Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum: A Japanese tank (photo diary)

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Monday, Jul. 29, 2024 Monday, Jul. 29, 2024 at 11:15:03am PDT

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington has a Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tank on display. The Type 95 light tank began service in the Japanese Army in 1936. According to the Museum:

“The Ha-Go (“third issue”) was designed to be much faster and more mobile than the previous Type 89 tank. Equipped with the same engine as the Type 89, the Type 95 weighed only half as much.”

The Type 95 was used in combat in Manchuria, China, Malaya, Singapore, and the Philippines. It did well against the Chinese fighting vehicles and the Allied M3 Stuart tanks. However, it did not do well against the heavier U.S. M4 Sherman tank.