Type 94 tankette
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 144 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5111-5272-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Type 94 tankette (Japanese: ??????? , Kyuyon-shiki keisokosha, literally "94 type light armored car", also known as TK that is abbreviation of "Tokushu Keninsha" that means special tractor) 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 Manchuria and 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 CV33 tankettes. As with nearly all tankettes built in the 1920s and 1930s, they had thin armor, that could be penetrated by .50 caliber machine gun fire at 600 yards range. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию...