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Hello there, I was browsing navweapons and came across a design mentioned in passing within the article about the Japanese 100/65. Apparently, there was an experimental 140/80 gun tested in 1933. I was hoping someone here had more information on the gun.

Been a while everybody, hope all is well I have had the following photo for some time in my archive. It was and still is a oddity, as to this day I cannot find a solid explanation for what it is. That is to say, I might have a theory now, if you all would allow me. To my knowledge, the photo...

https://www.tamiya.com/english/pressrelease/20250722/index.html

Nakajima Ki-75 i know was a heavy fighters mentioned on designations of Imperial Japanese Army aircraft in specific section of this forum. I don't know if was with one or two engines. I suspect was Rikugun Kokigen Plan I long range heavy fighter by design.

From Macintyre, Donald. Wings of Neptune: The Story of Naval Aviation (The Evolution of Naval Power Book 2) (p. 106). Sapere Books. Kindle Edition. In the section where the attack on Prince of Wales and Repulse is discussed, he mentions that the night before, 'The searching aircraft found and...

Are there any reliable sources on camouflage used by Ki-51 of 73rd Independent Chutai?

Was there ever a Japanese jet transport or bomber designs conceptually in world war II?

This "design" apparently did exist as a specification for the Maru 6 program -- but since the plan was pretty much shelved with the defeat at Midway, nothing came of it. Assumedly, most (if not all) records of its existence were destroyed. Certainly, no official drawings survived (if they ever...

In page 188, https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=y94DAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=airplane+popular+mechanics&hl=ar&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjxJyvvJmLAxWW-wIHHXApN8MQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

Hello, i'm looking to experimental projects for supplying isolated japanese garrisons in ww2. For example: Special containers used with submarines. Unkato, Tokugata Unkato, Unpoto. Special waterproof landing craft on after deck of submarines. How the supply were stoked on the deck ? With a net...

Hi Guys I came across information on the internet that the Japanese used: Messerschmitt Bf.109G Dornier Do. 215 Focke-Wulf Ta.154 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Reggiane Re.2000 Japanese homegrown Mistel project similar to the Germans (N1K fighter on a modified J5M bomb) Could this be a case of...

A detailed description of the Torpedo Protection System for this ship is held by the University of Tokyo and has been digitised. I have downloaded, and uploaded here, the description and the diagram of this system. It goes without saying that the presence of this document in Japan is a very...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%A6%E8%A3%BD%E5%AF%BE%E7%A9%BA%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A_%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8F I found some information here on Wikipedia, and received some information on how it may have looked on another thread...

Everybody and his brother were trying to have as good as aiforce/air-service as possible, and especially in the specified time frame, but many times the available budget was a serious brick wall between the desires and reality. What kind of aircraft should a not-rich, but a reasonably developed...

Are there any Japanese WW2 projects for bombs in the 2000+ kilogram range? The British, Americans, Germans, and Soviets all had various large conventional bombs in the 2000 - 20000 kilogram range, but I have not come across anything (in my limited research) of a similar weight class for Japan...

Something about Super-A Cruisers before Maru-5 Project. Source: 早川幸夫，スーパー・クルーザー「超甲巡」覇王伝説，月刊《丸》，2013年5月号 (Monthly "Maru", May 2013). The author stated that in a 1934 document named "Required National Defense Force from Treaty-Break to 1940" (条約決裂後ノ昭和十五年度ニオケル国防所要兵力表), that IJN's original plan...

http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/14-27.html I can't find other sources referencing this, if it's not real what's the picture of? https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%AD%E5%BC%8F%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%AB%E6%92%83%E7%A0%B2

I first saw this on navypedia, and I had a hard time finding more. I thought it might have been fake. https://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_maru_se.htm I found these images http://www.ww2technik.de/Bilderchen/japmarine/armeeschiffe/jap%20maru-se%20type%20army%20sub%202.jpg...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-35 After months of research, Kusaba's team developed a six-metre (20 ft) prototype balloon capable of flying at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) for 30...