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UNIQUE ID 2265: TYPE 97 TE-KE LIGHT TANK

Royal Dutch Army Museum, Delft, The Netherlands

(Location: Royal Dutch Army Museum)


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Unique ID: 2265
Added to Database: 22 April 2012
Last Edited: 22 April 2012
Type (ID): Type 97 Te-Ke (4300)
Model (ID): Type 97 Te-Ke (4300)
Location Category (ID): Royal Dutch Army Museum (11900)
Location (ID): Royal Dutch Army Museum (11900)
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Location History:
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1: Tokyo Gas and Electric Industry Company Limited, Hino, Tokyo, Japan (Secondary manufacturer 1937-42)
2: East Java, Indonesia (1947)
3: Royal Dutch Army Museum, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands (Current location)


After the Japanese surrender in August 1945, this vehicle was taken over by the newly formed Indonesian Army. During the fighting on East Java in 1947 it was captured from the Indonesia Army by troops of the Netherlands Marine Brigade in the first ‘Police Action’.
It is fitted with a non-original machine gun and is displayed in a camouflage paint scheme, along with mannequins representing the tank commander and some other Japanese soldiers.

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Front right view
1: Front right view

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Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 7444
Added: 22 April 2012
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2: Left view

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Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 7445
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