Japanese Tanks in WW2 are often seen as a joke, yet, before the war the Japanese were among the leaders when it came to tank production and development. This is apparent if one looks at the literature of the time.

Disclaimer: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington to Tankfest 2019.

Cover Image: Bagnall, Frank N.: 1 October 1942. New Guinea. Australian militia forces successfully overcame a Japanese attempt to land at Milne Bay. This picture shows one of two Japanese type 95 Hago light tanks that became bogged on the track near the Gama River and were abandoned during the Japanese attack. Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 013318. This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G023v17 (Duration of copyright) (August 2014)
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Cover Colorization and adaptation by vonKickass.


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Barnhart, Michael A.: Japan prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919 1941. Cornell paperbacks, 7. printing, Cornell Univ. Press: Ithaca, New York, USA, 2009.

Coox, Alvin D.: The Effectiveness of the Japanese Military Establishment in the Second World War. In: Millet, Allan R. (ed.); Murray, Williamson (ed.): Military Effectiveness. Volume 3. The Second World War. New Edition. Cambridge University Press: New York, USA, 2010.

Drea, Edward J.: In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army. Univ. of Nebraska Press: Lincoln, USA, 1998.

Drea, Edward J.: Japan’s Imperial Army. Its Rise and Fall, 18531945. Kansas University Press, USA: 2009.

Rottman, Gordon L.; Takizawa, Akira: World War II Japanese Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2015 (2008).

Zaloga, Steven J.: Japanese Tanks 193945. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2011 (2007).

Heigl, Fritz: Heigl’s Taschenbuch der Tanks. Teil II. Panzererkennungsdienst G Z, Panzerzüge und Panzerdraisinen. Neuauflage der Ausgabe von 1935, J. F. Lehmanns Verlag: München, Germany, 1971.

Ness, Leland: Rikugun. Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 19371945. Volume I: Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces. Helion & Company Ltd: Solihull, UK, 2016 (2014).

Evans, David C.; Peattie, Mark R.: Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 18871941. Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 2012.

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