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[StartQuote] Rick; That is so true, they didn't find all of those suicide boats for nothing.The SHINYO production numbers were:6,200 for the Japanese Navy and 3000 for the Japanese Army. Now combine this with Kamikaze's and Kaiten(suicide mini subs type l and type ll) , it was going to be a long fight. When the Japanese High Command got wind that the Emperor was contemplating surrender, the tried to kidnap him, just to keep him quiet. It happened on the night of 14–15 August 1945, and it is known as the Kyujo Incident, and was an attempted Military coup. After the original surrender broadcast by the Emperor on 15 August, a second coup was attempted, an upraising on 24 August was called the Matsue Incident by Members of the Japanese Empire Voluntary Army, totals vary but the largest is 48(of this group 8 were women, but another source says 16 were women). Yeah they were not going to give up so easy [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Ted%20Walther/SHINYO-Suicide-boat.jpg[/image] A Shinyo being tested by Lt Col James F. Doyle USA commanding officer 2nd Bn. 305th Infantry 77th Division Take care, TED P.S. here is the rest of the list ONI and Army Intell found out: THE KAITEN, a suicide human guided torpedo, was extremely effective against landing craft, freighters, and other American vessels. This Kamikaze weapon carried a 3,400 pound TNT warhead. Launched by a submarine, this 48 foot craft guided by one man was almost impossible to defend against. KUGISHO MXY7-K1 OHKA, carried a 2646 pound high explosive warhead in the nose. It was actually a flying torpedo. 750 were actually constructed. FUKURYU - Japanese swimmers became a human mine when explosives were strapped to them and they swam to the target ship to destroy themselves and the ship. NIKAKU - The suicide soldier had explosives strapped to his body. He would then crawl under a tank or other vehicle and blow it up. Other suicide methods were used, some not fully developed before the wars end. A Ki-67 Kai (PEGGY) twin engine bomber with all guns and interior removed had a 6,400 thermite bomb installed. Under development in 1945 only two are known to have been built with no reported success. KAIRYU - A small midget submarine first used at Pearl Harbor. All five were destroyed. Some 300 were built which carried special warheads of crashing into ships same as the KAITEN. KORYU - Five hundred 5 man submarines were under construction at the end of the war. 115 were already completed, thought to be used in the coming invasion by the U.S. Also remember this does not include the Imperial Volunteer Army(civilians) who were also trained in "Homeland defense" [EndQuote]
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