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SR I-Go experimental amphibious tank. As early as 1928, the Japanese Army had been developing amphibious tanks and created several experimental models such as the Sumida amphibious armored car (AMP), SR I-Go, SR II Ro-Go, SR III Ha-Go, which were produced only as one-off prototypes for concept testing in the 1930s. Each of the SR series were 3. ...
Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank with its flotation sections attached Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank. The Type 1 Mi-Sha a/k/a/ "Type 1 Floating tank Ka-Mi" was the first IJN prototype produced. Mitsubishi used the knowledge gained from IJA's former SR program. [127] The IJN tanks produced included prototypes such as the Type 1 Mi-Sha and Type 5 To ...
The Type 3 Ka-Chi was based on an extensively modified Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Chi-He medium tank (it had 2 more road-wheels and two more return rollers on each side) and was a larger and more capable version of the earlier Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
Toggle Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles subsection. 1.1 Tankettes. 1.2 Light tanks. ... SR II Ro-Go amphibious tank (prototype) SR III Ha-Go amphibious 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
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipment by Tadao Nakata and Thomas B. Nelson; Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipments by Lionel Leventhal Limited; United States Army's TM-E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces; Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.
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").
The Special Type 5 Launch To-Ku (特五式内火艇 トク, toku-go-shiki uchibitei To-Ku) was a Japanese prototype amphibious tank developed in 1945. [2] The development status by the end of the Pacific War is not clearly known. The To-Ku was large and heavy; it boasted extensive armor protection with 50 mm of armor plate in the front hull.