The Shitotsubakurai (Japanese: 刺突爆雷) or lunge mine was a suicidal anti-tank weapon developed and used by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. It used a HEAT type …

Ultimately, Allied success in overcoming Japanese defenses on Okinawa, won at great cost, can best be attributed to the ability of American ground units to adapt to enemy defenses at the...

Apr 23, 2024 · This is a diagram of the Japanese anti-tank mine’s conical warhead. It was designed to be effective against American tanks with no regard as to the survivability of the user.

One such incident occurred on the night of 12 April 1945 on Okinawa, where Staff Sergeant Beauford Anderson received the Medal of Honor for holding off a Japanese night attack by …

Chapters include information on tactics (mortars, grenade-discharger tactics, and mortars in chemical warfare), organization of Japanese mortar units, and equipment (grenade …

In 1942 the Japanese introduced an improved anti-tank gun in the shape of type 1 47mm, but there were never enough of them and many units still had the 37mm.

Japanese must be pulling out the flaming fuzes on the charges as they came in. Sears got a satchel charge and he and his demo man rigged it up with about ten to fifteen fuzes, all …

The Type 96 and Type 97 were Japanese 150 mm (5.9 in) caliber mortars used during the Second World War. The Type 96 designation was given to this mortar as it was accepted in the year …

In April 1945 on Okinawa, a U.S. soldier stopped a Japanese breakthrough using a weapon configuration no field manual ever allowed. This is the true story of a forbidden improvisation …

This 150-mm mortar, which resembles in design the standard U.S. 81-mm mortar, weighs 770 pounds complete with sight, and fires a conventional type of high-explosive shell weighing …