List of Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

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 92 Jyu-Sokosha
 * Type 94 tankette
 * Type 97 Te-Ke tankette

Light tanks

 * Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
 * Type 98 Ke-Ni light tank
 * Type 2 Ke-To light tank
 * Type 4 Ke-Nu light tank

Medium tanks

 * Type 89 I-Go medium tank (Chi-Ro) medium tank
 * Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank
 * Shi-Ki command tank
 * Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha improved medium tank
 * Type 1 Chi-He medium tank
 * Ka-So command tank
 * Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank
 * Type 4 Chi-To medium tank
 * Type 5 Chi-Ri medium tank (prototype)

Heavy tanks

 * Type 95 heavy tank
 * O-I super-heavy tank (prototype)



Amphibious tanks

 * SR I-Go amphibious tank (prototype)
 * SR II Ro-Go amphibious tank (prototype)
 * SR III Ha-Go amphibious tank (prototype)
 * Type 1 Mi-Sha amphibious tank (prototype)
 * Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
 * Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank
 * Type 5 To-Ku amphibious tank (prototype)

Self-propelled guns

 * Type 1 Ho-Ni I 75 mm tank destroyer
 * Type 1 Ho-Ni II 105 mm SPH
 * Type 2 Ho-I gun tank
 * Type 3 Ho-Ni III gun tank
 * Type 4 Ho-Ro 150 mm SPH
 * Type 4 Ha-To 30 cm SP heavy mortar carrier
 * Type 97 Short barrel 120 mm gun tank
 * Type 5 Na-To 75 mm SP anti-tank gun

Experimental tanks & self-propelled guns

 * Experimental tank Number 1 - Type 87 Chi-I medium tank
 * Experimental Type 91 heavy tank
 * Experimental Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG 20 mm anti-aircraft tank
 * Experimental medium tank Chi-Ni
 * Experimental medium tank Type 98 Chi-Ho
 * Experimental Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm SP gun
 * Experimental Ji-Ro 10 cm SP gun
 * Experimental Type 98 Ta-Se 20 mm anti-aircraft tank
 * Experimental Type 98 20 mm AAG tank with a twin Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon
 * Experimental light tank Type 3 Ke-Ri
 * Experimental flying tank Ku-Ro (only a prototype mock-up was completed)
 * Experimental Type 2 Ku-Se 75 mm SP gun
 * Experimental Type 4 Ho-To 120 mm self-propelled howitzer
 * Experimental light tank Type 5 Ke-Ho
 * Experimental Type 5 Ho-Ru 47 mm SP gun (similar to the German Hetzer)
 * Experimental Type 5 155 mm Ho-Chi SP gun
 * Experimental Long barrel 120 mm SP gun
 * Experimental Ka-To SP gun 105 mm tank destroyer
 * Type 5 Ho-Ri 105 mm SP gun tank (similar to the German Ferdinand/Elefant, only the main gun and a prototype mock-up was completed)
 * Type 5 Ho-Ri II 105 mm SP gun tank (similar to the German Jagdtiger, only a design study was completed)

Armored vehicles

 * Sumida amphibious armored car (Experimental)
 * Type 95 So-Ki armored railroad car
 * Type 2592 Chiyoda armored car
 * Sumida M.2593 (variants: Type 91 So-Mo armored railroad car & Sumida Model P armored car)
 * Type 93 armoured car a/k/a Type 2593 Hokoku, Type 93 Kokusan or "Type 92" naval armored car
 * Type 98 So-Da armored ammunition carrier
 * Type 100 Te-Re observation vehicle
 * Type 1 Ho-Ha half-track armoured personnel carrier
 * Type 1 Ho-Ki armored personnel carrier
 * Type 4 Chi-So armored tracked carrier
 * Type 4 Ka-Tsu amphibious armoured launch/personnel carrier

Other vehicles

 * Armored engineer vehicle SS-Ki
 * Armored lumberjack Ho-K
 * Lumber sweeper Basso-Ki
 * Armored recovery vehicle Se-Ri
 * S B tracked swamp vehicle (prototype)
 * F B tracked swamp vehicle
 * T B tracked swamp scout vehicle
 * Type 94 disinfecting vehicle and Type 94 gas scattering vehicle
 * Type 97 "pole planter" and Type 97 "cable layer"
 * Type 95 crane vehicle Ri-Ki
 * Type 97 disinfecting vehicle and Type 97 gas scattering vehicle
 * Type 97 mini engineer vehicle Yi-Go a/k/a Type 98 Ya-I Go
 * Type T-G "bridge layer"
 * Type 4 work vehicle

Imported tanks and armored vehicles (including captured types)

 * Austin Armoured Car
 * Vickers Crossley armoured car
 * Wolseley armoured car
 * British Light Tank Mk IV
 * British Medium Whippet Mk A
 * Renault FT "Ko-Gata Sensha" light tank
 * Renault NC27 "Otsu-Gata Sensha" light tank
 * Carden-Loyd Mk.VI
 * Stuart M3 light tank – captured
 * British Universal Carrier – captured
 * Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car – captured