Tank Emplacement Timber reinforced. Designed for the Japanese Type 97 medium tank 1:56 scale Set 7 All 16 of the variants

Continuing my theme of the Pacific Theatre of Operations and my desire to provide my gaming friend’s with a very visual games board I realised I had not considered that the Imperial Japanese Army made extensive use of dug in and heavily defend tank and self-propelled guns. So began a journey which has resulted in 16 variations of an emplaced tank.

Set 6 offers you variant Numbers 2, 4,  6, 8, 11, 12, 14, & 16 at a discounted price compared to buying all separately. These all have jungle leave on them and so are really aimed at the Far East and Pacific Theatre of Operations in WWII.

I will be releasing Set 1 to 7 which group either 4 variants, or 8 or all 16.  So if you really like these terrain pieces and want them all please wait until you see the full range listed.

The emplacement is approximately 160mm by 85mm and about 18mm high. The flat internal open area is 90mm long by 41mm wide. It is intended to represent a low profile defensive structure clearly gaining from cover and hard for the enemy to aim at accurately. This set has minimal infantry support for your tank. This issue will be addressed in later variants.

They Type 97 Medium tank was designed by M. Bergman of New Zealand whose permission I have to rework his files to create something new that adds to the gaming communities range of models.

The tank fits snugly in. Insert from the back of the scenery and push forward until the tank comes up against the front. Then press down on the back of the vehicle. It is a snug fit but so far I have not had any problems lifting this vehicle in and out.

I have test printed the files and used a time saving 0.15mm layer height to print the models. I would recommend using 0.1mm layer height if you are printing them for yourself.

The Type 97 is a 4 piece model and the emplacement just a single file. The vehicle took about 5 hours and the scenic emplacement 10-12 hours to print at 0.15mm.

This model was designed by Neal Bowskill Copyright June 2022. These files may not be used to print for commercial gain.
FilenameSizeLast updated
shinhoto chi-ha 2 1-56 emplaced turret by MB STL.stl733.7 KiB2024-02-28
shinhoto chi-ha 2 1-56 emplaced left track by STL.stl1.9 MiB2024-02-28
shinhoto chi-ha 2 1-56 emplaced right track by MB STL.stl1.6 MiB2024-02-28
shinhoto chi-ha 2 1-56 emplaced hull by MB STL.stl4.7 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement Roof for larger area -1.stl11.7 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement Roof for small pit-1.stl2.1 MiB2024-02-28
Leaf covered Roof for larger pit-2.stl29.3 MiB2024-02-28
Leaf covered Roof for small pit-2.stl14.3 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 02 no pits open backed leaf covered.stl262.9 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 04 Leaf covered front rifle pit.stl301.1 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 06 openbacked leaves - Compressed.zip163.0 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Emplacement 08.zip170.8 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese-Tank-Emplacement-01-No-Infantry-support-pits.zip89.0 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese-Tank-Emplacement-09-no-front-pit-sandbag-enclosed-rear-1669296594.zip117.2 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 12.zip171.3 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 14 enhanced rear defense 2 pits.zip156.0 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 16 leaf enhanced sandbag rear.zip170.4 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 03.stl211.4 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 05 plain open 2 side pits.stl225.8 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 07 plain open backed 3 rifle pit-1.zip117.4 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 10.zip167.6 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 13 enhanced rear defense.zip114.0 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 15 enhanced rear defense.zip117.1 MiB2024-02-28
Japanese Tank Emplacement 11 plain low sandbag enclosed rear.zip116.5 MiB2024-02-28