Empire of Japan (economic and Financial Data) - Military Industry

Military Industry

This sector was important from the First Chinese-Japanese war to the Pacific War.

Large industrial groups received large investment for making weapons for Japanese Army and Navy in national war efforts. In military aircraft industry exist the next names of important companies how:

For the Japanese Navy:

• Aichi (1,643,913 weapons)
• Kawanishi (1,036,435 weapons)
• Showa/Nakajima
• Nihon
• Maeda
• Yokosuka (980,136 weapons)
• Watanabe
• Kyūshū (218,102 weapons)
• Kugisho
• Mizuno
• Funryu

For the Japanese Army:

• Nikkoku
• Yokoi
• Maeda
• Rikugun/Kokukosho
• Rikugun/Kogiken
• Tachikawa (2,078,832 weapons)
• Kawasaki (2,172,875 weapons)
• Kokusai (60,037 weapons)
• Kayaba

For both armed branches:

• Nakajima (2,052,157 (army) and 3,148,417 (navy) weapons)
• Mitsubishi (2,503,194 (army) and 1,287,742 (navy) weapons)

For Manchukuo and the Japanese Army:

• Mansyu (125,379 weapons)

and other related companies.

In other war material, the name of Nambu Company are charged for making hand weapons for both armed branches, the Mitsubishi heavy Industries with your subsidiaries (Hitachi Company, Ikegai Iron works, Sagami Arsenal (factory) and others) possess the contract to manufacture the second Tank Type in use for armed forces the Medium Tank Type 97 or Chi-Ha and Shinhoto-Chi-Ha with a total of 1,049 units made in 1938-1941.

• The first prototypes of Type 97 Medium Tank are constructed for Tokyo Plant of Mitsubishi Heavy industries Ltd. and Osaka Arsenal. The engine are designed by Mitsubishi and Ikegai Iron Works Ltd.

• Production numbers of Medium Tank type 97:
  • 1938 (25 units)
  • 1939 (202 units)
  • 1940 (315 units)
  • 1941 (507 units)
  • 1942 (531 units)
  • 1943 (543 units)
  • 1944 (production ceased)

• Total by factories:
  • Mitsubishi: (1,224 units)
  • Hitachi: (355 units)

• Other factory why construct these tank are:
  • Sagami Arsenal

• Of theirs ones:
  • 2,123 units of "Shinhoto-Chi-Ha" (New turret version)
  • Unknown cypher of "Chi-Ha" (regular model)

• Total production stay in ones 1,049 units between 1938-1941.

The shipyards of Mitsubishi and Kawasaki heavy industries jointly with Naval arsenals making the war vessels and Submarines need for Japanese navy and exist other industrialist groups why manufactured other equipments needed for these war efforts too. Apart debt at your agreements with Germany, theirs receiving much military technology and samples of weapons for develop in country or Japanese government buying any licenses to making and the prototypes for same purpose too.

Additionally Japanese before and during last times of war, developed some types of unusual military combat infantry techniques, artifacts, special weapons and certain weapons of mass destruction between other various bellicose equipment. Theirs are collectively named "Japanese Secret and Special Weapons".

For this, also see "Japanese Secret and Special Weapons".