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  Type 97 Te Ke Tankette   
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Peter Flahavin 1996

Wartime History
Stationed on Nauru, abanonded in a tank dump.

Wreckage
Wreckage remained until the middle 1990s, salvaged by Stan Gajda and used in the restoration of another Type 97 Te Ke.

Stan Gajda adds:
"Seen are the top panel over the engine compartment and the rear panel. These are for the Type 97 tankette and were used in the tankette restoration here and are still part of it. Not shown was one complete track set for the Type 97. All the parts were airfreighted to Pohnpei on two pallets which cost me $1,000!"

References
Thanks to Stan Gajda for additional information.

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Type 97
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