輜し重ちょう兵へい

noun

Transportation Corps (Imperial Japanese Army)

Historical term for the service branch responsible for logistics and transport in the Imperial Japanese Army. Now obsolete; the modern equivalent is the 輸送科.

See also: 輸送科

• 輜し重ちょう兵へいは戦せん場じょうで物ぶっ資しの輸ゆ送そうを担たん当とうした。

  The Transportation Corps was responsible for transporting supplies on the battlefield.