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The initial attempt resulted in the Type 92 cavalry tank. However, Japanese infantry commanders felt that a similar vehicle would be useful as the support vehicle for transport, scout and communications within the infantry divisions. [71] The TK was a small light tracked vehicle with a turret armed with one machine gun.
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 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.
Infantry fighting vehicle Japan: 70 [51] Built by Mitsubishi and Komatsu: Type 16 MCV: Wheeled tank destroyer Japan: 100 (2023) Built by Mitsubishi. 250 vehicles total are planned, 240 ordered in total as of 2024. [52] Middle-range multi-purpose missile system (Chū-MPMS) Anti-tank/landing-craft missile Japan — Built by Kawasaki.
From early 1930s, the Japanese army began experimenting with a mechanized warfare unit combining infantry with tanks. However, the Type 89 Medium tank could not keep pace with the motorized infantry, which could move at 40 km/h (25 mph) by truck.
1st Tank Division (IJA) organization, 1945. The 1st Tank Division, after being relocated to Japan in 1945, consisted of a division headquarters, two tank regiments (roughly battalion-sized), one motorized infantry regiment, one motorized artillery regiment, one anti-tank battalion, one motor transport battalion, one maintenance battalion, and one engineer battalion.
The Type 2 gun tank Ho-I (二式砲戦車 ホイ, Ni-shiki hōsensha Ho-I) was a derivative of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Similar in concept to the early variants of the German Panzer IV , it was designed as a self-propelled howitzer to provide the close-in fire support for standard Japanese ...
Japanese I-Go tanks moving toward Manila, January 1942. The Type 89 served with Japanese infantry divisions and first saw combat use during the First Battle of Shanghai in 1932. [22] The short-barreled 57 mm gun was effective at destroying machine gun nests and its 15 mm (0.59 in) armor, although thin, was enough to stop small arms fire.