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A machine gun turret replaced the main gun turret used on the Type 97 Chi-Ha tank. Introduced in 1939, three were produced. [26] [27] Type 97 Chi-Yu mine flail tank. Type 97 Chi-Yu mine flail tank; Type 97 Chi-Ha fitted with 2 revolving drums with rows of chains mounted on glacis plates and linked to the drive wheels for clearing a mine-field. [26]
The La Chi people (Vietnamese: Người La Chí; also Cù Tê or La Quả) live in the Hà Giang and Lào Cai provinces of northeastern Vietnam. Their population is 15,126 people (2019). They speak the Lachi language, which is part of the Tai–Kadai language group. Their ancestor is Hoàng Dìn Thùng.
The Type 2 gun tank Ho-I (二式砲戦車 ホイ, Ni-shiki hōsensha Ho-I) was a derivative of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Similar in concept to the early variants of the German Panzer IV , it was designed as a self-propelled howitzer to provide the close-in fire support for standard Japanese ...
Type 98B Ke-Ni Otsu (九八式軽戦車（乙型), Kyuhachi-shiki keisensha (Otsu-gata)) A Mitsubishi-designed alternative to the Type 98A model made by Hino. [4] The most distinct feature was the suspension with four large road-wheels supported by side-ways facing coil springs, in a manner similar to Christie suspension. It was an experimental ...
Type 98 Chi-Ho being pulled from tank test bed. The engine mounted in the tank was a Mitsubishi 120 HP diesel engine. [1] Also, it was the first Japanese made tank to use a hydraulic system in the steering system. Up until then, some advances over the Chi-Ha variants can be seen, but some aspects in the tank hull were still lagging behind.
The Type 95's light armor made it vulnerable to .50 caliber machine gun fire [4] and attempts to address these shortcomings via the Type 98 Ke-Ni and Type 2 Ke-To were steps in the right direction, but were still insufficient. [7] Therefore, a complete design review was held and a prototype for a new standard light tank was completed by 1942. [1]
The Type 3 Ka-Chi was based on an extensively modified Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Chi-He medium tank (it had 2 more road-wheels and two more return rollers on each side) and was a larger and more capable version of the earlier Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
Type 4 Ha-To in firing position. The Type 4 Ha-To was conceived as a mobile fire support platform in late 1943. It made use of the already existing Type 3 300 mm heavy mortar mounted on a modified chassis that was based on the one used for the Type 4 Chi-To medium tank and on the Type 4 Chi-So armored medium tracked carrier.