The Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go
Дата: 03.12.2013 14:36:16
A_Hardy_Buck, on 03 December 2013 - 12:52 PM, said: This is the EU forumIPaul72: Hello there
Your right they are, but this is talking about the only Axis AFV to reach American shores
Also demonstrating how light tanks can be used as a tactical invasion vehicle as stated in the article here:
Little tank in big action
The Type 95 Ha-Go was in every Japanese land-based operation: against the British in Malaya and Singapore, and it was also battle-tested in British India.
During the early years Allied forces stationed in Asia were not expecting, nor were they prepared to fight, armoured vehicles in jungle areas and their defences eventually gave way for Japanese victories throughout Asia and the Pacific.
The only enemy tanks ever to land on US soil were Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks, from a company of the 11th Tank Regiment. The regiment reinforced the 3rd SNLF that landed on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska during the amphibious assault there on June 6-7, 1942. The islands were abandoned prior to the US counterattack in August 1942.
By the middle-to-late years of World War II, the Type 95 had finally met its match against more advanced and heavier American and British tanks arriving in the Pacific Theatre.
The armour of the tank was too thin and its 37mm gun was severely outmatched against the heavily armed and armoured British Steel Wall Queen – Matilda and the American M5 Stuart light and M4 Sherman medium tanks.
Additionally, use of the handheld “Bazooka” rocket launcher by the US marines was quite a shock, and an effective solution against the lightly armoured Type 95.
In 1944, they were clearly outgunned and under-protected against bazookas, antitank rifles and even 50 calibre rounds, and so its era had officially ended.
Kind Regards
IPaul72
Your right they are, but this is talking about the only Axis AFV to reach American shores
Also demonstrating how light tanks can be used as a tactical invasion vehicle as stated in the article here:
Little tank in big action
The Type 95 Ha-Go was in every Japanese land-based operation: against the British in Malaya and Singapore, and it was also battle-tested in British India.
During the early years Allied forces stationed in Asia were not expecting, nor were they prepared to fight, armoured vehicles in jungle areas and their defences eventually gave way for Japanese victories throughout Asia and the Pacific.
The only enemy tanks ever to land on US soil were Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks, from a company of the 11th Tank Regiment. The regiment reinforced the 3rd SNLF that landed on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska during the amphibious assault there on June 6-7, 1942. The islands were abandoned prior to the US counterattack in August 1942.
By the middle-to-late years of World War II, the Type 95 had finally met its match against more advanced and heavier American and British tanks arriving in the Pacific Theatre.
The armour of the tank was too thin and its 37mm gun was severely outmatched against the heavily armed and armoured British Steel Wall Queen – Matilda and the American M5 Stuart light and M4 Sherman medium tanks.
Additionally, use of the handheld “Bazooka” rocket launcher by the US marines was quite a shock, and an effective solution against the lightly armoured Type 95.
In 1944, they were clearly outgunned and under-protected against bazookas, antitank rifles and even 50 calibre rounds, and so its era had officially ended.
Kind Regards
IPaul72
The Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go