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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.


Service History[]

Operators[]

Empire of Japan
  • 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
  • 1st Tank Regiment
  • 2nd Tank Regiment
    • 1st Company
  • 4th Tank Regiment
    • 1st Company
    • 3rd Company
  • 6th Tank Regiment
  • 7th Tank Regiment
  • 9th Tank Regiment
    • 1st Company
    • 2nd Company
  • 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
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 18th Infantry Regiment
    • Tank Unit
  • 222nd Infantry Regiment
    • Tank Company
  • Kamiyoshi Detachment
  • Shoji Detachment
  • Itoh Detachment (Army Group)
  • Itoh SNLF Detachment (Navy Group)
  • Kure 5th SNLF
    • Tank Platoon
  • Sasebo 7th SNLF
    • Tank Unit
    • Kwajalein Armor Detachment
  • 3rd Naval Special Base Force
    • Makin Detachment
  • Yokosuka 1st SNLF
    • 55th Armor Guard Unit
  • Kungchuling Army Tank School of Kwantung Army
    • Training Group
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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1919 - 1945
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