Japanese Interwar Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder

Today in my series looking at Interwar tanks that need adding to War Thunder we take a look at Japanese Interwar tanks.

So join me as we take a look at Japan's first attempts at developing its first domestic tanks and use of foreign tanks in the 1920's and 1930's, how Japan was an early pioneer in the use of diesel engines in tanks and the state of designs Japanese tank during the 2nd Sino-Japanese war!

Sources⬇️
『兵器の現況と其趨勢』1933年｜「フィルムは記録する」より (Current Situation and Trends in Weapons” 1933 | From “Film Records) Found at: https://filmisadocument.jp/films/view/140
Hara, T. (1972) Japanese Medium Tanks. No.49
Hara, T. (1973) Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks & Tankettes. No.54
Taki's Home Page: Imperial Japanese Army Page. Found at: http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/
Tank Encyclopedia
上海事件 (The Shanghai Incident) Found at: https://filmisadocument.jp/films/view/152
War Thunder for ingame stats
Zaloga, S. J. (2008). Japanese Tanks 1939-1945. Osprey Publishing.

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Tanks featured in this episode⬇️
Type 87 Chi-I
Vickers Medium Mark C
Type 89
NC-27
Type 92
Type 94
Type 97 Te-Ke
Type 95 Ha-Go
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 97 Chi-Ni
Type 91 Heavy Tank
SR II Amphibious Tank
Ji-Ro
Shi-Sei

Japanese Situation after World War 1: 00:00
Type 87 Chi-I: 02:29
Vickers Medium Mark C: 05:39
Type 89: 09:12
Renault NC-27: 11:10
Combat Cars and tankettes: 13:49
Type 97 Chi-Ni: 18:05
Type 91 Heavy tank: 20:29
Japanese tanks at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol: 22:00
Amphibious tank SR II: 22:40
Japanese SPG's: 24:41

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