Kendō Cavalry Tank

The Kendō Cavalry Tank was a or  developed by Chiseian company Kendō Automotive for the export market in the early-mid 1930s. Most notably, 6,450 were ordered by the Royal Kuijuan Army in 1934, though only 1,251 of these would actually be delivered as Shiro-Kuijuan relations began to deteriorate in the late 30s. Designated as the P-1251, these vehicles would form the core of Kuijuan armoured forces used against Chisei in the Second Escar-Varunan War, though they were quickly realised to be obsolete and retired in favour of the domestically-designed P-1242.

In early 1937 all surviving undelivered vehicles, then in storage and numbering around 2,500, were seized by the Chiseian Army, which found them unsuitable for frontline use. They were used as target practice, and distributed to the Air Force and homeguard units for rearline defence on the mainland. The majority were shipped to Imoshima and Penemosir for use by colonial forces. In both cases these did see some frontline combat during the Battle of Eito and the early Crosswind campaign.

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The first P-1251s were delivered to the Royal Army in the summer of 1934, and 10 cavalry regiments were reorganised to prepare for training with the new vehicles. However, as production delays piled up and the fate of the whole business endeavour became increasingly unclear through 1935, this number was cut down to 5 and then finally 3 regiments. These were designated as the 3rd, 6th and 7th Armoured Cavalry Regiments.