My name ist Chris W. Braun, male, born 1967 in Berlin, Germany.

My focus is on military history, beginning with 16th century to present. I'm also interested in other eras. I always read articles in english and german, to compare them and see whether there are severe divergencies. I also check articles in their french, spanish, japanese and russian version to compare articles.

I read Wikipedia on a daily basis. It's a pleisure to read featured articles, no matter what the topic is.

I have created several articles on the german Wikipedia which can be seen here: Benutzer:Chris.w.braun

About me

This user lives in the United States of America.	This user is of German ancestry.	de Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.	en-4 This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.
This user is interested in Japanese history.	This user is interested in military aircraft and their history.	This user is addicted to travel.	30 This user has visited 30 of the 208 countries in the world.
This user is interested in World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).	This user is a history buff.	This user is interested in naval warfare.	This user is interested in Samurai culture and history.

Articles I have created on English Wikipedia

1st Siberian Army Corps – 28 cm Howitzer – 42-line field gun M1877 –  Rotem Kowner –  Texas Military Forces Museum – Type 6 –  Type 12 – Type 13 – Type 14 – Type 15 – Type 16 – Type 17 – Type 18 – Type 27 – Type 28 – Type 29 –  Type 34 – Type 35 – Type 36 –  Type 50 – Type 51 – Type 52 – Walther CCP

Articles I have created on German Wikipedia

Film und Fernsehen (Movies and TV)

A Most Wanted Man – Jamie Marks Is Dead –  Jupiter Ascending –  Libertador –  Lucy (2014) – Saka no Ue no Kumo (Fernsehserie) –  Satisfaction (US-Fernsehserie) –  The November Man – Utopia (Fernsehserie)

Fluggeräte (Aircraft)

Bell V-280

Krieg, Pazifikkrieg (War, Pacific War)

Operation Te und Operation Wa –  Schlacht von Palembang

Krieg, Russisch-Japanischer (War, Russo-Japanese)

Seeschlacht vor Port Arthur - Landschlacht am Yalu - Schlacht am Nanshan - Schlacht von Te-li-ssu –  Hitachi-Maru-Vorfall – Schlacht am Motien-Pass – Schlacht von Tashihchiao - Schlacht von Hsimucheng - Seegefecht vor Korsakow - Schlacht von Liaoyang - Schlacht am Shaho - Schlacht von Sandepu –  Schlacht von Mukden - Besetzung Sachalins

Militärische Verbände (Military Units)

1. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 2. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – de:3. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich)3. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  4. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  5. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 6. Armee (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  1. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 3. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  4. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  5. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 6. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 7. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  8. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 9. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 10. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  de:11. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich)11. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  de:12. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich)12. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  13. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – de:15. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich)15. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  16. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – de:17. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich)17. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 18. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – de:28. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich)28. Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) –  1. Mandschurische Armee (Russisches Kaiserreich) – 2. Mandschurische Armee (Russisches Kaiserreich) – 3. Mandschurische Armee (Russisches Kaiserreich) –  1. Panzer-Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 2. Panzer-Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 3. Panzer-Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 4. Panzer-Division (Japanisches Kaiserreich) – 1. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich) – de:2. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich)2. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich) – 3. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich) –  de:4. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich)4. Sibirisches Armeekorps (Russisches Kaiserreich) –  Bodenstreitkräfte (Kaiserlich Japanische Marine) –  Dai-1 Teishin Shūdan –  Fallschirmtruppe (Kaiserlich Japanisches Heer) –  Force Z –  Giretsu Kuteitai – Karree-Division – Schwedisches Freiwilligenkorps – Triangulare Division

Militärs und Politiker, Russland (Military and Politicians of Russia)

Pjotr Alexejewitsch Besobrasow – Oskar Kasimirowitsch Grippenberg - Nikolai Petrowitsch Linewitsch - Pawel Iwanowitsch Mischtschenko – Nikolai Platonowitsch Sarubajew - Michail Iwanowitsch Sassulitsch - Anatolij Michailowitsch Stößel – Michail Fjodorowitsch von Schulz

Militärs und Politiker, Japan (Military and Politicians of Japan)

Kawamura Kageaki – Kuroki Tamemoto – Nozu Michitsura – Ogawa_Mataji –  Ōkubo Haruno – Ōsako Naotoshi –  Ōshima Hisanao – Ōshima Yoshimasa –  Tatsumi Naofumi – Ueda Arisawa

Museen (Museums)

Texas Military Forces Museum

Personen (Persons)

Rotem Kowner –  Virginie Silla

Schiffe (Vessels)

Tsushima (Schiff, 1902)

Vorlagen (Templates)

Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Divisionen (Militär) –  Vorlage:Linkbox Erster Burenkrieg –  Vorlage:Linkbox Indochinakrieg – Vorlage:Linkbox Japanische Offensiven 1940–1942 – Vorlage:Linkbox Mexikanisch-Amerikanischer Krieg – Vorlage: Linkbox Russisch-Osmanischer Krieg (1877–1878) –  Vorlage:Linkbox Spanisch-Amerikanischer Krieg –  Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Artillerie des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres – Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Infanteriewaffen des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres –  Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Denel – Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Divisionen des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres – Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Armeekorps des Kaiserlich Russischen Heeres –  [Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Fronten und Armeen des Kaiserlich Russischen Heeres – Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Panzer des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres –  Vorlage:Linkbox Kriegsschauplatz Niederländisch-Indien 1941-45 – Vorlage:Linkbox Kriegsschauplatz Singapur 1941/42 – Vorlage:Linkbox Kriegsschauplatz Malaiische Halbinsel 1941/42

Waffen (Weapons)

28-cm-Haubitze – 42-Linie-Belagerungsgeschütz M1877 – 42-Linie-Feldgeschütz M1877 –  76-mm-Feldgeschütz M1900 – Arisaka Typ 30 – Beretta U22 Neos – Patria NEMO –  PL-01 – Schweres Maschinengewehr –  Schweres Maschinengewehr Typ 1 – Schweres Maschinengewehr Typ 3 – Schweres Maschinengewehr Typ 92 –  Typ 2 Ka-Mi –  Typ 2 Ke-To –  Typ 4 Ka-Tsu –  Typ 30 (Bajonett)– Typ 31 75-mm-Feldgeschütz –  Typ 31 75-mm-Gebirgsgeschütz – Typ 41 75-mm-Gebirgsgeschütz – Typ 89 I-Gō –  Typ 90 240-mm-Eisenbahngeschütz –  Typ 98 20-mm-FlaMK –  Typ 92 Bataillonsgeschütz –  Typ 92 Schwerer Panzerwagen –  Typ 94 Tankette – Vektor CP1 – Walther CCP

Wikimedia Commons Seiten (Wikimedia Commons Pages)

Texas Military Forces Museum

Zeitungen (Newspapers)

L’Écho de Paris – Le Patriote Illustré

Fotos/Abbildungen (Images)

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  Captured guns at Liaoyang
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  Putting a field-battery of Type 31 75 mm field gun into position
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  Russian positions in the passes of Liao-yang
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  Battle of Motienling Pass
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  Military highway, constructed by the Japanese Pioneer Corps on the march to Liao-yang, 1904.
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  Transporting Type 31 Mountain Gun by Japanese artillery crew during Russo-Japanese War, 1904.Published 1906 by United States Stereograph Co.
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  Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer, exhibited in the Texas Military Forces Museum in Austin, TX, USA
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  3-inch M1902 field gun TMFM
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  Nambu Type 14, Series 1Pistol and Holster (TMFM)
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  Imperial Japanese non-commissioned officers scouting in a millet field northeast of Fengch'ipao (north of Anshantien [which is between Tashihchiao and Liaoyang])]]
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  Japanese night attack on the Russian positions during the battle of Tashihchiao, 24 July 1904
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  Map of the Battle of Tashihchiao, 24./25. July 1904
• Patria Nemo is firing
  Patria Nemo is firing
• Patria Nemo 120 mm mortar system integrated on Patria AMV
  Patria Nemo 120 mm mortar system integrated on Patria AMV
• Patria Nemo Navy 120 mm Mortar System on Watercat M12
  Patria Nemo Navy 120 mm Mortar System on Watercat M12
• Patria Nemo Navy 120 mm Mortar System on Watercat M12
  Patria Nemo Navy 120 mm Mortar System on Watercat M12
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  Insignia of Imperial Japanese Army Paratroopers
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  IJA-paras at Clark Field, Luzon 1
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  IJA-paras at Clark Field, Luzon 2
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  IJA-paras study scale-model
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  LEYTE1944SanPabloAirstrip
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  Mj Shirai Tsuneharu, at Clark Field
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  Captain Okuyama is giving a last speech to his command of Giretsu Kuteitai before departure to Okinawa, May 24, 1945.
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  Giretsu Kuteitai - last ceremony before departure
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  Giretsu Kukeitai - parade before departure to Okinawa. May 24, 1945.
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  Giretsu Kuteitai - improving their camoflage before their attack on the Yuntan airfield on Okinawa. May 24, 1945.
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  Giretsu Kuteitai - improving their camoflage before their attack on the Yuntan airfield on Okinawa. May 24, 1945.
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  Giretsu Kuteitai - Captain Okuyma, commanding officer of the Giretsu Kuteitai, and Captain Watabe before their departure to Okinawa. May 24, 1945.
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  Giretsu Kuteitai's are exercising to blow up alumunium made aircraft with the help of a mockup, 1945.
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  IJA-para-helmet
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-1
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-2
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-3
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-4
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-5
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-6
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-7
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  IJA-paratroopers-Palembang-8
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  Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper are landing during the battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
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  Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper are landing during the battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
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  Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper are landing during the battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
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  IJAAS-paratrooper-preparing-for-jump
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  IJAAS-paratrooper-with-flamethrower
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  Japanese field gun of the Japanese 18th division at the siege of Tsingtao, 1914
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  A Japanese Type 31 field gun of IJA 18th division during the siege of Tsingtao, 1914.
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  Soldiers of IJA 18th division ready to advance during the siege of Tsingtao, 1914.
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  Soldiers of IJA 18th division in an abandoned german trench during the siege of Tsingtao, 1914.
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  Sign outside the Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin, Texas.
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  Type89A I-Go SNLF
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  Type89B Otsu
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  Type 92 Iju Sokosha Tankette
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  Type 4 Ka-Tsu, a Japanese amphibious landing craft of World War II of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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  Two Japanese Type 4 Ka-Tsu amphibious landing craft of World War II of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They are armed with two torpedoes on each side, standing on a submarine.
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  Type 4 Ka-Tsu, a Japanese amphibious landing craft of World War II of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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  TYPE-98-Ho-Ki SPAAG 2
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  TYPE-98-Ho-Ki SPAAG 1
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  A Type 41 75-mm-Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 41 75-mm-Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 41 75-mm-Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 41 75-mm-Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 41 75-mm-Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  Soldiers of IJA Tenth Army are entering Nanking after its fall. December 1937
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  Soldiers of IJA Tenth Army are landing at Hongzhou Bay, southeast of Shanghai, November 1937
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  Soldiers of the IJA 18th division near Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, October 1938
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  Soldiers of the IJA 18th division check a Chinese, Guangzhou, October 1938
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  IJA cavalry in the city of Linfen, China, February 1938
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  IJA, Battle of Changsha, China, September 1939
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  Type 97 150mm Infantry Mortar of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  Experimental 41-cm-Howitzer
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  IJA total amount of divisions
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  A Type 96 150 mm mortar of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  IJA 51st division on Papua New Guinea
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  Soldiers of the IJA 20th division on Papua New Guinea, 1943
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  Special Naval Landing Force soldiers using a Type 97 81-mm-mortar during Buna Gona training, 1942
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  Type 96 15-cm-Cannon
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  Type 96 15-cm-Cannon
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  Type 96 15-cm-Cannon
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  Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun, towed by Imperial Japanese cavalry, Manchuria, 1939
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  IJA 5th division, Itagaki Seishirō, June 20 1938
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  IJA 104th division, 137th regiment, Battle of Shantou, June 1939
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  General Rikichi Andō
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  Type 95 Armoured Railroad Car So-Ki (九五式装甲軌道車) on tracks, pulling some cars.
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  Type 95 Armoured Railroad Car So-Ki (九五式装甲軌道車) on tracks, with his crew of 6 sitting ouside the tankette.
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  Ship-pioneers of the Imperial Japanese Army practicing landings with Daihatsu landing crafts, 1935
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  Stern of Imperial Japanese Army's landing craft carrier "Shinshū Maru". The crew is preparing to launch some landing crafts.
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  Imperial Japanese Army's landing craft carrier "Shinshū Maru", the worldwide first of its kind.
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  Imperial Japanese Army's landing craft carrier "Shinshū Maru", the worldwide first of its kind.
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  Type 93 Armoured Car
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  Type 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor hooked to another Type 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor
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  Type 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor, with street wheels
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  Soldiers of the 5th division, Imperial Japanese Army, are invading French-Indochina at Đồng Đăng, 1940
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  Surrender of IJA 35th Army
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  Type 11 Infantry mortar of the Imperial Japanese Army with carrying handles, 1925
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  Imperial Japanese Army Type 31 mountain gun, between 1930 and 1945
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  Imperial Japanese Army Type 94 Infantry Mortar
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  Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 Infantry Mortar
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  A Japanese soldiers is aiming at a target through the telescopic sight of his Type 92 heavy machine gun. Guadalcanal, 1942.
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  Japanese soldiers armed with Type 18 Murata rifles, ca. 1890
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  A Type 92 battalion gun is drawn by its crew to a new firing position. Bataan, Philippines 1942
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  A Type 97 Chi-Ha tank of the 3rd company of the 1st Tank Division of the Imperial Japanese Army during a night exercise in Manchuria, 1943
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  A Type 4 15-cm-howitzer of the Imperial Japanese Army, China 1937
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  Special Naval Landing Force soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Navy landing on the Dutch East Indies, 1942
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  Engineers of IJA 2nd Army are introduced to the Type 95 Folding Boat, during the battle of Xuzhou, 1938
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  Type 3 80-mm-AA-gun
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  Cadets of the Imperial Japanese Army during shooting training with Type 91 10-cm-howitzer at Fuji training ground. ca. 1935
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  Cadets of the Imperial Japanese Army during shooting training with Type 91 10-cm-howitzer at Fuji training ground. ca. 1935
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  Cadets of the Imperial Japanese Army during shooting training with Type 91 10-cm-howitzer at Fuji training ground. ca. 1935
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  Typ-96-Haubitze (Frontansicht) im Museum des Yasukuni-Schreins
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  A 7 cm mountain gun introduced to the Imperial Japanese Army in 1883
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  Operationsgebiet der 1. Hauptarmee des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres, 1945
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  Operationsgebiet der 2. Hauptarmee des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres, 1945
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  Obituary for the von Blücher brothers, german newspaper, June 1941
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  A Type 41 75-mm Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army, carried by its crew. Mid 1930
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  A Type 41 75-mm Mountain Gun of the Imperial Japanese Army, drawn by mules. Mid 1930
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  Commanders and staff of the 15th Imperial Japanese Army.Seen left to right, front row, are Lt. Gen. Genzo Yanagida, Commander, 33d Division, General Tanaka, Commander, 18th Division, General Mutaguchi, Commander, Fifteenth Army, Lt. Gen. Sukezo Matsuyama, Commander, 56th Division, and Lt. Gen. Kotoku Sato, Commander, 31st Division.
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  Soldiers of the 31st division of the Imperial Japanese Army on march through the jungle during Operation U-Go, March 1944
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  A Type 5 45 mm AT (Anti Tank) recoilless gun of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1945
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  A Type 4 7 cm AT Rocket Launcher of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1945
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  A Type 4 7 cm AT Rocket Launcher of the Imperial Japanese Army, disassembled, 1945
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  The Type 90 240-mm-Railway Gun, with members of the Imperial Japanese Army and staff of the French Schneider-Creusot company from which Japan purchased the gun.
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  A Type 96 24 cm howitzer of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  Type 96 24-cm-howitzer
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  A Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher of the Imperial Japanese Army
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  A Type 11 70-mm-mortar of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Bell V-280 HeliExpo 2016
  Bell V-280 HeliExpo 2016
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  IJA 16th division, Philippines, 1942
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  Officer of the Imperial Japanese Army 56th infantry division carrying the regimental flag, Burma 1944
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  Soldiers of the 33rd division of the Imperial Japanese Army occupying the oilfields at Yenangyaung, 1942
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  Soldiers of the 5th division of the Imperial Japanese Army landing on a beach during the Malayan invasion, December 1941
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  Soldiers of the 5th division of the Imperial Japanese Army are landing on a beach in Malaya, December 1941
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  Lt. Colonel Hatsuo Tsukamoto of the 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Forces is leading a charge close by the Kokoda Track on New Guinea, 1942
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  Paratroppers of the Imperial Japanese Navy are attacking Dutch troops at Longoan airfield, January 1942
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  A Yokosuka MXY-5 glider of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1942
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  A "Swamp Crossing Vehicle FB" of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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  A "Swamp Crossing Vehicle SA" of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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  A paratropper of the Special Naval Landing Forces is carrying the ashes of a fallen comrade. 1942th
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  A Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha tank of the 3rd Tank Division of the Imperial Japanese Army operating at night during the Operation Ichi-gō in northern China, December 1944
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  Paratroppers of the Special Naval Landing Forces of the Imperial Japanese Nave are being mustered on a ship before an attack.2nd Yokosuka SNLF Borneo, December 1941?
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  Paratroppers of the Special Naval Landing Forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy with flag bearer.
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  A Type 1 Armored Car Ho-Ki (一式装甲兵車 ホキ) of the Imperial Japanese Army, Manchuria 1944
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  Soldiers of the "Maizuru 1st Special Naval Landing Force" are addressed by an officer before the invasion of Hainan, China, 1939.
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  Battle of Menado: V-formation of Type 96 “Tina” transports dropping men of the Yokosuka 1st SNLF over Langoan airfield, Manado, Celebes, in January 1942
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  Battle of Menado: IJN Paratroopers of the Yokosuka 1st SNLF in street fighting in Menado
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  Battle of Menado: Formation of Type 96 “Tina” transports dropping men of theYokosuka 1st SNLF over Langoan airfield, Manado, Celebes, inJanuary 1942
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  A Type 92 Chiyoda Armoured Car of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1930th
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  A Type 92 Chiyoda Armoured Car and a Type 92 Iju Sōkōsha Tankette of the Imperial Japanese Army entering a chinese village, 1930th
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  A Type 92 Chiyoda Armoured Car of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1930th