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i received the new Dragon Armor catalog and there are several new toolings for 2011. about time we see some japanese tanks

1/72
sd.kfz.222 armored car
LVT(a)-1
LVT(a)-4
LVT-4 water buffalo
KFZ.KRUPP PROTZE 6X4 personnel carrier
IJA TYPE 95 TANK nice!
IJA type 97 tank
panzer IV H & J with schurzen
Panzer III J-L & M
churchill mk.III
wirblwind
Horch type 1a personnel carrier

Great news about those Japanese tanks!!! Thanks for the heads up.

Japanese tanks

Type 95 is the Ha-Go light tank for Marine infantry
Type 97 is the TE-Ke tankette they dont say if its 37 or 47MM gun

These are excellent news. Looking forward to the LVTs and Japanese tanks.

Cunha

still hoping for some Italian armor soon!

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:Japanese tanks

Type 95 is the Ha-Go light tank for Marine infantry
Type 97 is the TE-Ke tankette they dont say if its 37 or 47MM gun

That's odd. The Type 97 is a medium ----by early WWII standards----not a tankette.

the 97 designation was given to more than one tank type

Epap wrote:

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:Japanese tanks

Type 95 is the Ha-Go light tank for Marine infantry
Type 97 is the TE-Ke tankette they dont say if its 37 or 47MM gun

That's odd. The Type 97 is a medium ----by early WWII standards----not a tankette.

the type 97 Chi-Ha was the medium tank

once the U.S. Marine stuff started to come out i was hoping for some japanese armor

totally agree

A_G will you be carrying these?

Hope dragon will make a mid orlate war version of the sdkfz 222. Excited about the wirbelwind and the panzer IV ausf J as well.

Heer wrote:Hope dragon will make a mid orlate war version of the sdkfz 222. Excited about the wirbelwind and the panzer IV ausf J as well.

Yea! Me too, but knowing Dragons past record in keeping promises I wouldn't get to overexcited. I prefer to be pleasantly surprised than bitterly disappointed.

Although I have a high hopes, I feel obliged to add sour note: I don't believe that they will manage to do even half of this catalog this year.

Cheers

Luke

yes japanese designations can be confusing, they're much like american designations in that regard where 'm3' or 'm4' can refer to many different types of items like tanks, guns, grenades, artillery etc. The descripive name after the designation is critical to knowing what is being referred to.

In this case the type 97 light car/tankette. It was fully tracked, so i don't know where the description of 'car' comes from but it was not the same vehicle as the more familiar type 97 chi ha....and a very surprising choice for dragon to make, given its small size and relative obscurity.

It was just 12 feet long, much shorter than most modern mid-size cars, which are around 15 feet long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_Te-Ke

yes we will be carrying all the dragon releases. the 1st is the 222 due next month we have ordered 2 cases but they are selling fast.

dragon does have a bad track record with actually getting stuff done. i did speak with them last week and they are hoping to change that for the better this year. im keeping an open mind but believe it once pre orders are emailed to us

will do ill call on monday
thanks!

just checked the 222 and jeep double pack do early march. they are on the water now

that gives me time to catch up

I just spotted this picture of a page in the Dragon catalog which indicates to me that the Type 97 tank, mentioned above, is, indeed, going to be the medium, not the tankette. Needless to say, this is very good news----to me, at least.

yes the pic is of the Chi-Ha.....which makes a lot more sense. The Ha-Go is a nice choice, i wonder if they'll actually make it.

i double checked they reference the tankette in email so someone messed up some place along the line