Type 93 Light Tank

Tankette

Type 93 Light Tank

Type| Tankette
Place of origin| Japan
Service history
Used by| Empire of Japan
Wars| unknown
Production history
Designed| 1933
Produced| 1933
No. built| unknown
Specifications
Mass| 7.8 t (7.7 long tons; 8.6 short tons)
Length| 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in)
Width| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Crew| 3

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Armor| 6–22 mm

Main
armament

| 2 x Type 91 6.5 mm machine gun

Secondary
armament

| none
Engine| Mitsubishi diesel
85 hp (64 kW)
Suspension| Bell crank

Operational
range

| 193 kilometers
Maximum speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) on road

## History[edit]

Besides the US Army wartime publication, there is no evidence this "light tank" or tankette existed. What is claimed in the US Army wartime publication to be the Type 93, is actually a later version of the Type 92 cavalry tank (tankette).

## Combat history[edit]

None known.

## References[edit]

Japanese tank and antitank warfare, published by U. S. Army military history institute, 1st of August, 1945, special series No. 34
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