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That little Jap tank took a direct HE hit from something. One side all blown out...
It looks like the whole column of Jap tanks were no match for what they were up against.
what is that on the GI belt on the right side. cant make it out.
To my old eyes it looks like (L to R) Canteen, First-Aid Kit and another Canteen.
BEAR
The little Japanese tanks may have been the only armor the bazooka could can-open.
Bob
There’s one of those type 94 Tankettes in the parade area at Camp San Louis. They are very small!
Bill,
So were most Japs :surrender:
I'm looking at the set of tracks of tracks at 2 o'clock background as the grouser pattern looks like it's from a Sherman tank it was not unknown that the IJA troops would strap explosives to themselves and dive under tanks, the tanks the IJA fielded were inferior by western standards the armour was extremely thin with a small crew armed with a pop gun a Honey tank would more than be a match for a one on one, the M4 Sherman was in another class of its own. The IJA did however go to Germany looking at a MkVI whether they had ambitions of ever building one was a bit late the horse had already bolted.
That's what I thought too, since they're rolled right out, looks like they broke at front and the vehicle was recovered. No wreckage there...wonder if it was the Sherman that dismantled all the Jap armor? It could do it...like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Sounds like a battle on Saipan described by Ed Buie in the Winter 2018 GCA Journal. He was lauding Marine Capt. Bob Montgomery and included the tank battle in which Bob's AT Tracks were involved:
The 2nd Marines landed on Saipan on 15 June 1944. Bob was in the Half Track Platoon as one of the Half Track Commanders. On D+2, just after midnight, the Japanese launched an attack led by 24 light tanks and an infantry regiment in support. The Weapons Company 37mm anti-tank guns and bazooka teams attached to the infantry battalions engaged the tanks. Our halftracks were near the Regimental CP and were also sent to stop the large Japanese penetration of our lines. Along with one of the reserve infantry companies, the breach in the line was sealed and 21 tanks were destroyed, only three got away. The Half Tracks were credited with six tanks destroyed