Overview[]
The Type 95 Light Tank (九五式軽戦車), known by the confidential name Ha-Gо̄ (ハ号) is a Japanese light tank developed from 1933.
Variants[]
- Experimental Type 95 Light Tank (?)
- Prototype.
- Type 95 Light Tank, Ha-Gō — Ke-Gō
- Standard light tank model.
- Type 95 Light Tank, Ha-Gō (Manchuria Suspension) — Ke-Gō
- Model with modified suspension to alleviate issues with driving through certain crop fields, a support roller was added to each bogie.
Derivatives
- Type 100 Armoured Carrier, So-To
- Armoured personnel and munitions carrier.
- Type 100 Armoured Carrier, So-To (Type 94 37mm Anti-Tank Gun) (?)
- Makeshift conversion fitting a Type 94 37mm Anti-Tank Gun above the troop carrying compartment.
- Special Type 2 Launch, Ka-Mi
- Amphibious tank model.
- Experimental Type 3 Light Tank, Ke-Ri
- Prototype up-gunned model with a 57mm Type 90 cannon.
- Type 3 Light Tank, Ke-Ru
- Up-gunned model with the turret from the Type 97 Medium Tank, Chi-Ha. Erroneously known as Ke-Nu.
- Experimental Type 4 12cm Self-Propelled Gun, Ho-To (?)
- Prototype self-propelled gun model fitting a 120mm short field gun in an open superstructure.
- Experimental Type 5 4,7cm Self-Propelled Gun, Ho-Ru (?)
- Prototype (or planned) self-propelled gun model fitting a newer 47mm anti-tank gun in a superstructure.
Foreign
- Thai Type 83
- Ha-Gō operated by Thailand.
- Ha-Gō Bulldozer
- Post-war modification replacing the fighting compartment with a cabin and fitting a bulldozer blade.
- Ha-Gō Police Vehicle
- Post-war modification replacing a section of the fighting compartment with a raised superstructure.
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Service History[]
Operators[]
- Empire of Japan
- 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
- 1st Tank Regiment
- 2nd Tank Regiment
- 4th Tank Regiment
- 6th Tank Regiment
- 7th Tank Regiment
- 9th Tank Regiment
- 11th Tank Regiment
- 14th Tank Regiment
- 26th Tank Regiment
- 27th Tank Regiment
- 1st Independent Tank Company
- 2nd Independent Tank Company
- 7th Independent Tank Company
- 1st Army Sea-Mobile Brigade
- 18th Infantry Regiment
- 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Kamiyoshi Detachment
- Shoji Detachment
- Itoh Detachment (Army Group)
- Itoh SNLF Detachment (Navy Group)
- Kure 5th SNLF
- Sasebo 7th SNLF
- Tank Unit
- Kwajalein Armor Detachment
- 3rd Naval Special Base Force
- Yokosuka 1st SNLF
- Kungchuling Army Tank School of Kwantung Army
- Thailand
- ~50 Type95 Ha-Gō
- Republic of China
Captured from the Japanese, used by the National Revolutionary Army during the Chinese Civil War.
- People's Republic of China
- A few examples from the National Revolutionary Army (Captured from the Japanese, others captured by the Soviets from the Japanese)
- France
- Commando Blindé du Combodge (Ad Hoc)
- Left over equipment from the Japanese Invasion of French Indochina, and used during the early stages of the First Indochina War.
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