hey guys I know we are trying to figure out that ishi or ha-go tank thing but…
I have a question about this type 95 heavy photo.
The Main turret looks like that 100 Ton Tank super-heavy tank wooden mock-up or the type 91 heavy turret?
And the smaller turret in the front looks odd. reminds me of the oi front turret.
100 ton tank Type 91 whatever this is 100 ton tank type 95
It does look similar, but the mystery turret seems to be missing the piece that sticks out at a downwards angle, not to mention the angle of the former’s slope is too small when compared to that of the O-I.
You think it’s a completely different turret or a early version of it?
For example here the super jeep with the 37mm and how they changed the design of the gun shield. Probably some examples out there for gun breaches.
Maybe but either way it’s a new tank that can be added to war thunder.
I’m trying to find the orginal source guessing it’s this guy. He also says the location and sometime the date of the photos. https://x.com/yosizo
Too bad google reverse image search does not work for twitter that well. But if someone here can speak Japanese can you ask him about the photo?
Ha, I originally found this same photo on Russian website VK, which I suppose pulled it from LiveJournal, or vice versa. But yes, I suppose contacting the Twitter account would be a good idea.
found it! Also the photo looks much better. https://x.com/yosizo/status/1337054997905813506
In this photo, part of a large tank can be seen in the back of the tank factory of the 2nd Tank Regiment in Chiba. Judging from its wide track width and the suspension design similar to that of the Type 89, it is thought to be one of the Type 95 heavy tanks, of which only four were produced. This is published on page 15 of my booklet “Photo Collection [Army Tank Regiment 2]”, so please take a look at that as well (^ ^;
I mean there’s likely to be many very rare images and vehicles in various Japanese magazines such as J-Tank and Maru.
In the Chi-Nu prototype suggestion for example I recently posted another magazine excerpt that mentioned something along the lines of a “swivel-mounted Type 95 field gun mounted on a Type 1 Chi-He chassis in 1943”.
