1/72 Type 89 Japanese Medium Tank Kou Gasoline Late

Description

This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit.

From the manufacturer:

The Japanese Type 89 Medium Tank’s serial production began in 1931. It entered service in the Japanese Imperial Army one year later, in 1932, and soon became the main tank in use. It required a crew of 4. Its armament consisted of a Type 90 57mm gn and two Type 91 6.5mm machine guns. The final production of the Type 89 tank–the “Otsu”–was the world’s first mass-produced tank with a diesel engine. Type 89 tanks of different versions saw action in the Second Sino-Japanese War, in the Khalkhin Gol battle against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved to be very effective against Chinese forces, but was already obsolete by the time of Khalkhin Gol and battles against the Allies in the Pacific theater of WWII.