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