JN040-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale set we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
King & Country's JN040 Type 95 ‘Ha-Go’ Light Tank
The Imperial Japanese Army first used this Light Tank during the Sino Japanese War of the mid 1930’s. It was intended to be an infantry support tank and never designed to fight other tanks. Mounting a 37mm main gun and 2x7.7mm machine guns it carried a crew of 3 and saw extensive action during the Malayan campaign.
This first-released version comes in typical Japanese camouflage with an open-hatch turret and a Tank commander figure. Just 2,300 were built in 9 different variants.
In the early hours of December 8, 1941, the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan simultaneously invaded the British colonies of Malaya and Hong Kong. Just over nine weeks later they had conquered Malaya, captured Hong Kong and saw the rising sun flag fly over the city of Singapore ... In the long history of the British Empire this was the single biggest defeat ever suffered by military force of arms and signaled the beginning of the end of Britain in the Far East. By the time the Japanese entered Singapore they had suffered just 10,000 casualties ... British and Empire forces losses totaled over 130,000 killed, wounded and captured. Although, on the British side, there were a myriad of military disasters and blunders there were also many individual acts of bravery and heroism.