Here is an example of techou used by a member of the 3rd Amphibious Brigade - tank unit. Armor unit booklets do not pop up all that often, and I feel very lucky to have found this as part of a small grouping out of Japan. Included in the grouping were several individual pictures, an armored unit photo, the techou, a small amulet pouch, and a post war unit history booklet (which, btw, would be a huge boon to researching soldier's names if there were a place on the internet that "housed" such post war unit histories). The tanker who used this booklet did not survive the war, unfortunately. If I remember correctly, he died en route to Hokkaido from the Kurils. The 3rd AB did garrison duty in the Kurils in 1944 and then came back to mainland Japan for defense in 1945, being dissolved and folded into another unit. Below are a few details from the techou:
The unit designation/personal information page has the following:
Asahikawa Division
Branch of service: Tanks
Speciality: motor vehicles/chemical gas
"Hokubu" 5 unit: 7th Division Recon. Regiment (at this time, recon. units had tankettes)
Rank: Superior Private
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