Japanese Army Navy

"Eric Moore" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"JDupre5762" wrote in message
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Did the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and the Imperial Japanese
Navy
Air
Force operate any of the same make of aircraft? It seems to me that
that
at
least with some combat aircraft the two services might have
economically
ordered from the same production lines and saved some money and opened
up
some
factories for producing more of other types of aircraft?

John Dupre'

The IJN and the Japanese Army were deadly rivals in the power
struggles that characterised Japanese politcs of the 20's, 30's and
40's its unlikley they would ever co-operate on anything.

That said the requirements of shipborne aircraft tend to vary from those
of land based aircraft and the USN and USAAF used different aircraft
too as did the RAF and FAA.

Keith


"Deadly rivals"? Did the Army and IJN do assassinations on each
other
or something?

Yes indeed they did, assassination was a prime tool of Japanese
politics of the time. Here are just a few incidents

May 15 "May Incident" (5.15)Assassination of Prime Minister
Inukai Tsuyoshi by Navy-inspired extremists.

1934 Nov. "Military Academy Incident"assassination and coup plot by cadets
discovered

1935 August General Nagata Tetsuzan cut down by a young army officer
1936 Feb. "February 26th Incident" (2.26)led by junior field grade officers
in capital area with strong civilian inspiration seize area around Imperial
Palace and downtown Tokyo. PM Okada escaped, Grand Chamberlain Suzuki
wounded, Lord Privy Seal and former-PM Saitô and Finance Min. Takahashi
killed. Collapses after the Emperor demands they be labeled rebels and loyal
army units and the navy's big guns are arrayed against them. Most rebels
executed without public trial.

Keith