Type 94 | |
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Type 94 tankette at the Armor School History Museum | |
Type | Tankette |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Army National Revolutionary Army Chinese Red Army Manchukuo Imperial Army |
Production history | |
Designed | 1932 |
Unit cost | 25,300 yen ($6,798 USD) in August 1939, excluding armament[1][2] |
Produced | 1935–1937 |
No. built | 823[3] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.4 tonnes (3.35 long tons; 3.75 short tons)[4] |
Length | 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in)[4] |
Width | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[4] |
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[4] |
Crew | 2 (commander, driver)[5] |
Armor | 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in)[6] |
Main armament | 6.5mm Type 91 machine gun[4] |
Engine | Mitsubishi Franklin air-cooled inline 4-cylinder Gasoline 32 hp (24 kW)[4] |
Power/weight | 9 hp/tonne (6.7 kW/tonne) |
Suspension | 2-wheel bogie |
Operational range | 200 km (120 mi)[4] |
Maximum speed | 40 km/h (25 mph)[4] |
The Type 94 tankette (Japanese: 九四式軽装甲車, romanized: Kyūyon-shiki keisōkōsha, literally "94 type light armored car"; also known as TK, an abbreviation of Tokushu Keninsha, literally "special tractor"[7]) 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.[8] The lightweight Type 94 proved effective in China as the Chinese National Revolutionary Army had only three tank battalions to oppose them, and those tank battalions were equipped only with some British export models and Italian CV-33 tankettes.[9] As with nearly all tankettes built in the 1920s and 1930s, they had thin armor that could be penetrated by .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun fire at 600 yards (550 m) range.[10]
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