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Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: jpeg on February 07, 2003, 05:00:52 PM

What does IJN and IJA stand for/mean?

I'm guessing the "JN" is japanese navy and the "A" for airforce

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Innominate on February 07, 2003, 05:04:51 PM

Imperial?

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Puke on February 07, 2003, 05:05:22 PM

Imperial Japanese Navy and Army.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Karnak on February 07, 2003, 05:16:01 PM

Yup

Imperial Japanese Army

and

Imperial Japanese Navy



Like the US, the Japanese had an almost entirely separate list of aircraft for the Army and Navy.  Because of that it is relevant to refer to US aircraft as USAAF or USN and Japanese aircraft as IJA and IJN.


If the aircraft is a "Ki" it is an Army aircraft, Ki-61-I-Otsu for example means:

Ki = airplane
61 = Sixty-First airplane in the IJA
I = Version one
Otsu = Modified

In other words the Ki-61-I-Otsu would be a lightly modified version of the Ki-61-I-Ko


The IJN used a different naming scheme.  For example the A6M5b:

A = Carrier fighter
6 = Sixth carrier fighter to enter service in the IJN
M = Designed by Mitsubishi
5 = Fifth major version
b = Third minor version of the major version

The D3A1  is:

D = Dive bomber
3 = Third dive bomber to enter service in the IJN
A = Designed by Aichi
1 = First major version

The N1K2-J is:

N = Float plane fighter
1 = First float plane fighter to enter service in the IJN
K = Designed by Kawanishi
2 = Second major version
-J = Modified to be a land based interceptor

The J2M3 is:

J = Land based interceptor
2 = Second land based interceptor to enter service in the IJN
M = Designed by Mitsubishi
3 = Third major version

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: jpeg on February 07, 2003, 06:29:58 PM

Thanks all, esp. Karnak for the detailed info.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Octavius on February 07, 2003, 07:21:34 PM

And what was the IJN/IJA called in Japanese?

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Baine on February 12, 2003, 11:38:24 AM

Thanks Karnak. Very informative and way cool.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Karnak on February 12, 2003, 10:02:18 PM

Thanks guys.

Edited my post to fix a stupid copy and paste error.  I had pasted IJA into all of the IJN aircraft slots.

Here're a few more, starting with what we have in AH:

The A6M2 would obviously be:

A = Carrier fighter
6 = Sixth carrier fighter to enter service in the IJN
M = Designed by Mitsubishi
2 = Second major version

The B5N2 is:

B = Torpedo bomber
5 = Fifth torpedo bomber to enter service in the IJN
N = Designed by Nakajima
2 = Second major version



Function codes:

A: Carrier Fighter
B: Carrier Torpedo Attacker
C: Carrier (Land) Reconnaissance
D: Carrier Dive Bomber
E: Sea Reconnaissance
F: Sea Observation
G: Land Attacker
H: Flying Boat
J: Land Fighter / Interceptor
K: Trainer
L: Transport
M: Special Purpose
N: Fighter Seaplane
P: Land Bomber
Q: Patrol
R: Land Reconnaissance
S: Night Fighter


Some manufacturer codes:

A: Aichi
D: Douglas
G: Grumman or Tokyo Gas Electric
He: Heinkel
J: Junkers
K: Kawanishi
L: Lockheed
M: Mitsubishi
N: Nakajima
P: Nippi
W: Kyushu
Y: Yokosuka

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Rasker on February 13, 2003, 03:45:25 PM

so Grumman, Douglas and Lockheed were making planes for the Japanese too?!?! Those lousy money-grubbing @#$% of %($*#)#@s.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: FDutchmn on February 13, 2003, 04:38:35 PM

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Originally posted by Rasker
so Grumman, Douglas and Lockheed were making planes for the Japanese too?!?! Those lousy money-grubbing @#$% of %($*#)#@s.

That was before the war started.  Certain planes were purchased from the USA then.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: brady on February 13, 2003, 05:13:10 PM

Or licence built, for example the Tabby was a licnece built C47, although the Japanese put better engines on them and most were armed with defensive guns.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Frogm4n on February 13, 2003, 10:01:36 PM

ijn and ija means its crap made out of paper and is going to randomly catch on fire.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Karnak on February 14, 2003, 08:04:56 PM

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
ijn and ija means its crap made out of paper and is going to randomly catch on fire.

:rolleyes:

Why don't you go figure out something useful to do rather than spew mindless idiocy.

Title: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: frank3 on February 15, 2003, 09:39:12 AM

Always thought IJN was an Island....:confused:

Title: Re: What does IJN and IJA stand for?
Post by: Seeker on February 15, 2003, 12:08:26 PM

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Originally posted by jpeg
What does IJN and IJA stand for/mean?

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Means they're Jap.