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447:: Armored bridgelaying vehicle with three return rollers and modified drive sprockets. These were equipped with folded bridge, twin mine rake arms, and three flamethrowers with external tanks. Eight were produced.
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432:: Armored engineering vehicle with suspension tracks consisting of four return rollers. These were equipped with folded bridge, crane arm and three flamethrowers with external tanks. Thirteen were produced.
492:: Armored bridgelaying vehicle based on the design of the SS Ki. These were equipped with a catapult bridge, single arm mine rake, and five flamethrowers with internal tanks. Seventy-seven were produced.
477:: Armored engineering vehicle with identical suspension as the Otsu Gata. These were equipped with folded bridge, single arm mine rake and three flamethrowers with external tanks. Twenty were produced.
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451:SS Hei Gata
357:Philippines
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318:barbed wire
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219:Secondary
122:1931–1943
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267:装甲作業機
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