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Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍 Hepburn: Fukuryū) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of the Home islands by Allied forces. The name literally means crouching dragon and has also been called suicide divers or kamikaze frogmen in English texts.They were armed with a mine containing 15 kg (33 lb) of explosive fitted to a 5 m (16 ft) bamboo pole. They would dive and stick the pole into the hull of an enemy ship destroying themselves in the process.
