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[A. F Medic]

Japanese tank

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[Bill Hollinger]

I've seen truckers do that with motorcycles. Maybe its a spare??? HeHeHe Thanks for sharing.

[218bee]

What area are you gonna hold down with that small tank?...Geez...a single 50 BMG would shred that thing...What was Tojo thinking?.....


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[BruceV]

Pre-War Japanese thinking about tank operations was probably about as naive as U.S. thinking. Our thinking changed radically when we were confronted with the realities of tank-on-tank operations in the ETO. Facing less well armed opponents, Japan had no need for updating. By the time the U.S. began to roll up through the islands toward Japan, such innovation was not longer industrially feasible. That may have been bad for them, but it was certainly good for us! Sincerely. BruceV.

[A. F Medic]

[Hal O'Peridol]

Back one is a US M24 Chaffee I believe,and script on both is Thai.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Back one is a US M24 Chaffee I believe,and script on both is Thai.

If you go to Kanchanaburi in Thailand you can follow the story of "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Kanchanaburi is on the river, right where that bridge was.

Down a side street, backing onto the river is a museum. Lots of interesting stuff, including what are supposed to be the remains of the original timber bridge.

They also have an interesting collection of motorcycles behind glass. All of them have been painted green and have the word "Japanese" on them. One of these is a BSA Bantam?, another I would reckon is a Zundapp sidecar outfit.

Lots of interesting guns in cases as well: Colt Lightnings, Spencers, Winchesters, Muratas, Enfields, all a bit scruffy but interesting nonetheless.

The military cemetery is sobering, but beautifully kept.

[Bill Hollinger]

The back one has an M2 mounted to it!

[69 Stang]

To me it looks like he's taking it back to ship home as a war trophy for his gun room.

[A. F Medic]

Good one! A tip of my helmet to you!