13) Gun Carriers Following the IJA designation system infantry and cavalry were not allowed to operate tanks or vehicle based on tanks. So those...
f) Type 4 Gun Tank Ho-Ro: [IMG] In 1944 IJA decided to to use everything available to increase the firepower of their armored units. One of the...
d) Type 1 Gun Tank Ho-Ni II: [IMG] During the final stages of the development of the Ho-Ni I the idea came up to use the larger caliber Type 91...
c) Type 1 Gun Tank Ho-Ni I: [IMG] The second idea for a close support vehicle was to mount the very good Type 90 75 mm Field Gun on the Type 97...
12) Gun Tanks During the late 1930th IJA 1st Army Technical Bureau in charge of artillery equipment made several suggestions to mobilise several...
e) Experimental Type 5 Tank Chi-Ri: [IMG] With the decision to equip the Type 4 Tank at least with the 57 mm tank gun in July 1943 IJA also...
The following tanks are added here as they fit into the original IJA definition for a heavy tank. d) Type 4 Tank Chi-To: [IMG] In mid 1942...
c) Experimental Superheavy Tank O-I: no pic, sorry [IMG] The Nomonhan incident in 1939 showed that the japanese tanks were unable to cope with...
11) Heavy Tanks a) Experimental Type 91 Heavy Tank: [IMG] After finishing the tests with the Experimental Tank No. 1 Army Technical Bureau...
f) Type 3 Medium Tank Chi-Nu: [IMG] The Type 1 47 mm tank gun was able to penetrate the US Medium M4 frontally on up to 450 m but only if the...
e) Type 1 Medium Tank Chi-He: [IMG] After the Nomonhan Incident IJA first focused on increasing the firepower of its tanks. With the...
The second design had the frontal MG port removed. Instead a standard MG port was placed on the left side of the rear armor. The rear access hatch...
c) Experimental Type 98 Medium Tank Chi-Ho: [IMG] only known Picture This tank is still a mystery in literature. It seems that it was developed...
Several confrontations with allied contemporary medium tanks in 1942 and 1943 also showed that armor and armament was insufficient for battles...
b) Type 97 Medium Tank Chi-Ha: [IMG] The prototype development order for the "Medium Tank Project Plan 1" was given to Mitsubishi. Requirements...
a)Type 97 Medium Tank Chi-Ni: [IMG] During the development of the Type 95 Light Tank Army Technical Bureau kept an eye on new european tank...
d) Type 3 Light Tank Ke-Ri: no pic, sorry [IMG] In 1942 IJA started a large program to increase the firepower of its tank force regarding...
b) Type 98 Light Tank Ke-Ni: [IMG] Despite the IJA High Command´s policy that no new light tank design was necessary Army Technical Bureau...
Few vehicles were equipped with a thin handrail-type antenna on the turret and wireless communcations equipment (Type 94 Radio) to be used as...
9) Light Tank: a) Type 95 Light Tank Ha-Go: [IMG] early prototype After introduction of the next generation trucks in the early 1930th with...
