Kaiten
Crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the suicide torpedo. For other uses, see Kaiten (disambiguation).
Kaiten (回天, literal translation: "Turning the Heaven", commonly rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker"[1]) were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.
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Kaiten | |
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Type | Manned suicide torpedo |
Place of origin | Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1944–1945 |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
No. built | approx. 420 |
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Specifications | |
Guidance system | Manually piloted with gyroscopic stabilisation and automatic running. |
Launch platform | Submarine, surface ship, and coastal bunker |
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