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 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 97 Te-Ke tankette in China

Light tanks

Medium tanks
Photo of Type 1 Chi-He on left and Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha on right

Heavy tanks
Type 2 Ka-Mi tanks on an IJN 2nd class transporter

Amphibious tanks

Self-propelled guns
Type 1 Ho-Ni II
Type 4 Ha-To

Experimental tanks & self-propelled guns
Experimental IJN Long Barrel 120 mm SPG being demonstrated to US Army personnel, post-surrender

Armored vehicles
Side view of Type 1 Ho-Ha armoured half-track

Other vehicles
SS-Ki of the 5th Independent Engineer Regiment using its crane

Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)
A IJN Vickers Crossley armored car in Shanghai

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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