Type 97 tank

Japanese: 97式戦車 - きゅうななしきせんしゃ
Type 97 tank

… In Japan, a tank unit was established in 1925, and was initially equipped with tanks purchased from Britain and France. The first domestically produced prototype tank was produced in 1927, followed by the Type 89 and Type 97 tanks between 1929 and 1937. Japanese tanks at the time were the first in the world to use diesel engines, and had some technological advances in mobility, but their firepower, especially the power of their tank guns and the protection of their armor, did not reach the standards of the advanced Western countries just before World War II. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Type 97 tank" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 日本では1925年に戦車隊が創設され,当初はイギリスおよびフランスから購入した戦車を装備していた。27年に初めての国産戦車が試作され,その後29年から37年にかけて89式戦車や97式戦車などが出現した。当時の日本の戦車は世界にさきがけてディーゼルエンジンを採用するなど,機動力に関する技術ではすぐれたところもあったが,火力,特に戦車砲の威力や装甲防護力については,第2次大戦直前の欧米先進国の水準には達していなかった。…

※「97式戦車」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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