the emperor is displeased with how the current state of affairs are within his mighty nation’s forces,and this thread aims to appease him via changes and additions to the Japanese to make the proud nation of the rising sun a force to be reckoned with.the post will be split into a few sections for easier reading.
I-Go Ko,BR1 tank
keeps the tradition of paper armour,this tank would have a 57mm cannon that would preform better than the 37mms found in BR1,this tank was built before standard designs were enforced,so hoppers of up to 60 rounds could be used with this.this tank would give a good infantry support tank at BR1 (better then the 37mm tanks at least)
Chi Ha Kai → BR1
the cannon on here is decent (for taking out tanks of similar BR,infantry support isn’t good),but just about everything else isn’t,slow,worse MGs,paper armour.
Ro-go,BR 1
has 2 turrets and 2 cannons (not amazing guns to be expected),but the larger of the 2 has access to a HEAT round,which could make this unique for a BR1 tank.
Ka-Chi gets the ability to choose to use the floats or not
the thing is in a sad spot,it is huge,no armour,meh cannon,no MG,no commander’s hatch,and you can’t see past the floats quite often.removing the floats would allow better viewing of targets and better gun depression,as well as the use of the hull Type 97.
Ke-Nu,BR 1 tank
pretty much just a Ha-Go with a better cannon
Ho-Ni III → BR2
think of it as an enclosed marder but with no MG,and you see why it should be BR2.
Chi-Ri II,BR4 tank
A better version of th Chi-To to better preform at BR4,this tank would have a worse armour profile in comparison to comparable tanks such as the panther of 76 sherman,but makes up for it with it’s unique loading system for it’s main gun,which utilizes a tray loading system to make,essentially,a WW2 autoloader.it also has a 37mm cannon in the hull (which at this point won’t be useful against vehicles),which is quite unique.
B5N2 → BR2
a plane with no guns at BR3 and not that much of an impressive armament to show for it,this belongs at BR2
D4Y1 → BR2
this thing is a dauntless equivalent with with a smaller bombload that fights AP4s and P47s on the average while only having 2 7.7mms compared the dauntless’ multiple 121.7mms.moving this to BR 2 will allow for an equivalent.
D4Y2,BR2 bomber
the same plane as above,but has a 250kg bomb and 4 rockets,would be interesting to see the US get hit by some rockets.
D4Y3 Ko,BR3 bomber
similar to the above 2 planes,this version would differ by having 3x 250kg bombs and a 13mm rear gunner (with more limited ammo)
Ki-43-III otsu,BR3 fighter
essentially an army Zero (yay air spawn) that trades the 7.7mms for more 20mms and has better bombs,100kgs instead of 60s.
A6M5,BR3 fighter
a Zero variant with slightly more 20mm ammo (less then the plane above) but keeps the 7.7s.this would have a 250kg bomb in exchange for having to be a carrier spawn.
A6M5 Hei,BR4 fighter
a plane with limited 20mm ammo (as per usual) and a few 13mms,as well as 10 rockets,would be a good AP4 counter.
B7A2,BR 4 Bomber
a D4Y1 on steroids,this would trade the 500kg for an 800kg,and would trade the 7.7s for 20mms (again with all japanese 20mms,low ammo) and a 13mm tail gunner instead of 7.7mm
Kyuushuu J7W Shinden,BR5 fighter
a prototype (completed,I might add) super prop plane where the propeller is in the back for some reason,armed with some 30mm (only 60 rounds per gun) cannons and 4 60kg bombs.
Type 26 revolver
a domestic revolver design from the 1800’s
Bamboo spear
this could act as a budget melee weapon (possibly throwable) weapon cheaper then an axe or shin gunto,actually used as weapons during the close of the war.
Tokyo Arsenal stick mag,BR2 SMG
a version with 30 rounds,the high ROF would still be wasteful and highly uncontrollable,but at least it’s at BR2,where this should go.
(bottom magazine)
Type Ko long,BR3 rifle
the version we have in game is the carbine version,this would be the full sized version of it.
Type Ko sniper,BR3 sniper
a scoped version of the above listed rifle.
KE-7 with 50 rounds,BR 4 LMG
a BR4 LMG is needed for japan,and this would be a good way to give it to them.takes the magazine size of the BR3 version and doubles it,making it good for BR4.
Hachimaki
headbands common through japan for a long while (even today),there are many different types,ones with different words and symbols.these should be available to all except for vehicle crew,only exception being fighter and bomber pilots for uh…reasons 
.below are some ones that can be added and the translations.
神風-probably one the most famous japanese saying outside of Japanese speaking groups,this phrase means “divine wind”,and is said as,you guessed it,kamikaze
日本-said as “nihon”,this translates to Japan.
一番-this phrase, “Ichiban” translating to number one in english,was another hachimaki seen in ww2
必勝- said as “hisshou”,this phrase roughly means determination to win.
Rising sun pattern-another common version of the Hachimaki,the iconic design worn upon your head.
Gas mask
this could be a cool addition to have.it would look similar to the ones on the guys below.
Also thanks to @Life_burns and @Aussie-Tachanka for providing some ideas in posts from a while ago for items to be used this topic
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