*The plan of Japanese Military was to reserve their best units in the defense of the mainland and they did have a number of both these armored vehicles and they were to supplement other more advanced weaponry that were still being produced such as the Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 1 Chi-He, Type 4 Chi-To, Type 1 Ho-Ni II and the Type 3 Ho-Ni III. | *The plan of Japanese Military was to reserve their best units in the defense of the mainland and they did have a number of both these armored vehicles and they were to supplement other more advanced weaponry that were still being produced such as the Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 1 Chi-He, Type 4 Chi-To, Type 1 Ho-Ni II and the Type 3 Ho-Ni III. |