The Major Axis

Japan, The Japanese Army in WW II was most part an infantry-based army. Mid 1930's the Japanese began to expand their tank program. They built about 6.000 armored vehicles of all types. There was a wasteful rivalry (hate) in the army between the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), so that the war industry produced separate models planes, tanks and ships for each branch. With limited industrial resources and capacity, the Japanese had to win the war quickly, or not at all.

The Japanese were the best light infantrymen in the war, with an incredible devotion to duty, high morale, absolute refusal to surrender and for all deadly enemies. They believed in the all-out charge attack with bayonets and taking positions by pure force. The infantry had not enough automatic weapons (and anti-tank weapons), only armed with rifles and grenades, so they began to field suicide.
The Japanese tanks fought mostly in dense, heavily wooded terrain. Japanese opponents in the Pacific and Asian had little or no armor, so Japanese tanks being lightly armored and under gunned in the war.

The Japanese artillery had an odd mix of guns calibers and limited available, few recent designs guns, some from WW I and old guns from the early 1900's.No self-propelled artillery, most horse-drawn or towed by truck. Japanese some use the massive bombardment, so as the Allies did, due to doctrine and limited ammunition.

	Germany, was the most deadly army to march across Europe. No other could match tactical expertise or vehicle quality of Germany, they produced nearly 80.000 armored vehicles, but Russia built some 70.000 T-34 tanks alone, and Allied tanks came from all fronts to defeat Germany. From 1939 to 1940 (Pz-II, Pz-III, and Pz-38's) lightly armored was enough for beating Poland or Holland. From 1941 to 1943 (Pz-IV's) were better armor and armament, dealing with T-34's and Shermans, but were still vulnerable to most Allied tanks. From 1943 the Panthers and Tigers gives Germans a technical edge over the Allies, but they were outnumbered by the growing numbers of Allied tanks. German infantry well-equipped could stand up to almost anything the Allies throw at them. From 1943 to end 1944 skill level as a whole declines. The German Army throughout the war has adequate support from its artillery, the changing roles of the Luftwaffe from ground support to that of fighter defense against air raids over Germany, slowly declines German artillery.
	Italy, A combination of over-eagerness and bad timing had Italy join the Axis. Poor military leadership and equipment handicapped Italy's efforts in the war, but the Italian Army made valuable contributions to the Axis. From the desert of North Africa to the snow-covered plains of Russia. The Italian infantry soldier was a man with no morale and lackluster. The whole Italian tank production during WW II was nearly 3.500 tanks, under gunned with poor armor. The artillery was perhaps the best troops fielded in the war, well-trained, using 100+ guns, most 75mm field gun or 80mm mortar.
	Japan, The Japanese Army in WW II was most part an infantry-based army. Mid 1930's the Japanese began to expand their tank program. They built about 6.000 armored vehicles of all types. There was a wasteful rivalry (hate) in the army between the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), so that the war industry produced separate models planes, tanks and ships for each branch. With limited industrial resources and capacity, the Japanese had to win the war quickly, or not at all. The Japanese were the best light infantrymen in the war, with an incredible devotion to duty, high morale, absolute refusal to surrender and for all deadly enemies. They believed in the all-out charge attack with bayonets and taking positions by pure force. The infantry had not enough automatic weapons (and anti-tank weapons), only armed with rifles and grenades, so they began to field suicide. The Japanese tanks fought mostly in dense, heavily wooded terrain. Japanese opponents in the Pacific and Asian had little or no armor, so Japanese tanks being lightly armored and under gunned in the war. The Japanese artillery had an odd mix of guns calibers and limited available, few recent designs guns, some from WW I and old guns from the early 1900's.No self-propelled artillery, most horse-drawn or towed by truck. Japanese some use the massive bombardment, so as the Allies did, due to doctrine and limited ammunition.