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[wdolson]

I believe the Japanese built some prototype assault guns, but it was late in the war and none of them made it into service.

By the time they atarted thinking about assault guns, they were so many generations behind their opponents that it wouldn't have made much difference. 

Bill

[Mistmatz]

ORIGINAL: juliet7bravo

Have to wonder why the IJA didn't build assault guns ala the Stug, or more SPGs.  Would have "fit" with their mindset and doctrine, and been cheap conversions.  A tankette hull mounting one of their little 70mm infantry support guns and an MG would have been useful.  Ditto a HA GO with a 75mm pack howitzer.  Stug type assault gun built on a HA GO chassis with a high velocity 47mm, very, very useful. 

There wasn't much need for a StuG like weapon system in the pacific. No big tank battles and not much of bunker busting either. At least not at the time when the japanese were on the offensive. It's a different story for the allies though.