 "Otsu" Light Tank
Carden-Loyd Mk.VI
Captured Stuart M3 Light Tank
British Universal Carrier
American M3 Half-track
Dutch Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car
Renault NC1
The St. Chamond M21
Sumida Amphibious Armored Car
The Medium A
Vickers 6-Ton
Austin-Putilov
Ford Armored Car

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 (II), 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. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.

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