It is awesome to see this tank back on its feet, this time not to fight and destroy but to be preserved as a historical memorial ^-^ I thank my Russian Tank lovers and to all those people who, without a doubt, put a lot of hard labor into this project. That said I am a tad curious where this tank came from and from that I realized that a lot of people probably know nearly nothing about the Battle of South Karafuto and the battle of Shimu island. You are Russian and I am Japanese and This story is probably a tad bit controversial, especially in my case, I had a relative who fought in the battle of South Karafuto, but right now I just want to talk about the 11th Tank Regiment just for historical reasons and for those who read the comment section can learn a little more about this history that is rarely mentioned. The battle of Shimu island took place in August 17th~ 21st in 1945 when the Soviet Union invaded the island led by Alexey Gnechko During this time the 11th Tank Regiment was the only Armored Unit on the Island that could answer the call, they had a total of 64 tanks, 20 of which were shinhotos while the rest where older type-97s and type-95s. they consisted of 6 companies and one AA radio communications Unit. Now from here its actually more speculations since both sides record tend to contradict one another to a degree but basically the story goes that the 11th tank Regiment with its tanks were able to fight hard and repel the soviet infantry until, much like all Japanese tank regiments, such as the 9th in Saipan and the 26th in Iwo, they were slowly lost in combat mainly by soviet antitank rifles. One thing that we do know as they fought hard and fought bravely, not giving back an inch like any soldier would, some say they pushed the Soviets back that they had to re-invade the island but from what i could find on the web, no such actual reports seem to exist so thats probably a understanding. sorry i dont have more info but still i thought it was important to talk about the 11th tank regiment. thanks for reading ^-^
Thanks! Here is a lot of objective information. Unfortunately, I can't help with the translation. warspot.ru/3707-desantniki-protiv-tankov-boy-na-ostrove-shumshu
"Rare" hundreds rocked the type 1 47mil. Only a handfull left the home islands though, like most wartime designs it was horded to counter the expected invasion, but we nuked them then bluffed them into submission(nuke every week when we were out of material)
Very beautiful tank and nicely restored I hoping someday the shinhoto chi has we have in the United States captured during the pacific war will be restored like this it’s my favorite world war 2 tank
Thank you! Even a small video reconstruction of the battle involving Ha-Go I Shinhoto Chi-Ha. I hope you will like it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ttnW4YZ5T7g.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FZOaaDU6mlc.html
Francisco Ceja I like the way it looks and it’s uniqueness yeah I know it was obsolete to the Sherman and t-34 but it still stood a fighting chance against allied tanks
They weren't as robust as they were designed primarily with enemies that doesn't possess anti-tank weapons and territory with difficult terrain to maneuver in mind.
Look into the trouble US tank crews had getting around during the island hopping campaigns, and it becomes pretty obvious why the japanese tank designs were so much smaller.
@the sniper of Stalingrad YES, the game took heavy flak on release but its actually quite nice nowadays. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LCZLabOywYU.html
American zeal for old weapon restoration is just marvelous. This old tank was called by Japanese solders " Tin Can ,or Iron Coffin . " Thin amour and small caliber cannon was death trap for Japanese tankers.
@CR BZ Do you know Ryoutarou Shiba , a very famous novelist and historian who served Japanese Imperial Army as a tanker during the conflict between Japan and Russia and survived the conflict that inflicted tremendous casualty for both Japan and Russia. He described his tank as iron coffin or tin can because of its thin amour and small caliber cannon.
@CR BZ Not really. At that war time, the essential materials such as iron ore and gasoline and rubber were cut off from allies and was in short supply so our army was forced to provide tanks which lack protection from armour piercing rounds.
@@inisipisTV This modification of the tank was not in the Kwantung Army. They were used only to protect the Inner Lands. Specifically, this tank from the Kuril Islands is Shumshu Island.
They are both Type 97 Chi-Ha (medium tank three of imperial year 2597) shinhoto (new turret) and kai (improved) are subtype names, like panzer IV Ausf C and Ausf H
I thought it was me hallucinating after too much Christmas Turkey, still I'd love to meet this guy, I'm a trucker who transports tanks and sometimes I wear a sports bra to see if anyone will dare mention it! Legend!
@@gj1234567899999 komet pilots wore full body asbestos suits to protect them from the fuel, and machine gun teams were issued asbestos rags to handle overheated barrels. Lining armor with asbestos to keep the crews from getting burned in triple digit weather strikes me as mundane
@@vadimelistratov1247 I am pretty sure that it can be solved or negotiated. After all, you are not going to war with this vehicle, you just want to present it to the public. Wish you the best.
Kinda sad mostif not all of theese beauties have been destroyed or abandond, id love to find one and own one, i am making a model for Airsoft battles howeber its gona be ages till its done
So that's the tank that was based for the tank of Gra Valkas Empire in the Japanese light novel Nihonkoku Shoukan. They'd spread chaos in their tracks and no one can stop them... ...until they'd faced the Type-10 MBT of the JGSDF and the tanks of the GVE'S 4th Division (more than 300) are unilaterally defeated by just 10 Type-10 MBT's
@Joshua Ngau Ajang things would have changed if the western powers had supplied China with tools and equipment for a fair fight. The Chinese still made a good account of themselves on their home turf in spite of lack of equipment. My Chinese father-in-law was shipped off the Japan for "re-education" along with a lot of student 'elites" as Japan planned to administer China. They were treated well and put up with Japanese families, unlike they way the Japanese treated POW's especially the stories you here about western prisoners. We had guys in our trailer parks in Canada that never physically recovered after the war.
Question: Why is this guy guiding the tank wearing a sports bra? Answer: He's "Captain Man Boobs!" And I bet that he's scarier than that WW2 Japanese Tank was during it's last war.
The crew of this tank must have balls of steel. Imagine fighting a Sherman which can only be penetrated by this gun in less than 500 meters distance and only at the side or rear.
*Of course it is, in retrospect, easy to judge these matters. It is now obvious that the featured, hapless Japanese tank, 'Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha Medium Tank', as-well-as ALL other Japanese designed armor of that era were a indeed a real threat to their armor-less Chinese, Korean and other infantry-bound adversaries; these weak, poorly designed tanks even brought them victory over various Allied Pacific Ocean outposts as well. Allied outposts which had no armor in their inventory other than their, useless against even the lightest of tanks, armored cars, mounting nothing except useless heavy machine guns. But, when American Marines brought the astoundingly well designed and agile Light Tank, M3, The 'M3-Stuart', to the Pacific Theater, it was more than a match for the lightly armored and primitive Japanese tanks. Then, just imagine the shock of Japanese tank commanders when they peeked up through their little turret hatch only to see the M3-Stuart's Big Brothers! With the arrival of the U.S. M3 'Lee' Medium Tank and then the, the even more formidable, Medium M4 'Sherman' Tank; the Imperial Japanese Army was completely and hopelessly outclassed in every aspect of tank warfare. It was akin to when a platoon of M4-Sherman's first encountered a 'Panther' or, even worse a 'Tiger-I' or, God Forbid, a 'Tiger II'! Their only hope, in both the cases of the Japanese and American tankers, was to either run like hell, to sneak around to the side for a side-hull shot or, even better, fire at the thinner armor from the rear hull, but the quickest way, although much less likely, lucky frontal shot, which just might hit the turret ring area disabling the turret, or maybe knock-off a track, was faster and preferred to clever, but time consuming maneuvers. Proving, once again, the American WWII era industrial might won the war for Herself and all of Her Allies. (lets face the facts, without the aid of America's Land of Plenty, and the hard working, devoted American people, who, even before Her formal entry into the War, poured a seemingly endless supply and variety of desperately needed items into the embattled and isolated island of England and Her 'Empire', who would have eventually lost the war to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, just as did France and Her 'Empire'. Back to the main point, Yes, American armor was decisive against the Japanese Army... of course, The U.S. uranium gun-type bomb, "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima, and the plutonium implosion bomb, "Fat Man", dropped on Nagasaki, didn't hurt American efforts too much either. God Bless The Greatest Generation!*
Japan was primarily a maritime sea power. So Japan’s industrial priorities and steel were centered on warships. Armored vehicles are a lesser priority, so they were designed and used primarily for infantry support, not tank vs. tank warfare. 🇯🇵
@@spreadeagled5654 *Very true, being a series of islands, with an identical, vast island based empire, naturally their financial and military emphasis was indeed their navy and associated supporting military departments. What other type of sea power could there be other than a "Maritime" power?*
it is, and it actually work as sun light camouflage in the forest and actually really great camouflage, until the tank leave the forest. the tank however have different camouflage in urban or non-forest area. like grey or brown in urban or open area, and mostly green as universal camouflage.
Out in the open yes , but pay atention to how i looks at the end of the video with the close ups, sun reflection is a thing to take into account in jungle. aussies aplied similar patterns to their weapons and equipament.
Vadim Elistratov it was used by both names in the Japanese army. so both chi-ha kai and shinhoto chi-ha are ok. By the way, "shinhoto" means "new turret"in English.
@@Fiddleshtick It's actually a completely typical 1930s tank. All the european tanks looked about like that and were about as flimsy. It wasn't until the war started when tanks suddenly grew twice as big and got like 10 times the armor and 5 times bigger gun.
