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List of Japanese Army military engineer vehicles of World War II

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This is a list of Japanese Army Military Engineer Vehicles during World War II. Included are diverse types of armored lumberjacks, mine clearing vehicles, engineering vehicles, construction and repair vehicles, recovery cranes and other materiel used by Imperial Japanese Army engineer units during World War II.

Engineer vehicles

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SS-Ki of the 5th Independent Engineer Regiment using its crane
Armored recovery vehicle Se-Ri
Armored lumberjack Ho-K
Basso-Ki, used to remove severed trees and stumps generated by the Ho-K
Type 95 crane vehicle Ri-Ki
Type 97 Shinhōtō Chi-Ha with dozer blade
Experimental obstacle clearance vehicle firing cylinder charge

Army engineer units

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  • 2nd Tank Division Engineer Unit
  • 27th Independent Engineer Regiment
  • 12th Independent Engineer Regiment
  • 5th Independent Engineer Regiment
  • 6th Div AIF (Airfield Engineers)
  • Airfield Construction Group No.5
  • Oil field Construction Group No.2
  • 1st company of the 26th Independent Engineer Regiment
  • 2nd Independent Engineer Company
  • 80th Independent Radio Platoon
  • 2nd unit from the Oil well drilling Section of the 21st Field Ordnance Depot
  • 1st Field Well Drilling Company
  • 2nd Field Well Drilling Company
  • 3rd Field Well Drilling Company
  • 4th Field Well Drilling Company
  • 48th Anchorage Headquarters
  • 118th Land Duty Company
  • 1st from the 11th Water Supply and Purification Unit
  • one platoon of the 12th Engineer Regiment

References

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