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The 45 mm gun of the Soviet BT-5 and BT-7 tanks [99] out-ranged the 57 mm tank gun, resulting in heavy Japanese losses. This convinced the army of the need for a more powerful gun. [ 100 ] From 1942 on-wards, the Model 97 was equipped with a high-velocity Type 1 47 mm tank gun , mounted in a larger three-man turret. [ 101 ]
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").
Many Japanese tanks such as the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank and the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks were proven to be insufficient to counter Soviet armored forces. A larger tank design was urgently needed. A super heavy tank project was proposed directly in response to the Japanese defeat at Khalkhin Gol. [1]
Experimental tank Number 1 - Type 87 Chi-I medium tank; Experimental Type 91 heavy tank; Experimental Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG 20 mm anti-aircraft tank; Experimental medium tank Chi-Ni; Experimental medium tank Type 98 Chi-Ho; Experimental Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm SP gun; Experimental Ji-Ro 10 cm SP gun; Experimental Type 98 Ta-Se 20 mm anti-aircraft tank
The Type 95 heavy tank (Japanese: 九五式重戦車, kyūgo-shiki jūsensha) was the final result of Japanese multi-turreted tank design and was in commission during the time period between World War I and World War II. The main armament being a 70 mm cannon in a central turret, with its secondary front turret mounting a 37 mm gun and a 6.5 mm ...
The Type 5 medium tank Chi-Ri (五式中戦車 チリ, Go-shiki chusensha Chi-ri) ("Imperial Year 2605 Medium Tank Model 9") was a medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's prototype Type 4 Chi-To medium tank. Only one incomplete prototype was built.
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.
Type 89A I-Go tank of a SNLF unit. Type Ka Kijusha (a/k/a Type Ka machine gun car) (Carden Loyd tankette) Type 92 heavy armoured car ; Type 94 tankette; Type 97 Te-Ke tankette; Type 95 Ha-Go light tank; Type 89 I-Go medium tank (Chi-Ro) Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank; Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank (Kai; improved)