List of Japanese World War II radars

A list of Japanese radars used during World War II.

Army radar

Radar used by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Ground-based radar

Airborne radar

Shipborne radar

Medium bomber, with control air-to-air missile device

Guided missiles

Navy Radar

Radar used by the Imperial Japanese Navy

Land-based radar

Designation Type Antenna Wave
length
Peak
output
Pulse
length
(µS)
PRF
(hz)
Detection
range
single
aircraft
Detection
range
formation
Weight First
operational
Number
built
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 "11" Fixed early warning radar Two rows of three dipoles 3 m 5 kW 20 1,000 130 km 250 km 8,700 kg March 1942 30 total
(all marks)
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 1 "11-1" Fixed early warning radar Two rows of three dipoles 3 m 5 kW 20 1,000 130 km 250 km 8,700 kg May 1942
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 2 "11-2" Fixed early warning radar Two rows of three dipoles 3 m 20 kW 40 500 130 km 250 km 8,700 kg May 1943
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 1 Mod 3 "11-3" Fixed early warning radar Two rows of three dipoles 3 m 20 kW 40 500 130 km 250 km 8,700 kg July 1943
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 "12-Go" Ground based mobile Dipole array with a mat type reflector 1.5 m 5 kW 10 1,000 50 km 100 km 6,000 kg December 1942 50 total
(all marks)
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mod 2 "12-Go" Ground based mobile Dipole array with a mat type reflector 2 m 5 kW 10 1,000 50 km 100 km 6,000 kg December 1943
Type 2 Mark 1 Model 2 Mod 3 "12-Go" Ground based mobile Dipole array with a mat type reflector 2 m 5 kW 10 500 150 km effective
300 km max
6,000 kg January 1944
Type 3 Mark 1 Model 1 "11-Go" Shore based medium size radar Two arrays of 5 dipoles 2 m 10 kW 20 500 150 km effective
300 km max
October 1943 unknown
Type 3 Mark 1 Model 3 "13-Go" Multi-purpose portable early
warning radar. Adapted for
submarine use
Dipole array with mat type reflector 2 m 10 kW 10 500 50 km 100 km 110 kg August 1943 1,000
Type 3 Mark 1 Model 4 "14-Go" Ship-bourne long-Range
air search
Four two element yagis 6 m 100 kW 20 250 250 km 360 km to
450 km
30,000 kg May 1945 2 to 5
Type 2 Mark 4 Model 1 S3 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar
(Copy of SCR-268)
2 x 4 dipole array with mat type reflector 1.5 m 13 kW 3 2,000 20 km 40 km 5,000 kg August 1943 50
Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 S24 Anti-aircraft Fire-Control Radar
(Copy of SCR-268)
4 Yagis 1.5 m 13 kW 3 1,000 20 km 40 km 5,000 kg October 1944 60

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Airborne radar

Designation Type Antenna Wave
length
Peak
output
Pulse
length
(µS)
PRF
(hz)
Detection
range
single
aircraft
Detection
range
formation
Weight First
operational
Number
built
Type 3 Mark 6 Model 4 (Type H6) Airborne radar Yagi type 2 m 3 kW 10 70 km 100 km 110 kg August 1942 2,000
Type FM-1 Air and surface search radar Yagi Type 2 m 42 kW 70 km 100 km 70 kg September 1944 Experimental only
Type N6 Air and surface search radar Yagi type 1.2 m 2 kW 50 km 70 km 60 kg October 1944 20
Type FM-3 Air and surface search radar Yagi type 2 m 2 kW 50 km 70 km 60 kg June 1945 100
FD-2 Air and surface search radar Yagi type 0.25 m 2 kW <10 km 3 km 70 kg August 1944 [5] 100

Shipborne radar

Radar-equipped bomber devices for maritime reconnaissance/antisubmarine patrol

Navy air guided missiles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Greg Goebel. "Japanese Radar Technology at War".
  2. Martin Favorite. "Japanese Radar Equipment in World War II". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
  3. Yasuzo Nakagawa (1997). Japanese Radar and Related Weapons. Aegean Park Press. ISBN 0-89412-271-1.
  4. Japanese Land-Based Radar. U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan. 1946.
  5. but not officially used during the war
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