ORGANIZATION OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMORED FORCES

Below is the typical organization and equipment of the IJA armored forces. Actual organizations were various unit by unit and age by age.

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TANK DIVISION

   Division HQ (119 men/16 AFVs/20 cars)

   Tank Brigade
      Tank Brigade HQ (11 men)

      Tank Regiment (1,071 men/178 tracked vehicles/21 wheeled vehicles)
         Regiment HQ
         Light Tank Company
         3 Medium Tank Companies
         Gun Tank Company
         Maintenance Company

      Tank Regiment
         (ditto)

   Tank Brigade
      (ditto)

   Mobile Infantry Regiment (3,029 men/222 tracked vehicles/87 wheeled vehicles)
      Regiment HQ

      3 Mobile Infantry Battalions
         3 Infantry Companies
         Machine Gun Company

      Infantry Gun Company (6 75mm Field guns)
      Maintenance Company

   Anti-Tank Gun Unit (444 men/45 tracked vehicles/87 wheeled vehicles/18 47mm AT guns)
      Unit HQ
      3 AT Gun Companies
      Maintenance Company

   Recon Unit (694 men/91 tracked vehicles/12 wheeled vehicles)
      Unit HQ
      3 Light Tank Companies (10 light tanks each)
      Gun Tank Company (10 medium tanks)
      Infantry Company
      Maintenance Company

   Mobile Artillery Regiment (1,056 men/89 tracked vehicles/73 wheeled vehicles)
      Regiment HQ

      1st Battalion (18 Type 90 75mm Field Guns)
          3 Field Gun Companies

      2nd Battalion (12 Type 91 10cm Howitzers)
          3 Howitzer Companies

      3rd Battalion (ditto)

   Air Defense Unit (1,014 men/105 tracked vehicles/63 wheeled vehicles)
      Unit HQ
      4 AA Cannon Companies (6 20mm AA Cannons each)
      2 AA Gun Companies (4 75mm AA Guns each)
      Maintenance Company

   Engineer Unit (1,149 men/122 tracked vehicles/50 wheeled vehicles)
      Unit HQ
      6 Engineer Companies
      Maintenance Company

   Maintenance Unit (778 men/15 tracked vehicles/152 wheeled vehicles)
      Unit HQ
      3 Maintenance Companies

   Transport Unit (765 men/106 tracked vehicles/216 wheeled vehicles)
      Unit HQ
      4 Transport Companies
      Maintenance Company

Total Strength : 13,000 men, 1,400 tracked vehicles, 800 wheeled vehicles

TANK REGIMENT

- Before 1943

   Regiment HQ (1 Type 97 Medium Tank, 2 Type 95 Light Tanks)

   1st Company
      Company HQ (1 Type 95 Light Tank)
      1st Platoon (3 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      4th Platoon (3 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      Company Train

   2nd Company
      Company HQ (1 Type 97 Medium Tank, 2 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   3rd Company
      Company HQ (1 Type 97 Medium Tank, 2 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   4th Company
      Company HQ (1 Type 97 Medium Tank, 2 Type 95 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Type 97 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   Maintenance Company

- After 1943

   Regiment HQ (1 Medium Tank, 2 Light Tanks)

   1st Company
      Company HQ (1 Light Tank)
      1st Platoon (3 Light Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Light Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Light Tanks)
      Company Train

   2nd Company
      Company HQ (1 Medium Tank, 2 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   3rd Company
      Company HQ (1 Medium Tank, 2 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   4th Company
      Company HQ (1 Medium Tank, 2 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Medium Tanks)
      Company Train

   5th Company
      Company HQ (1 Gun Tank, 2 Light Tanks)
      1st Platoon (3 Gun Tanks)
      2nd Platoon (3 Gun Tanks)
      3rd Platoon (3 Gun Tanks)
      Company Train

   Maintenance Company

Notes:

Medium Tanks were Type 97-Improved Medium Tanks or Type 1 Medium Tanks.

Gun Tank was Type 2 Gun Tank, but most of them were substituted by Type 97 Medium Tanks.

Light tanks were mostly Type 95 Light Tank, but Type 98 or Type 2 Light Tanks were also deployed.

INDEPENDENT TANKETTE COMPANY

Company HQ (1 Type 94 Tankette, 2 Passenger Cars, 4 Motorcycles)

1st Tankette Platoon (4 Type 94 Tankettes)

2nd Tankette Platoon (4 Type 94 Tankettes)

3rd Tankette Platoon (4 Type 94 Tankettes)

4th Tankette Platoon (4 Type 94 Tankettes)

Train (7 Trucks)

Total 118 men

RECON REGIMENT

Recon Regiment HQ

1st Motorized Company (200 infantrymen)

2nd Motorized Company (200 infantrymen)

3rd Tankette Company
    HQ (2 Type 94 or Type 97 Tankettes)
    1st Platoon (3 Type 94 or Type 97 Tankettes)
    2nd Platoon (3 Type 94 or Type 97 Tankettes)

4th Tankette Company (same as 3rd Tankette Company)

Maintenance Platoon

Signal Platoon

SELF-PROPELLED GUN COMPANY

Company HQ (1 Te-Re, 1 Passenger Car)

Commanding Platoon (1 Te-Re, 1 Observation Car)

1st Platoon
    1st Squad
        1 Ho-Ni (6 men)
        1 Ho-Ki with an ammunition trailer (150 rounds, 7 men)
    2nd Squad (same as 1st squad)

2nd Platoon (same as 1st platoon)

Ammunition Train (2 ammunition vehicles)

Note:

SP-Gun belonged to the artillery force, not tank force. So, its organization was based on the artillery force organization.