Difference between revisions of "Type 100 O-I"
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| + | Confusingly know as the 100 ton tank, the Type 96 and also as the O-I, this heavy tank project was started by Colonel Hideo Iwakuro of the Department of War so it is often named after him. Iwakuro started the project in response to the defeat of Japanese forces to the Soviets on the Manchurian border in 1939, stating "I want a huge tank built which can be used as a mobile pillbox in the wide open plains of Manchuria". Information on it's development is limited and is often confused or interchangeable with another Japanese "100 ton tank" project. | ||
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| + | *[http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/11/19/superheavy-japanese-tanks/ For The Record] | ||
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History
Confusingly know as the 100 ton tank, the Type 96 and also as the O-I, this heavy tank project was started by Colonel Hideo Iwakuro of the Department of War so it is often named after him. Iwakuro started the project in response to the defeat of Japanese forces to the Soviets on the Manchurian border in 1939, stating "I want a huge tank built which can be used as a mobile pillbox in the wide open plains of Manchuria". Information on it's development is limited and is often confused or interchangeable with another Japanese "100 ton tank" project.
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