Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 05 Aug 2015, 21:52

Bill you should post those pictures!

I found on the german ebay a photo of Ho-Ki APCs in Japan. I haven't seen this image before.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Japanese-APC-Ho- ... 7675.l2557
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Akira Takizawa » 10 Aug 2015, 06:35

As Bill doesn't, I upload a photo, instead.

A few months ago, an interesting photo was sold at eBay.
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It is Experimental 10cm SP Gun. Two Type 95 Heavy Tanks were converted to SP guns. One was Ji-Ro and another is Experimental 10cm SP Gun. They were experimental only and not produced.
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An article on these SP guns will be published on coming Armour Modelling Magazine. The photos including it will be featured in the article.

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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 10 Aug 2015, 07:20

That is a great photo! The camoflage looks different from the original on the Type 95, but the gun shield is bare metal.
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Bill Murray » 10 Aug 2015, 21:09

Hi luftflotte2:

Sorry for the long time to reply. I have had many, many problems getting a proper prescription for new eye glasses, both for long distance and for the computer for now over 2 months and it just seemed to have gotten solved last week. My computer glasses got completely destroyed so it has been very difficult to use the computer until they were replaced.

Before posting photos, I need to mention that I do not collect anything on armoured vehicles, half tracks or motorcycles. My main concentration has always been on wheeled vehicles and for the last many years, mainly on captured/impressed/confiscated civilian type cars and trucks. So, that is most of what I will post here. I hope they are of use to you as I see you have done a lot of research on the subject.

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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Bill Murray » 10 Aug 2015, 21:11

A few more:

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 11 Aug 2015, 00:48

Good thing that was resolved! These are great pictures. Comparing with the 1935 Ford you posted, are these also Fords?
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Post by Bill Murray » 11 Aug 2015, 11:56

Hi luftflotte2.

Your first vehicle is a 1938 Chevrolet, the second a 1936 Ford and the third a 1937 Ford.
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Post by Luftflotte2 » 11 Aug 2015, 23:18

Hitachi made copies of Ford trucks and cars. It's hard to translate exactly but the car was called the Hitachi Federal and the truck was a copy of the V8-51. The identifiable difference is the indentations behind the doors. Not sure the significance of the name Shirato in regards to Hitachi?

Source: https://reibert.info/threads/japonskij- ... 12/page-10
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 12 Aug 2015, 00:34

I just found this thread today :) . Does anyone have any info on this rather odd truck called a Type 100 Railroad Engine, e.g. manufacturer, etc? I presume given it's narrow track of just over 100 cm it was more useful on rails than off.
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Akira Takizawa » 12 Aug 2015, 01:21

See below.
http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/T100rail.html

The manufacturer was Isuzu. Type 100 can run on various gauges from narrow to wide, especially 1,000mm gauge which was used in Southeast Asia.

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 13 Aug 2015, 00:05

Thank you very much, Taki. That is the information I was seeking.
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Bill Murray » 13 Aug 2015, 01:42

A few more:
Edit: the type 98 and 100 railroad trucks could be mixed up due to bad sources.

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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 13 Aug 2015, 02:14

Your Type 100 is actually a Type 98. You can see the Type 100 radiator grill is more square and the cab is enclosed.

Sources: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/totsuken_play_ ... 53484.html
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 13 Aug 2015, 02:55

Source 1 mentions there are three versions of this rail-truck. Source 2 says the Type 100 was adjustable from 1000mm to 1524mm (gauge used in Manchuria). It is confusing so I don't know what the real answer is.
Type 100: 1000mm
Type 1: 1000mm(?)
Type 3: unknown


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1. http://rail.hobidas.com/blog/natori09/a ... 100_1.html
2. http://ki43.on.coocan.jp/oversea/kancha/kancha.html\
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Re: Type 95 Truck and Other Odd Vehicles

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Post by Akira Takizawa » 13 Aug 2015, 03:25

Luftflotte2 wrote:Source 1 mentions there are three versions of this rail-truck
You misunderstand the source. Source 1 says that the gauge of Type 100 can be changed to three versions - 1,067mm(Japan), 1,435mm(China), 1,524mm(Russia).

According to this source, Type 100 adjustable to 1,000mm gauge was called Type 1. But, I don't know whether it is correct or not.


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