Editing Imperial Japanese Equipment (section)

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*'''NIGHT VISION''': One of the more outstanding technological advancements that Japanese boasted was their rather impressive use of powerful binoculars, specifically on their naval vessels. In the interwar period, Japan had developed a superb optics industry, ranging from cutting edge photographic lenses to powerful long range sights. Most famous of these was the Nikko Nikon 120mm "Big Eye" binoculars. A tripod mounted system with enormous lenses designed to capture as much light as possible, it had the capability to see distant objects upwards of 20 miles away in low light conditions. The Japanese Navy used this capability to devastating effect in 1942 at the 1st Battle of Tsavo Sound, moving a cruiser squadron in radio silence and under cover of darkness, they snuck past the cordon of Allied ships guarding the perimeter of the Guadalcanal landing force, and ambushed the main body of American and British escorts, forcing them to flee and leave the Marines on Guadalcanal without most of their supplies for three months. However, due to the Japanese being overly cautious of a carrier counterattack the following day, they failed to press their advantage and withdrew, leaving the US fleet and Marines the fighting chance they needed to eventually recover.

* '''RADAR''': Yes, they had RADAR and this came a surprise to the allies in 1942 when they captured some Japanese RADAR sets. Not the best RADAR systems that were a few years behind what the Brits and Yanks were doing, but nevertheless functional. The problem was they didn't use them for fire control. Of Yamato's three sets, none of them was arranged for fire direction.

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