Type 93 light tank

Type 93 light tank
Type	Tankette
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
Used by	Empire of Japan
Wars	unknown
Production history
Designed	1933
Produced	1933
No. built	unknown
Specifications
Mass	7.8 t (7.7 long tons; 8.6 short tons)
Length	4.47 m (14 ft 8 in)
Width	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Crew	3
Armor	6–22 mm
Main armament	2 x Type 91 6.5 mm machine gun
Secondary armament	none
Engine	Mitsubishi diesel 85 hp (64 kW)
Suspension	Bell crank
Operational range	193 kilometers
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph) on road

History

Besides the US Army wartime publication, there is no evidence this "light tank" or tankette existed. What is claimed in the US Army wartime publication to be the Type 93, is actually a later version of the Type 92 cavalry tank (tankette).

Combat history

None known.

References

Japanese tank and antitank warfare, published by U. S. Army military history institute, 1st of August, 1945, special series No. 34