Type 93 armored car

The Japanese Type 93 armored car shared many characteristics with the contemporary Sumida M.2593. Both were six-wheeled vehicles with wheels that could be quickly swapped-out with flanged railway wheels; both were large and boxy in appearance, with a turret atop the superstructure; and the Ishikawajima Motorcar Factory produced both (though only a limited number of Type 93s). It carried one 7.7 mm machine gun for anti-aircraft use atop its turret, plus an additional four 6.5 mm Type 91 (or Nambu Type 11) machine guns (one in the turet). Four to six men crewed the vehicle, which weighed 4 tonnes and could achieve a top speed of 25 mph on-road, and 37 mph on the rails. The Type 93 was originally made for the Japanese Navy marine units of the Special Naval Landing Forces, who used them extensively in China in the coastal regions near ports and Japanese bases. It was superior to the Chiyoda armored car in that the 'gable-roof bonnet' deflected grenades and the front-sloping of its turret allowed it to fire at the high angle needed to reach the top floors of buildings along narrow streets.