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The Imperial Japanese Army established an armored force in 1925. Building tanks of their own met several problems, as Japan's priority tended to be with naval procurements so production for tank steel was on a lower level. [11] Development of the first Japanese-designed tank began in June 1925.
The Japanese were among the first to use diesel engines in their tank designs. [11] Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go first prototype, 1934. During the 1930s, the Japanese began production of tankettes and light tanks, which were used heavily in Manchuria and China. [12]
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.
Tanks. Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank (29) - purchased in 1935. Carden Loyd M1936 (4) - Light two-man tank, purchased in 1936. Renault FT (100+) - purchased from Poland & France in 1920s & 1930s. Panzer I (10) - purchased from Germany in 1930s. T-26 (88) - Licensed copy of British Vickers 6-ton Tank, purchased from Soviets in 1938.
The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70) was an American– West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s. The MBT-70 was developed by the United States and West Germany in the context of the Cold War, intended to counter the new generation of Warsaw Pact tanks developed by the Soviet Union.
The 45 mm gun of the Soviet BT-5 and BT-7 tanks [17] out-ranged the Japanese tank gun, resulting in heavy Japanese losses. This convinced the army of the need for a more powerful gun. Development of a new 47 mm weapon began in 1939 and was completed by the end of 1941. It was designed specifically to counter the Soviet tanks.
The Type 95 Ha-Gō (九五式軽戦車 ハ号, kyūgo-shiki kei-sensha Ha-Gō) was a light tank used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at the Battles of Khalkhin Gol against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry but was not effective against other tanks. [ 7 ]
Type 97 Chi-Ha – with Type 97 57 mm tank gun; the most advanced Japanese tank available in numbers at start of the Pacific War. Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha – Chi-Ha hull with an enlarged turret and production model Type 1 47 mm tank gun. Type 1 Ho-Ni I SPG (tank destroyer) – Chi-Ha hull with Type 90 75 mm field gun.