IBG 1/72 Type 89 Japanese Medium Tank KOU Hybrid Tank Panzer III extra side skirts from Chobham

extra side skirts from Chobham armour for added protection

the turret was replaced by an armoured fixed superstructure fitted with a more powerful 7

the design emerged in mid-1945 as the Centurion

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1/35 scale plastic model kit

IBG 1/72 Type 89 Japanese Medium Tank KOU Hybrid Tank Panzer III extra side skirts from ChobhamType 89 Japanese Medium tank KOU gasoline Hybrid production. Japanese Type 89 Medium Tanks serial production began in 1931. It entered service in Japanese Imperial Army one year later, in 1932, and soon became the main tank of it. It required a crew of 4. Its armament consisted of Type 90 57mm gun and 2 Type 91 6,5mm machine guns. Final production version of Type 89 tank OTSU" was the first mass produced tank with a diesel engine in the world. Type 89