Type 94 Te Ke (WAK)

**jorzik** · #1 03-08-2014, 06:44 AM

Hello
First of march 2014 was a day when I finished my new armor model - Japanese tankette Type 94 Te Ke.
The model was designed by Michał Rafalski and published by WAK as a item no.10/2008. Skale 1:25.

A few words about that tankette.
The Type 94, also known as TK that is abbreviation of "Tokushu Keninsha" (that means special tractor) was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II.
Although tankettes were often used as ammunition tractors, and general infantry support, they were designed for reconnaissance, and not for direct combat. The lightweight Type 94 proved effective in China as the Chinese National Revolutionary Army consisted of only three tank battalions to oppose them, and those tank battalions only consisted of some British export models and Italian CV-33 tankettes.
As with nearly all tankettes built in the 1920s and 1930s, they had thin armor that could be penetrated by .50 caliber machine gun fire at 600 yards range.
With the start of World War II, a number of Type 94s were issued to each Japanese infantry division in the Pacific theatre, with a tracked trailer. They saw action in Burma, the Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines and on a number of islands in the South Pacific Mandate. Some were also assigned to Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces. They were still in use until as late as 1945.

My model is marked from 2nd Independent Tank Company in Quantung Army, China 1937.

If You wish to see proccess of build that model, it is available under link:
WWW.KONRADUS.COM - FORUM MODELARZY KARTONOWYCH - [R/G] Type 94 Te Ke (WAK, 1/25)

Enjoy it.

**Don Boose** · #2 03-08-2014, 07:35 AM

This is absolutely superb! You have built the model with your usual precision, and the additional coloring and details are outstanding.

Thank you for sharing these excellent images and for the background narrative. I look forward to examining the details of construction.

Don