The WWII Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank (TOUR)
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- TAAAM Assistant Manager, Jason, takes us on a tour on one of our most prized WWII exhibits awaiting restoration - The Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank.
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As one of a Japanese tank fan, I didn't know nothing about the button at the back of the tank !. Right now we have Type95 tank almost ready to ship to Japan
from England after the restoration has been finished. Hoping your Ha-Go will back to life again in the near future !.👍
Japan once destroyed the Type 4 “Hayate”fighter it bought from the US, so I hope that doesn't happen
People on the most parts don't realise when and how the Japanese used them, they would cause a great deal of problems,especially when nobody expected armour of any kind in the jungle, which this example really did excel,
@@earlgreen1720 Like in Malaya where the British had little to no tanks or anti tank weapons and were up against 200+ or so of these light tanks
@@へのへの-b1vhow and why did they destroy it?
@@Turtisland A flightable ki84 was returned to Japan, but in Japan it was displayed outside a museum and many of its parts were stolen, made it unflyable.
So they're restoring it to running condition eh?
Then I guess you could say it's going to be a Ha-Go'er
Sorry, I'll see myself out...
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I've never really had a compelling reason to visit Australia until I stumbled across this channel. You've got some mighty interesting machines in that museum of yours.
If you want to see a proper German WWI tank you'll need to come to Queensland though, there you can see Mephisto, the only surviving German WWI tank!
@@Ocker3 Yes I was lucky enough to see it, when Mephisto was on loan to the Canberra War Memorial Museum.
I was fortunate enough to climb on a”Mephisto” when I was a kid and it was outdoors at the old Qld museum near the show grounds, ahhh, those were the days!😩
Great video! Hey I am familiar with the Ha-Go here at the Oregon Military Museum. They are taking special safety precautions during their restoration efforts because the inside of the turret is normally equipped with an ASBESTOS heat shield blanket all over the inner surface of the turret. Hopefully that has been removed already on your tank, however, be on the lookout for it! Just in case it is still there. Wet removal methods within a containment bag work best to remove that stuff. Good luck in your resto! Jerry
Where is this?? Am in Vancouver WA and always looking for something military to check out!!!
Cairns Queensland. Australia 🇦🇺
Jerry, I was going to comment this! The Oregon Military Museum has TWO Ha-Go tanks, one is incomplete and one is restored. I am a volunteer with the museum and am super happy to have that tank so close to home. Maybe we have seen each other.
@@wheels-n-tires1846 Camp Withicomb, off 205 in Clackamas Oregon. It's right down the highway from you! The Tank is parked in front of the big National Guard building to the left of the guard checkpoint when you enter. The museum with other tanks is to the right. Free to enter the grounds and see the tanks.
@@ModernMilitaryHistory oh thats fantastic!!! Have lived here since '03 and never knew!!! Cant wait to come look.
What projects are you working on? Need any more help/volunteers?? Ive been doing car restorations since high achool, and been a heavy equip/diesel mechanic for 20 yrs, so my resume is probably about as ideal as possible!! Lots goin on amd holiday season is upon us, but after new years, Ill stop by...
That tank is a work of armored art. A world treasure.
For some reason I find these tanks really cool. They seem like a really good design for the era and for what they wanted to do with it.
I'm surprised any WWII tank would bother to use anything less than 1/2" armor anywhere.
I was just there on a visit from Canada in July. I stumbled on your museum quite by accident and, as a Japanese militaria hobbyist, was delighted at the Ha-Go and your rare artillery collections. I was excited to hear that the Type 95 is high on your restoration list!
The Japanese made the most of their light tanks. In the beginning of the war they caught the Allies unprepared, so these small tanks were effective against infantry and small field guns. During the battle of Singapore the Japanese used their tanks pretty effectively during the “push” down the peninsula on their way to the city.
Exactly right. The design of the Ha-Go was actually very good for the time and the terrain it was fighting in. It worked well then till later designed American tanks appeared.
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I remember seeing one for sale in the "Trading Post" about forty five years ago
It was supposed to be one of the ones captured at Milne Bay
Question - What about the asbestos lining/coating that japanese tank had inside? Has it been removed from this tank? or is this tank a public hazard?
I am at at wonder if the surname of Jason is Encyclopedia-Britannia. His knowledge and passion he shared with us is extraordinary. Why would you want Saturday night's lotto numbers when you can watch and learn so much about the history of the collection, The Australian Amour and Artillery Museum has. Thank you Jason and Kurt.
Thanks Kurt and Jason for taking the time and sharing... do like the Wednesday & Friday videos.
Fascinating, thanks. I hope you guys make plenty more of these and cover everything you have, tanks, artillery and more
Cant wait to follow this project!! Japanese armor is too rare these days and there is a lot to be learned about their tactics and equipement!!
Thanks for the video!
Is this going to be a weekly series, going over the tanks of the museum? As I am unable to go to the museum any time soon, it would be interesting to see some of the vehicles of your collection.
Looking forward to seeing the restoration of this tank,, its only small won't take long 😂
This guy is really impressive - he really knows a lot about this tank!
Ruined by his revolting Australian accent
@@ganndeber1621in your opinion to me it sounds fine 🙂
Maybe you could try thinking then@@Ian-mj4pt
Fantastic piece of history. Good luck on the restoration ! What a nice little tank.
Thank you so much for this and whilst I'm sure I'm not the only one who suggested you do this kind of video, it warms my heart you guys are getting these beautiful old war machines out to the world.
I'm quite looking forward to seeing this vehicle be restored. The German armour is fairly well covered, but I could use some more insight into Japanese tanks.
I find Japanese equipment to be fascinating. The more you learn the more interesting it gets. And it was actually really good considering what they were working with. They get a worse rap than they deserve. It is kind of an addictive subject.
@@justforever96 I just think japanese tanks look really silly. Idk I like how they look lmao
@@justforever96 Japanese navy ships and aircraft for both sea and land were top-notch at the beginning of WWII and it is a testament to Japanese ingenuity and engineering that the Japanese with oil problems and logistics problems were able to hang with America for almost 4 years. No other navy in history could have been able to handle the U.S. Navy for that long, even the UK Royal Navy. It is strange how in America there is a tendency to only talk about June 1944 to May 1945 in northwestern Europe and not talk about other theaters especially the Pacific.
Take the Guadalcanal campaign for example. There is a cult-like obsession in the USA with only the 1,600 Marines and soldiers who died on land in Guadalcanal but there is a de facto whitewashing and censuring of the 5,500 U.S. Navy sailors who died in the chaotic and sometimes disastrous naval battles of Guadalcanal. And this was all AFTER MIDWAY!!! Japan's Navy was able to sink over 30 USN warships at Guadalcanal including two fleet carriers and 6 heavy cruisers!
Looking forward to watching the restoration.
If the bob semple tank was actually gonna be mass produced you theoretically could of got one and put it next to the ha-go
5:30 AC4 in the background! Let's have a look at that one please! 😄
Great overview of a fascinating little vehicle.
オーストラリアの人に聞きたい、当時貴方方は戦車を設計生産してましたか？
センチネル巡航戦車ってのを設計生産してた
海外の賞賛(笑)とやらは大好物だが、ちょっとでも悪く言われるとすぐむくれて相手に噛みつく、手前勝手な先祖自慢しか取り柄のない幼児(中高年)それがネトウヨ。
There's one of these in good condition in the Tank Museum in Bovington, England. Unfortunately its hull is sealed because the Japanese lined it with the then miracle heat resistant insulation material Asbestos! So it would need to be removed in a sealed environment by guys in hazmat suits I assume, before it can be fully restored to running order.
There was a privately owned one at Tankfest '22 though, and it looked quite cute running around with the Shermans, Comets, T-72s etc.
The type was already outclassed by the Soviet stuff in the 1939 in the Russo-Japanese war.
air cooled diesel - all it needs is a turbocharger for hit-&-run infantry assault, using anti personnel canister shot rounds
Ac-1 and AC-IV chillin in the background
These were spectacular tanks......against armies with no tanks
Tanks but no tanks?
@@1pcfred Tank you
Looking at them now people may be like "That's one sissy piece of S, excuse for a tank" but remember....In the initial years....for a average allied infantryman ...Facing the Japanese army was scary enough, and seeing they also had tanks, I mean...any tank...was Pant Soiling material right there mate....
旧日本軍の戦車に大変お詳しいですね。ご説明が詳細です。
I've studied the history of this tank and one same other, since both being captured after becoming bogged at the same location, and brought back to Australia at the same time. The other ended up at John Belfield's Melbourne Tank Museum, in Narre Warren, of which I lived just down the road from, and visited regularly. Sadly the museum is no longer, with all exhibits having been sold off.
The Japanese had very little concern for their soldiers and even less for everyone else.
Very informative, well done! Do you guys have any Crusader tanks in sight?
That’s gonna be a fun restoration series in the future. You ought to fill up that engine full of diesel now to start loosening stuff up.
Great but brief video Aus' Armour guys & gals, It is unfortunate to wait for more of this vehicle, but the restoration crew can only do so much with so many hands and fingers 👍😛😜
...for those wanting a Japanese inside the hatch style, look for Potential History's video on a Ha-Go and a Chi-Ha.
You Aussie folk are the best
Thank you
I can't wait to see this beauty restored.
Decided to look up this tank because of a video game I’ve been playing (Battlefield 1943). The game models it pretty accurately except for making it much larger than it is in real life!
I believe the tank in that game is the Chi-Ha, not the tank seen in this video
@@Ancient53 I think you’re right, thanks for pointing that out. Explains the size difference!
I would like to see it in running condition so that I can understand my late father better. He faced them in ww11 and said he killed one
Was he Australian ?
And if so what was his Battalion ?
It’s interesting to point out that the interior was installed with asbestos as a head proofing material, as well as being used as a shock absorber for the crew members
:-O
What is this tank designed to do only resist rifle fire or maybe fragments from artillery?
至近距離から発射された7.62mmの鉄鋼弾からの防御を想定していたらしい
nice japan tank and military museum
I remember Mr Wedd's tank back from the 1980s, we used to clamber around inside it until he realised it was full of asbestos and we were not allowed near it again
There's a nicely painted Type 95 at the Army Museum in Honolulu right at Waikiki Beach.
“You know, the last time I was this close to a Japanese machine, it was shooting at me.”
-Red Forman
4th LIKE in THE FIRST.! minute. ! More like these,, PLEASE ya Lucky Newlywed.!
Thanks guys. Love this. A really historically relevant & important AFV insofar as Australians are concerned. For a LIGHT tank introduced in 1935, it was well suited to purpose as illustrated by its service up until the end of 1942. As so many Japanese weapons, it's real vulnerability was being kept in service well past its obsolescence date under production pressures of war unique to Japan's situation.
For all the vulnerability criticisms, as a close infantry support tank vice-versa this tank would be exceptionally well supported by infantry in close proximity. It's raison d'etre, taking out improv. bunkers and other defensive hard points such as prepared HMG positions as the Aussies use the Stuart's assigned to them at Buna did. TMK Molotov cocktails weren't exactly a thing in jungle fighting (?), and getting close enough to place a demo charge or magnetic mine or block the traverse with a "water can"... is fanciful, not disputing the hypothetical of perhaps sticking a rifle butt or spade handle in there to jam the turret traverse in the unlikely instance one could get close enough. Possibly their greatest vulnerability like the Stuart/Honey would be to light AA weapons deployed in an ad hoc AT role against their vulnerable thin armour?
FI of those interested, Dragon do the three primary variants of Early, Hokuman & Late of the Ha Go in 1/35 model from a tooling produced about a decade ago. They are a fabulous fit and fun build. I have the Early.
Great explanation and I enjoyed seeing the 75mm artillery gun in the background.
Are you gonna restore this one?
That is correct !
The early production Ha-Go come equipped with a Type 94 37 mm gun.
The late production Ha-Go come equipped with a Type 98 37 mm gun.
You can distinguish between the early and late production by looking at the lenght of the fender, short fender is early production, longer fender is late production vehicle. The guns however look pretty much exactly the same but the the velocity of the Type 98 is improved, when shooting with the lastest Type 1 AP the velocity is 704 m/s.
We got a few of those in POHNPEI and one is running. Kept and store as is.. everything is original.. contact adams family
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Greetings from America! Love your work at AusArmor, it really is amazing
Bloody mitzi powered
Something that they don't tell you is Japan is very hilly except for certain limited areas!!! These Tanks and every other major Japanese weapon system had to be able to move over those hills and fairly dense forest of the Japanese proving grounds. That was why the Imperial Japanese Army had very light and extremely mobile weapons systems.
This was also why the Imperial Japanese Army and government was so determined to seize control of Manchuria! Manchuria is partly flat and much easier to travel around as well as to Farm than Japan.
I wouldn’t imagine being the front mg gunner of the tank because the main gunners feet just makes the space cramped
The Pentagon assessed Japan's weapons after the war. All aspects of the 95 and 97 tanks lag far behind those of their Allied counterparts. Whether it's engine horsepower. Armor level. and vehicle weapons.
I'm looking forward to that restoration! I love this channel! New subscriber, and glad I found it!
I feel like people don't make as big a deal about air cooled tank engines as they should. After reading a few accounts of tank combat in the Eastern Front, the one thing that keeps coming up again and again is the tanks radiators being holed by bullets or fragments. It could lead to the loss of the tank if they were unable to tow it to safety, and it put it out of combat for several days in any case. So I feel like an air cooled engine like the original M4 Medium or M3, or the Type 95 would have been a real plus.
I can't imagine what crews of this felt when they came accross IS-2 in 1945
The "tube" for talking through comes from ships and marine use. I have worked on ships that still have that system as a backup
They could have upgraded to cans with strings.
@Paul Frederick the US used them on their battleships too.
@@NeuKrofta totally tubular!
The name says it all 'Ha-Go'. It's almost like someone mockingly said to this tank 'Ha (ha), Ok, go (into battle and let's see what happens)' 😆
I can cut ,weld and rivet as a tradesmen kinda love things like this
Love to work on something like this
Thank you to all at Aus Armor. Every episode is totally interesting. Jason, your knowledge of tanks and other equipment is amazing. Please start a series showing the collection you have. I’d love to travel there to see your museum in person, but I don’t see it happening any time soon so I’ll enjoy it through your videos. Cheers from Georgia, USA!
I can't wait to see this on Workshop Wednesdays! My favorite tank. An underappreciated vehicle
All tanks are vulnerable to molatov cocktails and there a danger to the back air intakes of any tanks. But that thing is pretty weak for a tank. A Stuart could knock it out no problem so a Sherman fagetaboutit.
That was very interesting and informative. Thank you for taking the time and the effort to produce and present this clip.
That's a restoration I look forward to seeing. The resto crew is more than up to the task but I imagine their fabrication skills will be put to the test on that baby.
To think those are the only guns I. Aussi land....you guys better take back your land
The Japanese could have just trolled everyone and called it the HA-HA tank.
日本陸軍の戦車
This is good enough if your enemy is a Starving Chinese Guy with a Rifle and Grenades
"Oh my God, the tank is on fire!"
It’s a Japanese engine…. Will probably start right up after 80 years
Interesting to learn about Japanese armor. They seem to be so different from anyone else.
Not really. It's a Renault FT 17 from the WW1... Their small arm the arisaka was a Mauser knock off
@@SteveVi0lence Hey, the French tanks from WWI and WWII were awesome. Just because the French Army didn't know what the hell they were doing with them doesn't mean they were bad tanks.
Those Japanese with their subcompact vehicles. I suppose it's easy to park.
Outstanding close look at the tank collection. Thank you
This thing gets shredded by a .50 cal from the other side of the planet ;)
That suspension is exactly the same as the Citroën 2CV. 😂
There's pop cans in my recycling bin with better armour.
Austraian tanks had a telephone on the back of their tanks!.true.
Where was it captured? Rebold? Rebolt? How do I spell it
seems like an m2 with ap rounds would kill this poor thing!
Pretty nice piece of equipment to have in your collection. But I am pretty sure the US didn't have videos in the 1940s. More likely film. ;) LOL!!!!
A very nice video about a very interesting new project of the workshop in the Armor Museum. I'm looking forward to it and the new episodes. 👍
鎧博物館のワークショップの非常に興味深い新しいプロジェクトについての非常に素晴らしいビデオ。 私はそれと新しいエピソードを楽しみにしています。 👍
I thought you guys had one of the two tanks from Milne Bay
It looks suspiciously like the WW1 Renaults!
I don't know much about the tank world, but there's something in this one's lines that would have made me guess "Japanese!!" even coming from total ignorance. I'm trying to figure out what, exactly, my eye is picking up on that feels so strongly like it could only be theirs.
The yellow stripe was to imitate dead yellow banana leaves
日本の戦車や小さくて可愛いな
Ummmmmmmmmmm? It Ain't No Zero on Tracks Mate???
I have found in a bucket of pipes, what turns out to be the main gun sight from some type of Japanese WW2 Tank. It is very similar to one listed, if you search for "JAPANESE WW2 TANK MAIN CANNON SIGHTING SCOPE" it should come up in ggl
So I need to find out what type of Gun mine belongs to, so I can find the right tank for it and hopefully find it a good home. Any ideas as to who the Japanese Tank Gun expert is?
I assume it was a trophy, still has most of the original paint on it, optics are fine. Still has a removable orange glass lens on it for bright conditions. Remains of a rubber eye cup, marked No 89 A there are some very faint rermains of japanese characters on it but too far gone to decipher. I will check the house title and see if there are any WW2 candidates for who brought it home and so from where.
I’m out of state for a family reunion and as I’m driving down some side roads I noticed a garage blocked off by a chain link fence. I notice a cannon in the yard behind the fence as well as a pair of M47 Pattons but what really caught my attention was a pair of Ha-Gos sitting under an awning back there too. I had to do a double take and then decided to turn back around to confirm. Blew my mind.
I’ve been to plenty of museums all my life but I’ve never caught sight of any Japanese tanks and now I’m aware that there is some guy who (by the looks of things) spends his time restoring and collecting tanks and other military equipment who is just sitting on a pair of Ha-Gos in some small town in the middle of the US.
"Scorpion, ready to sting!“
Ha-Go would be ハ号 then it should be Ha Gou.
Is the interior of the tank not lined with asbestos?
Did they pait the originals in rust as well?
The armor thickness of this Ha-Go tells you just how heavily outmatched this tank is against Allied light tanks like the Stuart series tanks...
As always it depends, because either could pen the other. The first US tank knocked out in WWII was a Stuart by a Ha-Go on the Philippines. It wasn't until the Sherman was deployed that Japanese tanks really became hopelessly outclassed.
The Japanese tankers must have thought the Shermans were monsters.