IJN Kaiten igyo (manned torpedoes) M1:72

Kaiten (回天, literal translation: "Return to Heaven", commonly rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker"[1]) were manned torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II




Type Human torpedo
Place of origin Empire of Japan
Service history
In service 1944–1945
Used by Imperial Japanese Navy
Wars World War II
Production history
No. built approx. 420
Variants
Type 1
Type 1 Mod.1
Type 1 Mod.2
Type 2 (prototype o