Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

[Peter H]

Please give a source for photos if possible.

[Luftflotte2]

Some were saved quite a while ago but there is one website which has some interesting pictures

http://www.allworldwars.com/Photo-Inter ... art-I.html
Pictures below came from the website above.
1. Nissan 180???
2. ???

AK-10 pictures came from:
1.http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showpho ... at=500/url
2.http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-gro ... cture.html
3. unknown

[Luftflotte2]

The AK-10
In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines, where they found an old Bantam Mk II, and promptly brought it to Japan. The Japanese military authorities commanded Toyota to make a similar vehicle but to not model the appearance on the American Jeep. The prototype was called the Model AK and was formally adopted by The Japanese Imperial Army as the Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha ( 四式小型貨物車 type 4 compact cargo-truck ).

Later in 1941 the Japanese government asked Toyota to produce a light truck for the Japan military campaign. Toyota developed a 1/2 ton prototype called the AK10 in 1942. The AK10 was built using reverse-engineering from the Bantam GP. The truck featured an upright front grille, flat front wheel arches that angled down and back like the FJ40, headlights mounted above the wheel arches on either side of the radiator and a folding windshield.

The AK10 used the 2259 cc, 4-cylinder Type C engine from the Toyota Model AE sedan with a three-speed manual transmission and two-speed transfer gearbox connected to it. There is no mechanical relationship between the AK10 and the postwar Toyota "Jeep" BJ. Most of the AK10's were not actively used (unlike the U.S. Jeep) and there are almost no photographs of it in the battlefield.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-gro ... cture.html
states that 4 AK-10s were made

[Akira Takizawa]

Above information is not correct.

The development of AK10 started in Jan. 1944 and 5 prototypes were built in July. AK10 was adopted by the IJA and called Type 4 (Imperial year 2604, ie. 1944). The mass production started in 1945, but only 4-6 were actully produced.

Taki

[Luftflotte2]

Wow you can't believe everything the internet says, thanks for the correction. I'm not sure how this website:
http://toyoland.com/
got its information.

On another note do you know the production figures for the Type 95 mini-truck and a few other photos

Regards

[Luftflotte2]

A railroad engine, a Komatsu 3ton prime mover and possibly a Brasso-Ki lumber vehicle. The Ho-K cut down trees and the Brasso-Ki pick them up. The Brasso-ki could seat 13 and had a removable boom. These I'm sure were in very small numbers and may have been used for clearing spots for fortifications and airfields.

[Luftflotte2]

A hucks starter from Ebay

[Luftflotte2]

I've found a ton from the AWM.

Caption
Burma. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait in front of a motorised rail car used for transporting the War Graves Commission survey party on daily sorties from their base. Sergeant Lloyd Rankin (War Graves Commission) is shown with the Japanese crew, who are, left to right: Nagase Takashi (interpreter), Lance Corporal Iwamoto, and Private Hayashi (rear), both rail car drivers from the 5th Railway regiment, stationed at Apalon, Burma, and an unidentified steam train driver. Photographed by the War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Thailand railway. They also took the opportunity to recover equipment and documents which had been secretly buried, under instructions from senior POW officers, in the graves of deceased POWs. (Donor L. Cody)

What the devil is this? This is not similar at all to the Type 98 and Type 100 railroad engines.

[Akira Takizawa]

What the devil is this? This is not similar at all to the Type 98 and Type 100 railroad engines.

It is Type 100 or Type 1 (adapted Type 100 to 1,000mm gauge).

http://rail.hobidas.com/blog/natori09/a ... 100-1.html

The ouside look of the late Type 100 is different from early Type 100. These are late Type 100.

Taki

[Luftflotte2]

Very interesting Taki! It's great for me to learn these things.

[Luftflotte2]

Some from AWM

1. Type 98 Ro-Ke "South Bougainville, 1945-07-24. Australians transporting transporting supplies across the Mobiai river."
2. Type 98 Shi-Ke

[Luftflotte2]

An Army Toyota GB.
from eBay seller tugsbote

[Peter H]

Mate,you need to give the ebay seller.This is about the third time I've asked you to follow this procedure.

[Luftflotte2]

From AWM.

"Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945-08. Two Japanese soldiers, escorted by two Australian soldiers, arrive in a Japanese truck at an Australian advanced headquarters to begin surrender arrangements. This meeting was arranged by radio after a leaflet drop on Japanese positions advised the Japanese headquarters what time to standby their radio, the frequencies and the call sign to be used. The radio arrangements were set up by Captain P.J. Donovan, Adjutant, 7th Division Signals and the call sign assigned to the Japanese headquarters was "Drongo". (Donor M. Mills)"

What truck is this??

[nuyt]

It could have been a Chevrolet 1938ish civilian firetruck (if it isnt Japanese - I dont know).
Possibly from Balikpapan town or the oil industries

Some similar things can be found here
http://www.offroaders.com/Destinations/ ... Engine.jpg

http://www.google.nl/images?hl=nl&expId ... 68&bih=396

http://www.pbase.com/rpdoody/image/101750645
and Fords in the NEI on Java
http://www.overvalwagen.com/images/fordbataviafd.jpg

Its the long running board and the shape of the body that are reminiscent