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Japanese Whippets. Near the end of World War I, the Japanese showed an interest in armored warfare and tanks and obtained a variety of models from foreign sources. These models included one British Heavy Mk IV and six Medium Mark A Whippets, along with thirteen French Renault FTs (later designated Ko-Gata Sensha or "Type A Tank").
Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank being tested by Australian soldiers, 1945 This is a list of tanks and armoured vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy ( World War II ). Tankettes, light and medium tanks
Type 1 Ho-Ni I 75 mm tank destroyer; Type 1 Ho-Ni II 105 mm SPH; Type 2 Ho-I gun tank; Type 3 Ho-Ni III gun tank; Type 4 Ho-Ro 150 mm SPH; Type 4 Ha-To 30 cm SP heavy mortar carrier; Type 97 Short barrel 120 mm gun tank; Type 5 Na-To 75 mm SP anti-tank gun
The Type 1 Mi–Sha a/k/a/ "Type 1 floating tank Ka-Mi" was the first IJN prototype produced. [5] The Type 1 led to the development of the Type 2 Ka-Mi being produced in 1942. The Type 2 Ka-Mi was designed for the IJN's Special Naval Landing Forces for the amphibious invasion of Pacific Islands without adequate port facilities, and for various ...
It is considered to be the best Japanese tank to have seen "combat service" in the Pacific War. [16] Some Japanese tanks remained in use, postwar during the Chinese Civil War. After the end of World War II, IJA tanks captured by the Soviets were turned over to the Communist Chinese army.
The Type 97 medium tank Chi-Ha (九七式中戦車 チハ, Kyunana-shiki chu-sensha chiha) was the most widely produced Japanese medium tank of World War II, with about 25 mm thick armor on its turret sides, and 30 mm on its gun shield, considered average protection in the 1930s.
Type 97 Chi-ha and Shinhōtō Chi-ha tanks from Japanese 11th Tank Regiment, Shumshu Island. From 8 December 1941 and into early 1942, during the Battle of Malaya and the Battle of Singapore, Type 97 tanks were used by the 3rd Tank Group's 1st, 6th, and 14th Tank Regiments under the command of Lieutenant-General Yamashita.
[2] [16] Units of the 2nd Tank Division were reassigned to the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army and sent to the Philippines, where it was deployed on the main island of Luzon. The 2nd Tank Division had a shortage of half-tracks, therefore, at least four Type 1 Ho-Ki's were used for troop transport on Luzon during the Battle of the Philippines .