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What is the fastest tank in the world?
The US fastest tank was the Chaffe and Stuart tanks. Unfortunately they were also the lightest. The Chaffe was Equally fast as the Stuart but had better armor and the firepower of a sherman. The Germans had the Panzer III as their fastest tank but the Idiot Hitler was more comfertable using Panthers and tigers: heavier tanks but rather slower. The British was The Cruiser or Crusader as a more common name. The Itallians were Carro Veloces But they were ultra light and more the Tankette type than tanks. These were not threats even to light tanks, but were lethal to Infantry. Hope this helps :)
What weapons did Japan use in World War 2?
Like any mechanized nation at the time, Japan had a myriad of systems organized into groups, Naval, aviation, land. The answer would be extensive and long and have many subcategories. To start I'll generalize with naval forces, the Imperial Japanese Navy possessed many of the same types of ships as the U.S. Navy. Being an island nation, Japan needed a large navy to "project power," that means to get the forces that will enforce their will away from their homeland to the area where they wanted to exert their influence. For that reason they had aircraft carriers (they understood their use and tactics better than the U.S. Navy did at the beginning of the war), battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines. They had ships for landing troops and supporting their larger warships. The Japanese philosophy for naval architecture (building ships) reflected their strategic philosophy that the fleet was not to defend the homeland, but to be offensive. Their submarine fleet viewed hunting for transports and cargo ships to be beneath their efforts and they failed to understand the importance of destroying commerce and resupply until the allied navies had already established strong defensive capabilities. The U.S. Navy, by contrast, used their submarines almost exclusively for strangling Japan by sinking commerce ships wherever they could be located.With their Aircraft they would be divided into many groups, bombers, fighters, naval aviation, cargo and reconnaissance. Famous examples are the Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters and the "Betty" bombers. They weapons they used for these aircraft were 7.7 mm machine guns and 20mm cannons. Again, their aircraft reflected an offensive mind set as the aircraft were fast, agile, heavily armed but lightly protected. There was a failure, as the war went on, to adequately address weaknesses in their designs and improve their aircraft designs. They did not have an adequate bomber force for using what the U.S. would later use against Japan, strategic bombing for the destruction of industry, military installations and civilian labor force.In land warfare, the Japanese were extremely motivated, very skilled, brilliant tactically and strategically, but poorly equipped. Everything from rifles and grenades to tanks and artillery were horribly outdated. Their early successes depended on the ferocity of their troops and superior tactics. But as the war went on, the poor quality of their equipment was clear to everyone in the theater. They attempted to copy our M-1 Garand rifle without success before the war ended. Their machine guns, grenades, pistols and other basic infantry equipment were all hopelessly outdated. This reflected the Japanese emphasis on aircraft and naval forces. Again, they were depending on the ferocity and tenacity of their troops and a lack of concern for improving basic infantry equipment. Their tanks were designed to fight in confined, jungle dominated areas. They had thin armor and light guns and were handily defeated by U.S. troops and tanks. So, I know I haven't listed enough equipment specifically, but the list would go on forever without telling you very much about the weapons themselves, but sometimes, understanding the thinking that went into their designs, sometimes, is a better look at their frame of mind than just about anything else.They also use gillie jackets or dug little pits in the ground that they would hide in and suprise the enemy.AnswerThe most common hand held weapons were as follow:Arisaka model38: A standerd issue bolt action rifle usualy with a bayonnet. This also had a pop up site and use a 5 round strip clip. (5 rounds on a thin piece of metal that fell off when loaded it)Arisaka model44 carbine: Amost the same as the 38 exept it use pistol rounds. (carbine) and didn't have a popup site. (ALthough it was just as lethal and very accurate)Model97 sniper: A long range rifle (bolt action) that held 5 rounds and had a strip clip. NO adaitional bayonnet.Model96 (Type99) LMG: This light machine gun (LMG) was very big and was top loaded. Fired their larger type99 round and held a 30 round mag. (clip) Almost all had bayonnets.The type100 SMG: A Sub Machine gun (SMG) (which means it fired pistol rounds instead of rifle rounds) That was side loaded. And light weight.Nambu Pistol(s): Usualy to distinguish officers the nambu came in 3 sizes. The baby nambu was the smallest. Then the Papa Nambu was the medium. The bigest and most common was the "Nambu Pistol". This heald a 8 round mag (U.S.A Colt 1911 held 7) and was made by a radio companie in Tokyo.The model92: A mouted machine gun nick named "Woodpecker" by the US marines because of how slow it was. This used ammo strips which needed a seperate loader and only lasted 20 secounds before it had to be reloaded (which only took about 3 sec). This also was super heavy and had a nasty habit of biting the reloader.
