b) Type 97 Light Armoured Vehicle Te-Ke: [IMG] prototype Until late 1936 Ikegai Automobile was able to develop a small light Diesel engine for...
8) Tankettes a) Type 94 tk Special Tractor: [IMG] first prototype The 1930/31 trials with the Carden-Loyd Tankette showed the value of small...
f) Osaka Armored Car: [IMG] This vehicle was seen during the 1932 Shanghai Incident operated by naval troops. But it was designed by Osaka Army...
c) Renault Armored Car: [IMG] experimental Renault AC with prototype fighting compartment armor In 1928 IJA bought a Renault 6-wheel 2,5 t truck...
7) Armored Cars IJA and IJN used different types of domestic and foreign armoured cars from 1920 on. They were used for armoured support of the...
[IMG] early production Vehicle Serial production started immediately. First operational use was in March 1933 when 2 pre-series vehicles were...
d) Experimental Amphibious Halftrack AMP: [IMG] Prototype during trials In 1929 IJA decided to develop a fast amphibious armoured car similar to...
The crews participating in this operation demanded further changes. This includes modification of the suspension to increase self-cleaning from...
c) Type 89 Medium Tank: [IMG] Type 89 Medium Tank prototype during early trials In mid 1928 the design of the Experimental tank No. 2 continued....
6) Early japanese Projects: After World War I IJA was quite impressed by the new tank technolgy. But the low speed and the short duration of...
i) Vickers Mark E 6-ton Tank: [IMG] In 1930 IJA also bought two Vickers Mark E Version A tanks and tested them. During competitive tests with...
h) Carden-Loyd Tankette [IMG] In mid 1930 IJA bought 2 britsh Carden-Loyd Tankettes Mk VI to test them as support vehicles for cavalry units....
f) British Vickers Medium Mark C: [IMG] In 1926 IJA bought 3 Vickers Medium Mk. C tanks as samples of contemporary modern armour technology to...
5) Foreign Armour part 1: In World War 1 IJA participated in several campaigns against german colonies and settlements in China and in the...
g) Type 5 105 mm Tank Gun: [IMG] This gun was originally intended as main armament for the super-heavy multi-turret tank project started in...
Part 2: Guns developed after 1940 a) Type 1 37 mm Tank Gun: [IMG] This gun was result of a major upgrading program for the Type 94 37 mm...
Yeah, a little bit…. :p You need to be quite good in english to read the available sources which are mainly in that language. And it helps...
h) Type 99 75 mm tank gun: [IMG] During the innitial stages of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War 1937 fightings in Shanghai showed the need for a...
4. Armament: Tank Guns IJA and IJN mainly used the same guns. From 1942 on IJN modified few smaller guns from their arsenal to provide more...
3) Armament: Machine Guns IJA and IJN had several different MGs and machine cannons in their arsenals: a) french 8 mm Hotchkiss MG [IMG]...
