REPORTS OF THE U.S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN data
 

We are very lucky that this report was ever made, microfilmed and later digitized in pdf format. It is wholly available exept for the part about chemical warfare ;) at :

http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/prima...USNTMJ_toc.htm

I think we need to analyse the available data in those files so as to get a more realistic game, I'll now cite a few examples :

did you know the japanese had anti-aircraft rockets on their ships in 1944 ?


http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1007/rocketsuc5.jpg



http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7043/rockets2vy0.jpghttp://img355.imageshack.us/img355/r...pg/1/w1205.png




to cite a few :



torpedoes

0-01-1 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 1, Ship and Kaiten Torpedoes

0-01-2 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 2, Aircraft Torpedoes

0-01-3 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 3, Above-Water Tubes

0-02 Japanese Guided Missiles


mines

0-03 Countermeasures and Defensive Organization of Japanese Against U.S. Mines

0-04 Japanese Mines

0-05 Japanese Naval Mining Organization and Operational Techniques


depth charges

0-08 Japanese Depth Charges


rockets

0-09 Japanese Naval Rockets

0-10-1 Japanese Propellants- Article 1, Use and Manufacture of Ortho Tolyl

0-25 Japanese Explosives



Submarines

S-01-1 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 1 – Submarines

S-01-6 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 6, Submarines,

Supplement 1

S-01-7 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 7, Submarines,

Supplement II

0-32 Japanese Torpedo Fire Control

S-17 Japanese Submarine Operations

S-19 Japanese Submarine Equipment

S-42 Japanese Navy Diesel Engines

S-43 Japanese Naval Vessels Own Ship’s Noise

S-59 Japanese Navy Paints



Ships


S-01-4 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 4, Surface Warship

S-01-3 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 3, Surface Warship Hull

Design

S-96(N) Japanese Deck Coverings

0-44 Effectiveness of Japanese AA Fire

0-50(N) Japanese Shipboard Rocket Launchers

0-54(N) Japanese Naval Guns

S-24 Japanese Anti-Submarine Warefare

E-10 Japanese Sonar and Asdic

X-32 Camouflage of Japanese Ships and Naval Installations

S-02 Japanese Suicide Craft


S-03 Photographs of Important Japanese Naval Units Afloat




there are quite a few interresting chapters, not only about the japanese submarines ;)

Keltos

A european site on japanese submarines :

http://warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?langu...=2&idtrida=559

even more complete than combinedfleet sometimes, in truth I use both as sources.

This one has lots of other stuff (WWI etc..) other than submarines of the imperial navy.

Keltos

Use all of those. :yep:

http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm

Also quite good.

what's with the AA rockets???

I doubt they worked

another interresting link on japanese submarines :

Kadai submarines :

http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/navy/japan/sub/kaidai/kaidai.htm

main WWII page :

http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/index.htm

spanish site :

http://candamo.iespana.es/japon/isubmari.htm

bump

report on the torpedo firing protocol and TDC are in the report 200-32

data on I-124's sinking :

http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/__data/asse...occpaper34.pdf