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ClaudeJ -> RE: Ya-I Go engineer tank (3/23/2010 7:35:15 AM)
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Hello Who Cares,
the "Ya-I Go engineer tank" wasn't designed to assist in building things, in fact it was quite the opposite.
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Type 98 Mini Engineer Vehicle "Ya-I Go"
[image]http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/i-go-2.JPG[/image]
Introduced Year : 1937
Weight : 200 kg (Ko), 400 kg (Otsu)
Dimensions: 1.425 x 0.635 x 0.460(h) m (Ko), 1.980 x 1.170 x 0.560(h) m (Otsu)
Armor (max) : nil
Speed (max) : 4 km/hr
Engine : Electric Motor 2HP (Ko), 4HP (Otsu)
Production Qty : 300
Type 98 Mini Engineer Vehicle was developed for the destruction of the Soviet pillbox in the Manchuria border. It runs with remote-controlled by cables and sets an explosive near pillbox. Ya-I Go had two models, Ko and Otsu.
Ya-I Go was deployed in the 27th Independent Engineer Regiment in Manchuria. However, Ya-I Go did not see action and all were destroyed when the war ended.
Note: This vehicle is usually called "Type 97 Yi-Go". But, recently it is known that "Type 98 Ya-I Go" is the correct designation.
http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/i-go.htm
[image]http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/japan/type97-miniengineering-yigo.jpg[/image]
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/japan/japan-eng.html
Cheers
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