>The Japanese Ha Go tank had a buzzer-button disguised as a rivet so that soldiers on the tank can alert the commander inside to open his hatch
Neat.
>The Japanese Ha Go tank had a buzzer-button disguised as a rivet so that soldiers on the tank can alert the commander inside to open his hatch
>babbys first ww2 fun fact
nice what else can you tell us, unironically not being a dick im slightly drunk and happy mood,
happy halloween anon
They also invented the TV and the cellphone before WWII, yet neglected to put up to date radios in their warships.
Funny old bunch, the Japs
they also didn't have showers inside submarines because most japs genetically have no body odor. they selected the crews against those who had the body odor gene
nagger do you have any clue how far back and in how many hands the invention of the television took place? Hint: nips were latecomers to the process. No clue what the fuck you're going on about with cellphones either.
>t. actually has no clue
lrn2history my man
Not OP, but the reason for the rear facing MG is not for ambush defence, though you could use it that way if needed
It was because they couldnt fit a co-axial gun, so they would rotate the turret the whole way and use the MG as the main weapon
Why did it need to be disguised from their own soldiers?
because an obvious buzzer button would be an obvious buzzer button I guess
What's the point of it though?
>can alert the commander inside to open his hatch
reading is hard
Yeah but, like
said.
What would be the combat situation where you have to tell the commander to open his hatch with specifically this buzzer instead of simply tapping the turret?
>Knock Knock
>Who is it?
>American GI
>American GI W- is that a fucking grenade?
>Buzz
>Well, the only one who knows about that button is Toshiro, so I really hope it's him.
It's much easier to kill the guy in the bullet proof box with few viewports if he opens the door for you,
>6-12mm armour
you could just fucking knock on the hull really
The knocking of things against the armour is too numerous for it to be a way of knowing you're communicating to infantry.
Plus also the running engine.
>second sino-japanese war
>a young conscripts pressing each one of the rivets like a retard
lmao
Japanese know karate, a simple knock against armor that thin could karate chop it in two.
COMMANDER WE HAVE A PROBLEM
COMMANDER WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Underrated
I would abuse this and be executed by my commanding officer. How could you not press that button for funny reaction.
>buzzzzzzz
>"No. I'm sorry, but you are incorrect"
What interests me the most is postwar Japanese police use of disarmed turretless Ha-Gos and Chi-Has. None of the conventional literature on these vehicles mentions this, and actual imagery is obscure but exists.
I was under the assumption all Ha Gos were left abandoned, put in landfills, captured and used by foreign Armies.
All of Japans tanks that surpassed that of the M3 Stuart stayed on the mainland for the eventual bloodbath final fight.
Does Japan even have any museum examples.
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/jap/type_95_ha-go.php#index37
At least one was converted to a civilian bulldozer (and possibly still exists intact on a Japanese farm). and another was converted into an anti-riot vehicle for the Tokyo police. I found this out today and was amazed, because literally zero literature I've ever read mentioned these, but they absolutely existed.
>tfw you ding dong ditch your CO
>hello?
>hey did you leave your tank running?
>Bill I swear to God I will reverse over your ass
My sides!
>we’ve been trying to reach you about your tank’s insurance policy
>me frequently pressing every rivet on the body to warm the commander of the oncoming air attack
REAR FUCKING NEATO
>Can't run
>6-12mm of armor can't stop .50s from going through like a hot knife through butter
You are such an asshole. Let him die ignorant, not afraid.