1/72 IBG Model Type89 Japanese Medium Tank Kou-Gasoline Hybrid-Production 72039 1/145-1/184 2 strip rubber tracks

2 strip rubber tracks

The car turned out to be too complex and expensive for mass production

Bordelon left the aircraft behind and withdrew

s/n 69-17121

with Excel Blades circle cutter

1/72 IBG Model Type89 Japanese Medium Tank Kou-Gasoline Hybrid-Production 72039 1/145-1/184 2 strip rubber tracksJapanese Type 89 Medium Tanks serial production began in 1931. It entered service in Japanese Imperial Army one year later, in 1932, and soon became the main tank of it. It required a crew of 4. Its armament consisted of Type 90 57mm gun and 2 Type 91 6,5mm machine guns. Final production version of Type 89 tank OTSU was the first mass produced tank with a diesel engine in the world. Type 89 tanks of different versions saw action in the Second Sino