September 17, 2018
Description
Kaiten (回天, literal translation: "Return to Heaven", commonly rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker"[1]) were manned torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II
Type Human torpedo
Place of origin Empire of Japan
Service history
In service 1944–1945
Used by Imperial Japanese Navy
Wars World War II
Production history
No. built approx. 420
Variants
Type 1
Type 1 Mod.1
Type 1 Mod.2
Type 2 (prototype only)
Type 3 (only a project)
Type 4 (approx. 50 produced)
Type 5 (only a project)
Type 6 (only a project)
Type 10 (1+2 or 1+6 produced)
Specifications
Guidance
system
Manually piloted with gyroscopic stabilisation and automatic running.
Launch
platform
Submarine, surface ship, and coastal bunker
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution
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