Type 93 light tank
TypeTankette
Place of originJapan
Service history
Used byEmpire of Japan
Warsunknown
Production history
Designed1933
Produced1933
No. builtunknown
Specifications
Mass7.8 t (7.7 long tons; 8.6 short tons)
Length4.47 m (14 ft 8 in)
Width1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Crew3

Armor6–22 mm
Main
armament
2 x Type 91 6.5 mm machine gun
Secondary
armament
none
EngineMitsubishi diesel
85 hp (64 kW)
SuspensionBell crank
Operational
range
193 kilometers
Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) on road

History

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Besides the US Army wartime publication, there is no evidence this "light tank" or tankette existed. What is claimed in the US Army wartime publication to be the Type 93, is actually a later version of the Type 92 cavalry tank (tankette).

Combat history

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None known.

References

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Japanese tank and antitank warfare, published by U. S. Army military history institute, 1st of August, 1945, special series No. 34