During World War II, Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-tai, were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army, normally used for suicide missions. They in
On 11 April 1945, a Navy Type 0 carrier fighter of the Kamikaze Special Attack Squadron's 5th Kemmu Squadron (piloted by Flight Sgt. Setsuo Ishino) just before crashing into the USS Missouri
On 12 April 1945, a VBIED variant of fighter plane "Hayabusa" (flown by Sub-lieutenant Toshio Anazawa) of the 20th Shimbu Squadron of the Army Special Attack Unit is seen departing from Chiran Army Airfield, while female students of the Nadeshiko Squadron of Chiran Town High School for Girls look on.
USS Lexington museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. An account of the suicide attack Lexington suffered on 5 November 1944 (a suicide plane hit the Rising Sun Flag spot).
Ohka at the Yasukuni Shrine
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A suicide weapon is a weapon designed to be used in a suicide attack, typically based on explosives.
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka, a weapon especially designed for a suicide attack
A suicide vest with ball bearings
Chinese suicide bomber putting on an explosive vest made out of Model 24 hand grenades to use in an attack on Japanese tanks at the Battle of Taierzhuang.