Japanese Weapons Master Thread

[Fireraid233]

Ah then that should be enough to be accepted

[BLUE-EYES]

You may already know this, but you may find the information in the archives on JSDF collected by volunteers.

[Grzegames]

download_0029.pdf

1976 | 2321 | Flight Archive

these are my sources, plus an article on Wikipedia and a few documents that confirm its existence
https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/adtw/adm/shiken/kakoshiken_missile.html

[Fireraid233]

Feel free to use the pics i put for AAM-2 some of the best pics of it found so far.

@Fireraid233

AAM-2

Also this can be used too sadly no direct source but it comes from a Twitter user

https://twitter.com/comint44/status/1664959261665902593?t=DbkkT5LWz4H0L2J-e0Kcxw&s=19

[Grzegames]

thanks for your help, so today I will report it as a suggestion

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I reported the GCS-1 system even earlier, here’s a suggestion:

Type 91/GCS-1 bomb guidance device for japan plane

poll Type 91/GCS-1 bomb guidance device [123232424] Let me start at the beginning. What is the Type 91 bomb guidance device. It is a device that attaches to a free-fall bomb and adds a guidance function.It is a type of so-called guidance kit that is mounted on unguided bombs for use in the air. An infrared homing device is mounted at the end of the body to track the heat source of the ship as it sails through the sea and hits it. Guided bombs are laser-guided bombs that are widely used around…

[Grzegames]

Does anyone have photos of the Igo-1-c bomb?

[Fireraid233]

Is that the Ki-148? That is in game? Or the ki-147?

[Noveos_Republic]

Kawasaki Ki 148 I-Go Type 1b

[warabimotis]

Unlike ki147 and 148, Igo-1-c does not have propulsion, so I don’t think it has a ki number.

[Noveos_Republic]

Wasn’t it acoustically guided?

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The weapon was to be guided to enemy ships by its own sensors detecting shock waves from ship’s gun shots.-wikipediia

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AAM-1/Type 69 air-to-air guided munitions

poll poll [JASDF_AAM-1_Dummy] AAM-1/Type 69 air-to-air guided munitions The AAM-1 is a Japanese attempt to create its own short-range missile based on the AIM-9B.The manufacturer was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. History The story begins in 1956, when the Defense Agency’s Technical Research Laboratory began internal research and partial production of prototype air-to-air missiles, and in 1958 began technical research.The results of these tests were very promising, so in 1961 a research and de…

KI-64 japanese VB.10

poll poll poll [kawasaki-ki-64-00] Kawasaki Ki-64 Let me start by telling you what the Ki-64 is.It is a prototype Japanese fighter aircraft of World War II designed by Takeo Doi at Kawasaki. The aircraft had an unusual propulsion system consisting of two interconnected engines driving counter-rotating propellers and an equally unusual engine cooling system across the entire wing surface. Only one prototype was built, the project was abandoned in 1944. History and Structure description The h…

Ki-51 sonia japanese Sturmovik

poll poll [Ki-51-23-e1446628902324] Ki-51/ Type 99 Attack Aircraft The Ki-51 was a Japanese low-altitude attack aircraft used from 1939 to 1945 in Japan and in China until 1953.This aircraft was the first aircraft in the Imperial Japanese Army to have armor. In addition, this aircraft has the last sinking of an American ship during ww2.So much for the introduction to the suggestions. History of creation and description of the structure Work on the Ki-51 begins in 1937 with the Army’s need fo…

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AAM-2 father of AAM-3

poll poll [a9] AAM-2 Missle The AAM-2 was a Japanese missile based on the AIM-4D rocket. It was not accepted for operational use, it was manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Corporation. History This missile was supposed to be a domestic replacement for the AIM-4D missile, which the Americans did not want to sell to Japan, which was used by the newly acquired F-4EJ aircraft. In 1970, development work began on it by the Technical Research Division and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The p…

[JuicyKuuuuki]

Anyone know what these missiles are being fired from the Kikka? I seen this video many times, but always wondered if Japan had early AAM that were IR or related to it.

Secret Japanese Aircraft of WW2

[MXY7_Ohka_when]

Ruhrstahl X-4
Japan had the Funryu project but as far as I’m aware only the AShM and SAM variants were tested, not Air-to-Air
(Funryu 2 and 4(?) in top right corner)

[UnknownVariable]

Could somebody help me identify the aircraft? Its got some unique liveries especially with that tail symbol. I saw it on a thread on the internet about Japanese planes in Thailand during WW2.

Not so sure where in Thailand though and even if its in Thailand at all but the poster seemed geniune.

Source: eBay: Japanese airplanes and other hardware. | Page 47 | Aircraft of World War II - WW2Aircraft.net Forums

[Fireraid233]

Ki-32

[skultew1234]

With water cooled - Ki-32
The little plane on next photo - Ki-27
The plane what similar to Ki-32 but with radial engine - Ki-30
But I am bad at markings

[UnknownVariable]

Just found out about this interesting ship today.

This is the JDS Wakaba which was the ex IJN Nashi (itself a Tachibana sub-class of the Mutsu class Destroyer Escorts) that was built in 1945 - was sunk by the end of the war, then refloated and given new life for JMSDF service (mostly as a test bed for weapons and radar).

There is an amazing proposal for this on the old forums that I wish could just be imported here: JMSDF JDS Wakaba (DE-261), modification 1963 : "The Missing Link" - Passed for Consideration - War Thunder - Official Forum

What caught my eye on this proposal though is the Experimental Type 54 Torpedo Model 3 (G-4) / 試製54式魚雷3型 (G-4) which is an experimental acoustically-guided torpedo via twin launch tubes that were soon installed on JMSDF Ayanami & Akizuki class destroyers as well as its submarines.

This was also equipped with massive early radars & sonars.

Though her armament is limited, she has some very unique armaments and a very unique history which is very surprising. Skynea History has a video about the ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6AuNgJvbQ