The Shitotsubakurai (Japanese: 刺突爆雷) or lunge mine was a suicidal anti-tank weapon developed and used by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. It used a HEAT type charge. This weapon was used by the CQC units of the Imperial Japanese Army.

2024年4月23日 · While most armies began to minimize the use of the bayonet during World War II, the Emperor’s Army still considered it to be a prime combat weapon, an extension of their soldiers’ commitment to the attack and a visible expression of the spirit of Bushido. The Japanese Type 30 bayonet featured a 15.75″ blade.

Banzai charge or Banzai attack (Japanese: バンザイ突撃 or 万歳突撃, romanized: banzai totsugeki) is the term that was used by the Allied forces of World War II to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming staged by infantry units.

2024年5月1日 · A “Banzai Stick” captured on Saipan during the summer of 1944. This is little more than a pole fitted with a metal spike. While crude, it was deadly at close range. Image: NARA. RTWT

2021年8月27日 · Suicidal attacks were used on the ground too, as seen with banzai charges, which saw swarms of Japanese troops rush enemy positions when defeat seemed inevitable. Naturally, these ended in devastating losses for both sides.

2024年4月25日 · April 21 1945 on Ie Shima (near Okinawa), the Banzai Sticks were again encountered as approximately 400 Japanese, many of them women, conducted a Banzai charge against the U.S. 77th Infantry Division’s positions on Bloody Ridge. The G.I.s fought back the tears as they shot the charging civilians down.

2024年1月18日 · The weapon was literally just a shaped charge on the end of stick, which was trigged by jabbing it into the side of an enemy tank. It worked like a Bazooka or Panzerfaust, but instead of a rocket, the explosive was propelled by a human.

The Shitotsubakurai lunge mine was a suicidal anti-tank weapon developed and used by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. It used a HEAT type charge. This weapon was used by the CQC units of the Imperial Japanese Army.

2017年6月27日 · The massive banzai attack where 4,000 Japanese troops descended on American lines, was carried out by the Japanese as a last ditch effort to die in the service of their emperor, honor intact. They vowed to kill 7 American servicemen for every one of those killed on their side and fought ferociously to the death.

2024年4月23日 · It is titled “Japanese Lunge Mines and Banzai Sticks — Last-Ditch Weapons in WWII” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/japanese-lunge-mines/. They were a committed enemy. I heard stories of Pacific island battles and Naval battles from veterans when I …