Type 92 tankette - did it exist
Type 92 tankette - did it exist
Tomczyk in his book on Japanese tanks describes a Type 92 tankette designed 1931-32. To be clear this is not the Cavalry 'heavy armoured car' Type 92 but a vehicle very similar to the Type 94 but lighter despite thicker armour and with some minor differences including wheel design, turret fittings and exhaust. In his view the Type 94 was a development of this earlier vehicle.
I have found no other references to this earlier vehicle. Did Tomczyk get his wires crossed?
Best wishes
K
I have found no other references to this earlier vehicle. Did Tomczyk get his wires crossed?
Best wishes
K
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Re: Type 92 tankette - did it exist
Type 92 tankette means Cavalry 'heavy armoured car' Type 92. Type 92 is sometimes referred as tankette.
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Re: Type 92 tankette - did it exist
Alas, the vehicle described and presented in photographs and drawings by Tomczyk is not the 'Heavy Armoured car' Type 92.
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Re: Type 92 tankette - did it exist
In that book, there are many mistakes. The vehicle titled Type 92 tankette in that book is actually a prototype of Type 94 Tankette.
http://sakurasakujapan.web.fc2.com/main ... kette.html
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Re: Type 92 tankette - did it exist
Thanks, that is exactly the vehicle described.
My apologies, I do not read Japanese. Does your source say when this particular prototype vehicle was designed and built and by whom?
Many thanks, K.
My apologies, I do not read Japanese. Does your source say when this particular prototype vehicle was designed and built and by whom?
Many thanks, K.
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Re: Type 92 tankette - did it exist
I think he is confusing Type 94 TK prototype with different model. Type 92 and Type 94 on photos in his book are, essentially, the same vehicles with few differences.gebhk wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 23:36Tomczyk in his book on Japanese tanks describes a Type 92 tankette designed 1931-32. To be clear this is not the Cavalry 'heavy armoured car' Type 92 but a vehicle very similar to the Type 94 but lighter despite thicker armour and with some minor differences including wheel design, turret fittings and exhaust. In his view the Type 94 was a development of this earlier vehicle.
I have found no other references to this earlier vehicle. Did Tomczyk get his wires crossed?
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