List of weapons on Japanese combat aircraft
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This is a complete list of weapons deployed on Japan
ese combat aircraft during the Second World War.
type 99
type 100
50 mm. AA guns
25 mm. AA guns
150 mm. AA guns
75 mm. AA guns
s during World War II, ranging from 15 to 500 kilograms.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese combat aircraft during the Second World War.
Machine guns
- Type 89Type 89 machine gunType 89 refers to two families of unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns. The first family is the recoil-operated Vickers gun. The Type 89 FIXED gun was a license-built Vickers E class gun chambered for the Type 89 cartridge . It was used in synchronized applications in fighter...
7.7 mm machine gun - Ho-103Ho-103 machine gunThe 12.7mm Type 1 was a Japanese aircraft machine gun widely used during World War II and also known as the Ho-103. The Ho-103 was actually a fixed gun and the Ho-104 a flexible gun...
12.7 mm machine gun
type 99
type 100
50 mm. AA guns
25 mm. AA guns
150 mm. AA guns
75 mm. AA guns
Cannons
- MauserMauserMauser was a German arms manufacturer of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to 1995. Mauser designs were built for the German armed forces...
MG 151/20MG 151 cannonThe MG 151 was a 15 mm autocannon produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser starting in 1940. It was in 1941 developed into the 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon which was widely used on many types of German Luftwaffe fighters, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as...
20 mm cannon - Ho-1Ho-1 cannonHo-1 was a Japanese autocannon used during World War II. It was a Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle adopted for use in bomber turrets.-Specifications:*Caliber: 20 mm *Ammunition: 20 x 125...
20 mm cannon - Ho-3Ho-3 cannonHo-3 was a Japanese autocannon used during World War II. It was a drum-fed improvement of the magazine-fed Ho-1 cannon, itself derived from the Type 97 antitank rifle.-Specifications:*Caliber: 20 mm...
20 mm cannon - Ho-5Ho-5 cannonThe Ho-5 was a Japanese aircraft autocannon used during World War II. Developed from the Ho-103 machine gun, it was a version of the American Model 1921 Browning aircraft machine gun. It replaced the Ho-1 and Ho-3 in general service. The Ho-5 was belt-fed using typical Browning-style steel...
20 mm cannon - Ho-105 30 mm cannon
- Ho-155 30 mm cannon
- Ho-155-II 30mm cannon
- Ho-203Ho-203 cannonHo-203 was a Japanese autocannon that saw considerable use during World War II. It was a long-recoil automation of the Year 11 Type direct-fire infantry gun. It was fed by a 15-round closed-loop ammunition belt...
37 mm cannon - Ho-204Ho-204 cannonHo-204 was a Japanese aircraft autocannon that saw limited use during World War II. It was the largest gun to see active service derived from the Model 1921 Aircraft Browning...
37 mm cannon - Ho-301Ho-301 cannonThe Ho-301 was a Japanese 40 millimeter calibre autocannon that saw limited use during World War II, on Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-44 and Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI aircraft. It was unusual in using caseless ammunition...
40 mm cannon - Ho-401Ho-401 cannonHo-401 was a Japanese aircraft autocannon that saw limited, if any, use during World War II. It was a large-caliber version of the 37 mm Ho-203 cannon.-Specifications:*Caliber: 57 mm *Ammunition: 57 x 121R...
57 mm cannon - Ho-402 57 mm cannon
- Type 88Type 88 75 mm AA GunThe was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It replaced the earlier Type 11 75 mm AA Gun in front line combat service, and at the time was equal in performances to any of its contemporaries in western armies and was...
75 mm cannon
Bombs
The Japanese army used a number of different types of bombBomb
A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...
s during World War II, ranging from 15 to 500 kilograms.
Rear armament (for defensive use)
- Type 89 7.7 mm machine gunType 89 machine gunType 89 refers to two families of unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns. The first family is the recoil-operated Vickers gun. The Type 89 FIXED gun was a license-built Vickers E class gun chambered for the Type 89 cartridge . It was used in synchronized applications in fighter...
- Type 98 7.92 mm machine gun based on the German MG 15
- Ho-103Ho-103 machine gunThe 12.7mm Type 1 was a Japanese aircraft machine gun widely used during World War II and also known as the Ho-103. The Ho-103 was actually a fixed gun and the Ho-104 a flexible gun...
12.7 mm machine gun
Combat head (for special use)
- Combat head of 800 kg
- Combat head of 2,900 kg
- Combat head of 6,393 lbs (thermite bomb)
Machine guns
- Type 92Lewis GunThe Lewis Gun is a World War I–era light machine gun of American design that was perfected and widely used by the British Empire. It was first used in combat in World War I, and continued in service with a number of armed forces through to the end of the Korean War...
7.7 mm machine gun (British Lewis) - Type 97Type 97 Light Machine GunThe was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and also as a light machine gun by infantry forces.-Development:...
7.7 mm machine gun - Type 3Type 3 machine gunType 3 was a Japanese Navy aircraft machine gun used during World War II. It was based on the American M2 Browning machine gun but used the 13.2x96mm Hotchkiss cartridge.-Specifications:*Caliber: 13.2x96 mm...
13.2 mm machine gun
Cannons
- Type 99Oerlikon FFThe FF were a series of 20mm autocannon introduced by Oerlikon in the late 1920s. The name comes from the German term Flügel Fest, meaning wing mounted, fixed, being one of the first 20mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a fighter aircraft's wing...
20 mm cannon (Oerlikon FF) - Type 1 20 mm cannon
- Type 2Type 2 cannonType 2 was a Japanese Navy autocannon used during World War II. It was a scaled-up version of the 20 mm Oerlikon FF cannon.-Specifications:*Caliber: 30 mm *Ammunition: 30 x 92RB...
30 mm cannon - Type 5Type 5 cannonThe Type 5 was a Japanese Navy autocannon used near the end of World War II. It was an indigenous design with better performance than Oerlikon-derived Type 2 or Browning-derived Ho-155, although it was considerably heavier...
30 mm cannon
Rear armament (for defensive use)
- Type 92Lewis GunThe Lewis Gun is a World War I–era light machine gun of American design that was perfected and widely used by the British Empire. It was first used in combat in World War I, and continued in service with a number of armed forces through to the end of the Korean War...
7.7 mm machine gun (British Lewis) - Type 97Type 97 Light Machine GunThe was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and also as a light machine gun by infantry forces.-Development:...
7.7 mm machine gun - Type 2MG 131 machine gunThe MG 131 was a German 13 mm caliber machine gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig and produced from 1940 to 1945...
13.2 mm machine gun (German MG 131) - Type 99-1Oerlikon FFThe FF were a series of 20mm autocannon introduced by Oerlikon in the late 1920s. The name comes from the German term Flügel Fest, meaning wing mounted, fixed, being one of the first 20mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a fighter aircraft's wing...
20 mm cannon (Oerlikon FF)
Offensive weapons (against enemy formations)
- 30 kg air-to-air rocket
- 60 kg air-to-air rocket