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Even though IJA wepons costed less, than IJN warships, they were needed in large numbers. That's why the price per item was very important. From the price list in 1941 once can see, why there was so few pistols issued to the troops: they've costed almost as infantry rifle.
Before the Pacific War average exchange rate of Japanese Yen to US Dollar was 3,6 yen to 1 dollar.
Rough value of the yen before the Pacific War to 21-century yen is 1 to 800.
Prices of some weapons and equipment of the IJA in December 1941 (in Japanese
yen
Infantry weapons
Type 30 bayonet = 12,05
Type 95 sword = 40
Type 14 8 mm pistol = 86
Type 94 8 mm pistol = 80
Type 38 6,5 mm infantry rifle = 90
Type 38 6,5 mm cavalry rifle = 80
Type 44 6,5 mm cavalry rifle = 103
Type 11 6,5 mm light machine gun = 585 (probably due to a mass production effect, as it wasn't that simpler than Type 96 LMG – E.P.)
Type 96 6,5 mm light machine gun = 1125
Type 99 7,7 mm light machine gun = 1350
Type 92 7,7 mm heavy machine gun = 2410
Type 91 6,5 mm light machine gun for armored vehicles = 1265
Type 97 7,7 mm heavy machine gun for armored vehicles = 2025
Artillery weapons
Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle = 6300
Type 92 70 mm infantry gun = 8120
Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar = 2660
Type 99 81 mm small infantry mortar = 2480
Type 94 90 mm chemical mortar = 4600 (the difference in price compared with Type 97 81 mm mortar is explained by the presence of complex recoil absorbing devices – E.P.)
Type 96 150 mm medium mortar = 17870 (the huge difference in price compared with Type 97 150 mm mortar is explained by the presence of complex recoil absorbing devices – E.P.)
Type 97 150 mm medium mortar = 2980
Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun = 11230
Type 94 37 mm tank gun = 5060
Type 97 57 mm tank gun = 4700
47 mm tank gun = 6530
Modified Type 38 75 mm field gun = 18100
Type 90 75 mm field gun = 23230
Type 95 75 mm field gun = 21450
Type 41 75 mm mountain gun (for infantry gun use) = 13950
Type 94 75 mm mountain gun = 13500
Type 92 100 mm gun = 52430
Type 99 100 mm mountain gun = 22280
Type 89 150 mm gun = 159830
Type 96 150 mm gun = 318150
Type 91 100 mm field howitzer = 29080
Type 4 150 mm howitzer = 47250
Type 96 150 mm howitzer = 61650
Type 45 240 mm howitzer = 110500
Type 96 240 mm howitzer = 366530
Type 88 75 mm anti-aircraft gun = 38740
Type 99 80 mm anti-aircraft gun = 45000
Signal equipment
Type 90 small air-listening device = 4085
Type 92 telephone = 158
Type 93 telephone switchboard(?) = 600
Type 94 No.2B radio = 15255
Type 94 No.3A radio = 5850
Type 94 No.3B radio = 6380
Type 94 No.3C radio = 7470
Type 94 No.5 radio = 2780
Type 94 No.6 radio = 1090
Type 96 No.4 radio = 5420
Type 94 No.3 special message machine (teletype-?) = 4545
Tanks, Armored vehicles
Type 95 light tank “Ha-Go” (without weapons) = 87190
Type 97 tank “Chi-Ha” (without weapons) = 165400
Type 97 tankette “Te-Ke” (without weapons) = 59600
Type 95 armored railcar (dresine) “So-Ki” = 98100
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