The 4th Tank Regiment was a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
[citation needed] The 4th Tank Regiment participated in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol against the Soviet Union in 1939.
The 4th Tank Regiment order of battle at this time was:[1] The 4th Tank Regiment was part of the forces used for the Japanese conquest of Luzon in the Philippines, and the conquest of Java and Sumatra in 1942.
For the campaign, it was under command of Lieutenant Colonel Kumagaya, and consisted solely of 38 Type 95 light tanks with five captured US M3 Light tanks.
[2] Thereafter, the 4th Tank Regiment remained stationed in the Dutch East Indies for the rest of the war.