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Originally Posted by Panzerklein
Just a question, when Army of Japan fact strong Army such as Soviet or US on land? Most of time they engage poor armed like Chinese, Mongolia, Viet Minh v.v...
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Japan actually engaged Soviet forces as early as 1932, which eventually accumulated to infamous battles such as the Nomonhan Incident. Unfortunate for Japan, the Soviet commander at the time of the incident was none other than Zhukov himself. Even though Japan secured a peace negotiation
not in their favor, the end to the border conflict proved to be a mixed blessing. After all, Japan would be free of Soviet harassment until 1945. Unfortunately, its unknown how much Japan actually learned from these border conflicts.
OTOH, though the overall quality of the Chinese army was poor, its German trained divisions equipped with German gear proved to be very capable. As a result, the Japanese Army eventually came up with the Type 99 Arisaka for its infantry, which was a local variant of the Mauser that chambered the 7.7×58mm as opposed to the 7.92×57mm.
Another curiosity to note is the fact that none of Japan's machine guns were belt fed. They either rely on magazines, strips, clips and rarely, drums. Even though some are more than capable of being belt-fed. The reason for this is more of a psychological factor than others.
- Tak