seat for the gunner using the externally mounted machine gun. Variants There were three major production variants of the Type 92. The early wheeled prototype and the experimental amphibious tank (Type 92 A-I-Go) with a watertight hull, floats and propellers (only 2 built) eventually resulted in the early production model with two bogies on each side, each with two small rubber-lined road wheels. However, this model was superseded in production by a late production model with improved suspension, when combat experience showed that the early Type 92 tended to throw its tracks in high speed turns. A Type 92 first production "early" model. Initial armament was two light 6.5 mm Type 91 machine guns, with one mounted in the turret and one in the hull. This was used by the IJA Cavalry division that took part in the attack of Harbin, 1932. The re-armed early or "mid" production Type 92 included the 13.2 mm heavy machine gun in the hull. The first Special Tank Company of the 8th Division used it in the battle of Rehe, March 1933. The mid-production re-armed model allowed for some anti-air capability, increasing the utility of the vehicle. The "late" Type 92 was deployed in Manchuria, April 1942. Modifications included a new drive train, new redesigned portholes and vision slits with different swing, a new light turret machine gun, the Type 96 re-barreled to 7.7 mm Type 99 ammunition. It continued to mount a 13.2 mm heavy machine gun in the hull. Combat use The Type 92 tankette was deployed primarily with the Kwantung Army in Manchuria and the Chosen Army in Korea. The Manchukuo Imperial Army also received 30 Type 92s. Notable actions in which the Type 92 participated included the Battle of Harbin with the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Battle of Rehe with the 1st Special Tank Company of the 8th Division. Notes References External links Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page - Akira Takizawa Isuzu World War II tankettes Tankettes of Japan Reconnaissance vehicles Reconnaissance vehicles of Japan Reconnaissance vehicles of World War II Tracked reconnaissance vehicles Tankettes of the interwar period History of the tank Military vehicles introduced in the 1930s