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Vehicles · Japan · 1938-1945

Type 97 Te-Ke

tankette

A fast two-man reconnaissance tankette built to replace the earlier Type 94, the Te-Ke was light enough to be towed behind a truck yet armed well enough to support infantry and scout ahead of larger formations. Its thin armor left it vulnerable to almost any anti-tank weapon it met from 1943 onward.

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crew2
armament1x 37mm gun or MG
armour4-16mm
produced~600

Pacific, China, Burma and India

Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 Te-Ke tankette parked on the Gazelle peninsula in 1945. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 Te-Ke tankette parked on the Gazelle peninsula in 1945. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.) · Public domain · source
Experimental anti-aircraft tank Number 1 Ki-To of the Imperial Japanese Army
Experimental anti-aircraft tank Number 1 Ki-To of the Imperial Japanese ArmyImperial Japanese Army · Public domain · source
MALAYA, 1942-01-17. A JAPANESE TYPE 97 TANKETTE, CAMOUFLAGED BY LEAVES, IN THE GEMAS AREA DURING THE INVASION OF THE MALAYAN PENINSULA.
MALAYA, 1942-01-17. A JAPANESE TYPE 97 TANKETTE, CAMOUFLAGED BY LEAVES, IN THE GEMAS AREA DURING THE INVASION OF THE MALAYAN PENINSULA.Australian War Memorial · Public domain · source