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Originally Posted by copeab
Fortunately for the IJA, most of their Pacific possessions were poor tank country. Parts of the Philippines were an exception and where most of the few significant tank battles of the Pacific were fought, which ended up rather one-sided. Worth noting that Allied tanks that had become obsolete in North Africa and Europe (like the Matilda II and M-3 Stuart) were quite effective against Japanese armor.
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Not to mention that the 37mm antitank gun was still a deadly threat to Japanese tanks.
The only reason why the Matilda and Stuarts were replaced with Grant/Lee and Shermans was that their main armament was ineffective against bunkers.
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