The Special Type 2 Launch Ka-Mi (特二式内火艇 カミ, Toku-ni-shiki uchibitei kami) was the first amphibious tank of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
Each of the SR series were 3.6 to 7 tonne amphibious tanks with a 2 to 3 man crew, and armed with machine guns.
Mitisubishi used the knowledge gained from the SR program and the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank as a base.
[9] The pontoons were attached by a system of "small clips" with a release inside the tank, to be engaged once it landed for ground combat operations.
[10] The Type 2 Ka-Mi came into active service after the initial campaigns of World War II, and thus for the most part was too late to be used in its original design mission of amphibious landings.
Many units were assigned to detachments of the Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) at IJN bases at Sasebo, Maizuru, Yokosuka, and Kure.
[10] Patriot Park, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia has a Type 2 Ka-Mi on display.
They were subsequently moved, one to the Old Communications center south of the airport, and one to Koror as part of war memorial displays.