Once the 192nd had sight on the Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go’s, Morin's Stuart immediately broke formation to meet the tanks head on but was crippled with a hit to the engine, setting the tank on fire. On December 22nd, the 192nd and the 4th met in combat, however the Japanese were expecting the lieutenant's force and staged an ambush for the oncoming platoon. Because of this, he ordered lieutenant Ben Morin to command a platoon of 5 Stuart tanks to engage the Japanese assault. However, Hanes’ M3 Start force was nearly out of fuel at the time. The General ordered Captain Hanes of the 192nd Tank Battalion to engage the mechanized forces of the Japanese in the town of Damortis. Colonel Kumagaya, was approaching his lines of defense. General Wainwright had received information that the Japanese 4th Tank Regiment, commanded by Lieut. This was America's first armoured clash of WWII. 500 Soviet tanks vs about 100 Japanese tanks and tankettes.ġ941 December 22 during the Fall of Luzon, The Japanese 4th Tank Regiment's riding Type 95 tanks encountered the 192nd Tank Battalion's riding M3s in the Philippines. If you count the Battle of Khalkin-Gol between the Soviets and Japanese in 1939, that is probable the largest tank battle in the Pacific. What evidence is there of tank-vs-tank combat in Asia during the second world war?
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