Japanese Armour Doctrine, 1918-1942
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Sources include: Japanese tanks and armoured Warfare 1932-45, David McCormack WW2 Japanese Tank Tactics, Gordon Rottmen, Akira Takizawa Japanese Tanks, Tactics and anti-tank weapons, Donald McLean Type 89 and Tankette books, Kazunori Yoshikawa Continuing on this series of videos supporting the WW2 Channel, I look at what I can find about how the Japanese thought of tanks and their usage, tempered by quite a bit of combat experience. WW2 channel here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ Public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Improved-Computer-And-Scout Car Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat
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