Bolt Action - Japanese Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun horizons 1x M4 Sherman medium tank

1x M4 Sherman medium tank (plastic)

NCOs and soldiers

changed the principles of tank design during the war

105mm howitzers were employed at the divisional level but during counter attacks they could find themselves much closer to the action

Bolt Action - Japanese Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun horizons 1x M4 Sherman medium tankThe Type 1 47mm AT gun was developed following the Japanese encounter with Russian armour and was the first indigenously developed dedicated anti tank gun. It lacked the performance of other contemporary weapons of similar calibre, but was deemed sufficiently capable against lightly armoured tanks. By the time it was introduced in 1942, it was therefore already outdated. The same gun was used as the main armament of the Type 97 Chi Ha Shinhoto tank.