Topic: NW #2595 Nippon Nainenki Seiko 95 "Kurogane", Kiska Island, Alaska. Aug '43

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: What is that car, and where was the picture taken?

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[58_spyder]

Jeep type 95 Kurogane


Caractéristiques
Poids : 1 tonne
Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.5 x 1.7(h) m
Vitesse (max) : 70 km/h
Moteur : Essence de 32 Ch
Passagers : 3 personnes (2 a l'avant, une à l'arrière)
Quantité produite : 4,755
Fabriquant : Nihon Nainenki

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: What is that car, and where was the picture taken?

 

[58_spyder]

The where is still to be answered, Japan?

Most likely it is after one of the H-bombs, therefore  i would place it at at Nagasaki or Hiroshima.

[Otto Puzzell]

Not in Japan.

[58_spyder]

Papua New Guinea: Los Negros 1942?

Type95 Kurogane captured by US troops on Los Negros, 1942. Model 95 4x4 Scout Car The Kurogane "Black Medal". Lightweight, unarmed reconnaissance ...plenty more were lost and found in New Guinea

[Otto Puzzell]

Another good guess, but not there.

[58_spyder]

In the pacific?
Saipan? Some Japanese kept fightin there till 1952....

Regarded as the world's first 4WD vehicle, the Japanese Type 95 Light Vehicle, nicknamed "Kurogane," was originally conceived in 1935 and put into production in 1937. About 4,800 units had been completed by the end of production in 1944. The Kurogane was used by both the Japanese Army and Navy throughout Asia and the Pacific in a variety of roles.


Amazing to see that this car was released/produced four years before the JEEP.

[Otto Puzzell]

In the pacific?

On the shore of the Pacific; not Japan.

[Otto Puzzell]

Up

[spider]

Sri Lanka after the tsunami?

[Otto Puzzell]

Sri Lanka after the tsunami?

Wrong ocean.

[58_spyder]

Is it Alaska?
During WWI they had bases in Siberia, during WWII the most desolate Japanese base was in Alaska (as its landscape was not a result of the H-bombs).

[D-type]

Philippines?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is it Alaska?
During WWI they had bases in Siberia, during WWII the most desolate Japanese base was in Alaska (as its landscape was not a result of the H-bombs).

That's it!

[Carnut]

Fascinating story.
Hundreds of Americans lost their lives in the battle for the most obscure, useless island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, which had only been occupied by 10 men and a dog on the weather station there.

Millions of tons of bombs were dropped on the island then in the final push 35,000 US and Canadian troops retook Kiska whilst the 5,000 Japanese occupiers (a quarter of the number expected) slipped out the back door whilst no-one was looking and they all got away...  The 35,000 troops were met only be a handful of dogs, including the one belonging to the original 10 weathermen..

Lots of Americans continued to die on the island due to the huge number of booby-traps set by the departing Japanese soldiers.

It is now a National Monument but I don't know if anyone actually lives there.

[Bill Murray]

Very interesting.

Even though I knew the car right off, I never could place the locale of the photo.
I did, however, find this photo and I wonder if it is the same car.  Note the rear tire chains, I have only seen this on the puzzle photo and the one I am posting.

Norman, as of 2010 the population of Kiska was 0.  Not only is it a National Monument, it is also a Wildlife Preserve.

Bill