Sumeragi
Banned
Time out! It's not MY time line, lol. I was only commenting on why, OTL, I thought the Japanese failed to adopt modern armored warfare as a doctrine.
Well, to be frank, it has always been more of the "spiritual power" emphasis that pretty much sunk any logical recommendations that were sent to HQ (even the likes of Prince Chichibu, who was stationed at the Manchukuo-Mongolian in 1936, wasn't able to change things). In addition, industrial capacity was never able to reach its peak, with the way production was spread around in the Home Islands and the relatively modernized facilities in Korea never expended enough. Also, there's the manpower issue.