Tag Archives: japanese

Organization of the Japanese Air Force

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Organization of the WWII Japanese Army Air Service and Naval Air Service from the U.S. War Department’s Handbook for Combat Air Intelligence Officers, Army Air Forces Air Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 1944. 3. ORGANIZATION. a. General. (1) Owing to … Continue reading →

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Sound of the Japanese Zero

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The authentic sound of a Japanese A6M5 Zero with a fully-restored original Mitsubishi Sakae radial engine. This particular Zero was built by Nakajima in 1943, captured by U.S. forces on Saipan in June 1944, shipped to the U.S. for evaluation, sold … Continue reading →

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“Mobile Mattress” Radar

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From Japanese Electronics, OPNAV-16-VP101, Photographic Intelligence Report 1, Air Intelligence Group, Division of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, January 1945: “Mobile Mattress” Radar A later, and apparently more efficient, Radar type is the “Mobile … Continue reading →

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Japanese Fighter Tactics on B-29 Missions

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following XX Bomber Command combat report on Japanese fighter tactics against the B-29 Superfortress appeared in Eastern Air Command Weekly Intelligence Summary, No. 31, March 30, 1945 published by Headquarters Eastern Air Command, Southeast Asia. The report describes a variation of … Continue reading →

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Japanese WW2 Pistols

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A short guide for U.S. soldiers to WW2 Japanese pistols from Soldier’s Guide to the Japanese Army, Special Series No. 27, Military Intelligence Service, War Department, Washington, DC, November 1944. Small Arms: Pistols The Nambu 8-mm pistol resembles the German … Continue reading →

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Tojo Fighter

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An intelligence report on the Japanese Nakajima Ki-44 Shōki fighter (Allied codename “Tojo”) from “Eastern Air Command Weekly Intelligence Summary”, No. 31, March 30, 1945 published by Headquarters Eastern Air Command, Southeast Asia: A crashed TOJO, examined by an ATAIU party at Meiktila … Continue reading →

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Japanese Type 95 Tank Evaluation

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Allied evaluation of the Japanese Type 95 light tank showing its strengths and weaknesses — ends with a drag race between the Type 95 and a Stuart light tank. (Source: U.S. Combat Bulletin No. 5.)      

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Captured German and Japanese Aircraft

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Rare color video of captured German and Japanese aircraft and rockets.   [Video not available.]   

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Japanese Rockets and Launchers

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following U.S. intelligence report on Japanese spin-stabilized rockets and launchers was published in Enemy on Luzon: An Intelligence Summary: ARMY 20-CM SPIN STABILIZED ROCKET AND TYPE 4 LAUNCHER: Several of these projectiles, the first Army rockets recovered, and the … Continue reading →

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Handbook on Japanese Military

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The October 1944 version of the U.S. technical manual on the Japanese military, TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces has been added to the main LoneSentry website. The complete table of contents are listed below.

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