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Imperial Japanese Army
Authorized Organization
Tank Group
8th December 1941
 
Tank Group
Symbols Glossary
 
Tank Units
Tank Groups Tank Regiment  Regiment Raised 
(Mobilized)		  Tank Companies  Light
Tanks		 Medium
Tanks
   1st Tank Group
   (3rd Army)		    3 Tank Regiment   1937 (mob 39) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
   5 Tank Regiment   1938 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
   9 Tank Regiment   1939 (mob 07.41) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 89
   2nd Tank Group
   (5th Army)		   10 Tank Regiment   1940 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
  11 Tank Regiment   1939 (mob 07.41) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
  24 Tank Regiment   1941 (mob 11.41) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
   3rd Tank Group [1]
   (25th Army)		    1 Tank Regiment   1933 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
   2 Tank Regiment   1933 1 light; 3 medium ? ?
   6 Tank Regiment   (mob 09.41) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
  14 Light Tank Regiment     1938 3 light Type 95 —
Independent Tank Regiments
  14th Army    4 Light Tank Regiment   1939 3 light Type 95 —
  14th Army    7 Tank Regiment   1938 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 89
  16th Army    8 Tank Regiment   1938 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 89
  North China Army   12 Tank Regiment   1939 1 light; 3 medium ? ?
  11th Army   13 Light Tank Regiment   1938 3 light [2] —
  Kwantung Army   23 Tank Regiment   1941 (mob 09.41) 1 light; 3 medium Type 95 Type 97
[1] The 3rd Tank Group also had two motorized combat engineer companies and one pontoon bridge company.
[2] The light tank platoons each had 2× light tanks Type 95 and 1×tankette Type 97.
 
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