Type 94 tankette

This is the model in Japan-China War (1937) camouflage. Completely repainted model is presented on photos in the gallery.
The journal title contains a mistake. The name "Te-Ke" used for the Type 97, but the Type 94 model presented in the journal.

Historical information

The Type 94 tankette was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II.

Although tankettes were often used as ammunition tractors, and general infantry support, they were designed for reconnaissance, and not for direct combat.

The lightweight Type 94 proved effective in China as the Chinese National Revolutionary Army consisted of only three tank battalions to oppose them, and those tank battalions only consisted of some British export models and Italian CV-33 tankettes.

As with nearly all tankettes built in the 1920s and 1930s, they had thin armor that could be penetrated by 0.50 caliber machine gun fire at 600 yards range.