1/72 Type 94 Japanese Tankette

Description

Description

This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit.

British Carden-Lloyd machine-gun trucks developed during the disarmament period after the First World War attracted a great deal of attention due to their low cost, and similar small trucks were made in various countries around the world. In Japan, Carden-Lloyd units were imported in 1931, evaluation tests were conducted and original armored cars were to be deeloped. The Type 94 was developed as an armored car to supplement ammunition etc. on the front line, but by installing a machine gun in the turret for self-defense, the flexibility of operation increased. It was greatly used on the front line as a tank to support infantry units. More than 800 of these tanks were produced from 1935 to 1940.

This kit features ease of assembly; the turret is slide-molded, and the machine gun reproduces the tail in the turret. Horizontal spring suspension is reproduced in separate parts.