Japanese World War 2 Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunderccccc

In this 6th episode of my series looking at World War 2 Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder, we take a look at Japanese tanks of the World War 2 period!

So join me as we take a look at some light tanks that were supposed to suplant the Type 95 Ha-Go, the various iterations of the Type 4 Chi-To, a potential super heavy tank and many odd 1 off designs that Japan developed in preparation for the Allied Invasion of Japan.

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Tanks featured in this episode ⬇️
Type 98 Ke-Ni A (Prototype)
Type 98 KeNI B (Prototype)
Type 98 Ke-Ni
Type 2 Ke-To
Type 3 Ke-Ri
Type 3 Ke-Ru/Type 4 Ke-Nu
Type 5 Ke-Ho
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 97 Shi-Ki
Type 98 Chi-Ho
Type 1 Chi-He
Type 2 Ho-I
Type 3 Chi-Nu (Prototype)
Type 4 Chi-To (57mm gun variant)
Type 4 Chi-To (Type Ge Squeeze Bore variant)
Type 5 Chi-Ri
O-I Super Heavy Tank
Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Type 5 To-Ku
Ka-Ho Flamethrower Tank
Type 5 Ho-Ru
Type 1 Ho-Ni I (Prototype)
Type 1 Ho-Ni II
So-To Gun Carrier
Type 4 Ho-To
Type 97 Chi-Ha with 20 cm short naval gun
Type 98 Ko-Hi halftrack SPAA
Ki-To SPAA
Shi-Sei SPAA

Japanese Light Tanks: 00:00
Japanese Medium Tanks: 14:58
Japanese Heavy/Super Heavy Tanks: 34:06
Japanese Flamethrower Tanks: 39:19
Japanese Amphibious Tanks: 40:05
Japanese Tank Destroyers: 41:10
Japanese Assault Guns: 47:50
Japanese Anti-Air vehicles: 51:40

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