[alfa6]

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?

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.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[fso301]

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.

Forgot about the Type-97.

A hit to a drive sprocket, tensioner, or a tread pin was probably the only way the Japanese 47mm could disable an IS-2.