Nasu War Museum - Gallery

[sandiego89]

sandiego89 wrote:

I would not be so quick to write of the tank, or parts of it, as not being genuine. It has elements of the Type 92 Tank, or Tankette (technically a heavily armored car). These were indeed tiny and had flat plates and riveted armor. A wide variety of wheels and sub-types of the Type 92.

Good eye! The link provided did not work for me, but Wikipedia and other pages show that some of the Type 92 base designs are a close match to the specimen in the museum. The top has some similarities but never close enough and is likely heavily rebuilt.

Thanks, I fixed my above post to provide a wiki link. Not sure why the other link did not work.

The type 92 was indeed tiny at only 5 feet wide. Can't imagine 3 crewmen operating in that thing. I can really see elements of a real Type 92 being in this example, but the main gun and other things look a little off- which can be common in small museums- heck we have examples of this in the US with "wrong" parts, canopies, paint jobs etc.