I've often wondered how few Soviet tanks were lost to direct Japanese fire?
Would the sight of Japanese Type-95s with commander standing out of the hatch waving his sword wildly have been enough to cause an IS-2 commander to pause and waste a round?
The Soviet tank commander would have had said to the gunner: “Reminds me of the Romanians with their 37mm ‘door knockers.’ Ah, Stalingrad...the good old days....”
Nah the Soviet tank commander would have just run over a Type-95 while laughing maniacally :-)
Japanese Type-95 weighs in at about 8 tons vs JS-2 at 44 tons. Japanese Type-95 main gun was a 37mm VS JS-2 main gun at 122mm Japanese Type-95 armor was about 28mm vs JS-2 at 60mm vs 110mm.
The Japanese Type-97 tank did not fair much better at about 15 tons, a 47mm anti tank in the best case and armor of 28 mm with 50 mm on the gun mantlet.
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alfa6 ;>}