he Sōkō Sagyō Ki also known as the SS-Ki was a fulltrack engineering vehicle of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) introduced in 1931. The vehicle was considered by the IJA to be one of its most versatile multi-function support vehicles.
During the 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Army required a specialised vehicle in preparation for war against the Soviet Union, which would be capable of destroying Soviet fortified positions along the Manchurian border.[2] During the development and planning, it was decided that its capabilities should include trench digging, mine clearing, barbed wire cutting, mass decontamination, chemical weapons employment, use as a crane vehicle, as a flamethrower tank, and as a bridgelayer.
The first prototype was built in 1931. Following testing, the Imperial Japanese Army ordered several vehicles, with the first four assigned to the 1st Mixed Tank Brigade sent to China. During the Battle of Beiping–Tianjin in 1937, the vehicles were used as flamethrower tanks; however, for later battles the vehicles were exclusively used as engineering vehicles. They were eventually sent to the Soviet-Manchurian border within a combat engineer regiment.
During December 1941, approximately 20 SS-Ki vehicles were transferred to the Philippines as part of the engineer unit of the 2nd Tank Division. Eight SS-Ki vehicles were captured there by the United States military in the Battle of Luzon in 1945, which classified the vehicles as flamethrower tanks.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
During the 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Army required a specialised vehicle in preparation for war against the Soviet Union, which would be capable of destroying Soviet fortified positions along the Manchurian border.[2] During the development and planning, it was decided that its capabilities should include trench digging, mine clearing, barbed wire cutting, mass decontamination, chemical weapons employment, use as a crane vehicle, as a flamethrower tank, and as a bridgelayer.
The first prototype was built in 1931. Following testing, the Imperial Japanese Army ordered several vehicles, with the first four assigned to the 1st Mixed Tank Brigade sent to China. During the Battle of Beiping–Tianjin in 1937, the vehicles were used as flamethrower tanks; however, for later battles the vehicles were exclusively used as engineering vehicles. They were eventually sent to the Soviet-Manchurian border within a combat engineer regiment.
During December 1941, approximately 20 SS-Ki vehicles were transferred to the Philippines as part of the engineer unit of the 2nd Tank Division. Eight SS-Ki vehicles were captured there by the United States military in the Battle of Luzon in 1945, which classified the vehicles as flamethrower tanks.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
