Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank!

The Type 97 Chi-Ha was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army from the Second Sino-Japanese War until the late battles of the Pacific War. Four Type 97 tanks took part in the Nomonhan incident. In Rising Sun, the Type 97 Chi-Ha can be fielded as Platoon Command of the 3rd Shensa Rentai. Detailed info on how to assembly and paint the Type 97 tanks can be found in the previous post.

Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank.

Light Sensha Platoon!

The Light Sensha platoon consists on five Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tanks. The Type 95 was the main Japanese light tank throughout the war, fighting from early battles in China and Manchuria to late battles in the Pacific war. Detailed info on how to assembly and paint the Type 95 tanks can be found in older posts.

Three Type 95 Ha-Go on the Manchurian fields.

Hohei Regimental Gun Platoon!

The Hohei Regimental Gun Platoon consists on a command team, an observer team and two Type 41 75 mm gun. Used for infantry support, every regiment was equipped with four Type 41 guns, which adds up to twelve guns per division. Detailed info on how to assemble, paint and base Japanese guns can be found in older posts.

Regimental Gun Platoon Command team. 

Hohei Type 94 37mm Rapid-fire Gun Platoon!

The Hohei Rapid-fire Gun Platoon is formed by a command team and two Type 94 37mm anti-tank Gun. This is the main anti-tank gun of the Imperial Japanese Army in Rising Sun. Every infantry regiment was equipped with a battery of four Type 94 guns, so a triangular division would field twelve guns. You can find detailed info on how to assemble, paint and base the guns in older posts.

Rapid-fire platoon command team. 

Hohei Type 92 70mm Battalion Gun Platoon!

The Hohei Battalion Gun Platoon consists of a command team, an observer team and two Type 92 70mm Gun. This gun was used as infantry support, as it could be used as a mortar or in direct fire. Every infantry battalion was equipped with two Type 92 guns, so a triangular division would field eighteen guns. You can find detailed info on how to assemble, paint and base the guns in older posts.

Command team.

Machine Gun Platoon!

The Japanese Machine Gun platoon is made up of a command team and two or four machine gun squads. Each squad is formed by a heavy machine gun (HMG), a gunner, an ammo carrier and a rifle man. In Rising Sun, the modeled machine gun is a Type 3 HMG. For tips on painting and basing the machine gun platoon, check this older post.

Machine Gun Platoon.

Hohei Chutai Company Headquarters!

The Hohei Chutai company HQ is made of a Tai-I (captain) company commander and a 2iC (second in command) carrying the regimental banner.

Tai-I company commander.

2iC with Rising Sun banner.

Hohei (infantry) platoon!

The Hohei platoons are the core of the Hohei Chutai (Infantry company). Every infantry platoon is formed by a platoon commander and two or three rifle squads, and each squad is made of three rifle teams and a light mortar team.

1st Hohei platoon.

2nd Hohei Platoon.