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Chi-Ha Short Gun in a custom hangar
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{{About
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| about = premium Japanese medium tank '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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| usage = other uses
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| link = Chi-Ha (Family)
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}}
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== Description ==
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Japanese medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]] with the initial Japanese tank tree.
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The {{PAGENAME}} is a Naval refit of the [[Chi-Ha Kai]] with a [[Navy short gun (120 mm)]], it keeps the decent mobility from the [[Chi-Ha (Family)|Chi-Ha]] chassis but loses the turret rotation speed due the added weight of the gun.
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== General info ==
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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}_(2).png|thumb|left|300px|{{PAGENAME}} scanning the seaside]]
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The Type 97 [[Chi-Ha]] is an upgraded version of the earlier Type 89 [[I-Go Ko]]. The engine has been upgraded, from the Mitsubishi A6120VD air-cooled straight-six diesel with 120 hp to a Mitsubishi SA12200VD air-cooled V12 diesel with 170 hp. As such, the top speed has increased from 27 km/h on the [[I-Go Ko]] to 40 km/h on the [[Chi-Ha]].
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The {{PAGENAME}} is a later iteration of the [[Chi-Ha]] with a modified turret coming from the [[Chi-Ha Kai]]. For firepower the {{PAGENAME}} has a [[Navy short gun (120 mm)]] that launches 13 kg HE shells.
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Which was made to support navy infantry as a gun tank during the defense of the homeland.
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=== Survivability and armour ===
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Light, but effective against weaker guns (i.e. early French), weaker shells (low-calibre HE), and in long range engagements.
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'''Armour type:'''
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*Rolled homogeneous armour
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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!Armour!!Front!!Sides!!Rear!!Roof
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|-
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|Hull||25 mm (11-31°) ''Front plate''
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15-17 mm (62-80°) ''Front glacis''
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15 mm (37-59°) ''Lower glacis''
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|25 mm (25 / 40°) ''Top''
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25 mm ''Bottom''
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|15 mm (69°) ''Top''
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20 mm (5-57°)
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|12 mm
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|-
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|Turret||25 mm (9-10°) ''Turret front''
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32-35 mm ''Gun mantlet''
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|25 mm (9-10°)||25 mm ||10 mm
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|-
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!Armour!!Sides!!Roof
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|-
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|Cupola||25 mm||10 mm
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|}'''Notes:'''
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*Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick.
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=== Mobility ===
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{{tankMobility|abMinHp= 263|rbMinHp= 150}}
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== Armaments ==
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=== Main armament ===
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<!-- ''Give the reader information about the characteristics of the main gun. Assess its effectiveness in a battle based on the reloading speed, ballistics and the power of shells. Do not forget about the flexibility of the fire, that is how quickly the cannon can be aimed at the target, open fire on it and aim at another enemy. Add a link to the main article on the gun: <code><nowiki>{{main|Name of the weapon}}</nowiki></code>. Describe in general terms the ammunition available for the main gun. Give advice on how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage.'' -->
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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}_(4).png|thumb|{{PAGENAME}} firing]]
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{{main|Navy short gun (120 mm)}}
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The gun from the {{PAGENAME}} is naval short gun built to deal with submarines and close range naval combat, and that does translate over in-game as a gun with lackluster HE filler just enough to destroy light tanks and a very low muzzle velocity, which on the bright side can be used to shoot at vehicles over cover.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | [[Navy short gun (120 mm)|120 mm Navy short gun]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
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|-
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! Mode !! Capacity !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
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! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
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! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
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|-
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! ''Arcade''
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| rowspan="2" | 23 || rowspan="2" | -8°/+15° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 5.7 || 7.9 || 9.6 || 10.6 || 11.3 || rowspan="2" | 13.0 || rowspan="2" | 11.5 || rowspan="2" | 10.6 || rowspan="2" | 10.0
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|-
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! ''Realistic''
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| 3.6 || 4.2 || 5.1 || 5.6 || 6.0
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|-
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|}
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==== Ammunition ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
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|-
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
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! colspan="6" | '''Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)'''
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|-
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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|-
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| Short Ordinary HE || HE || 30 || 30 || 30 || 30 || 30 || 30
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="11" | Shell details
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|-
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
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! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
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! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
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! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
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! rowspan="2" | Normalisation at 30°<br>from horizontal
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! colspan="3" | Ricochet
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|-
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! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
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|-
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| Short Ordinary HE || HE || 290 || 13.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 2,520 || +0.0° || 79° || 80° || 81°
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|-
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|}
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==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
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[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! Full<br>ammo
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! 1st<br>rack empty
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! 2nd<br>rack empty
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! Visual<br>discrepancy
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|-
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| '''23''' || 18&nbsp;''(+5)'' || 0&nbsp;''(+23)'' || No
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="3" | {{PAGENAME}} Optics
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|-
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!
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! Default magnification
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! Maximum magnification
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|-
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! Main Gun optics
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| X1.8 || X3.5
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|-
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! Comparable optics
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| colspan="2" | ___
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|-
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|}
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=== Machine guns ===
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{{main|Type 97 (7.7 mm)}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | [[Type 97 (7.7 mm)|7.7 mm Type 97]]
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|-
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! Mount
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! Capacity<br>(Belt capacity)
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! Rate of fire<br>(shots/minute)
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! Vertical<br>guidance
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! Horizontal<br>guidance
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|-
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| Hull || 3,000 (20) || 498 || ±10° || ±15°
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|-
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|}
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{{clear}}
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== Usage in battles ==
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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}_(5).png|thumb|left|{{PAGENAME}} coming out behind a rock]]
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Because the {{PAGENAME}} was designed for an infantry support role, its performance shows how tank combat wasn't put in mind for the vehicle. With each shell only having 2.5 kg of explosive, this isn't enough to destroy any vehicle the shell hits; it most likely will shock the crew, but nothing else.
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Most light armored vehicles and tanks (<30 mm armor) will be able to be destroyed from either hull break or crew knock-out wherever you hit. But when you start opposing medium to heavy tanks, you should fallback for friendlies to deal with the target. It might be possible to hit the roof of the turret or hull on these vehicles, but it's a tricky shot and won't always deal a fatal blow on first hit.{{clear}}
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=== Modules ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Tier
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! colspan="2" | Mobility
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! Protection
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! Firepower
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|-
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| I
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| Tracks
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|
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| Parts
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| Horizontal Drive
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|-
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| II
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| Suspension
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| Brake System
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| FPE
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| Adjustment of Fire
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|-
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| III
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| Filters
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|
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| Crew Replenishment
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| Elevation Mechanism
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|-
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| IV
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| Transmission
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| Engine
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|
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| Artillery Support
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|-
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|}
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=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
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* Familiar [[Chi-Ha (Family)|Chi-Ha]] chassis
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* Typically, if the round penetrates, it kills
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* Ten-second reload (Expert Crew) with a 120 mm cannon
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* Five crew members
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* 30 mm of penetration at any range and angle
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'''Cons:'''
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* Only fires high explosive rounds
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* Poor turret traverse, just 5.1°/s
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* Large shell drop (shells only travel 290 m/s)
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* No roof-mounted anti-aircraft/infantry machine gun
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== History ==
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{{main|Chi-Ha (Family)|l1=History of the Type 97 Chi-Ha}}
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The Short Barrel 120 mm Gun Tank was one variant produced late in the war for the Imperial Japanese Navy. They wanted a gun tank similar to the [[Ho-I|Type 2 Ho-I]] for close support, but with greater firepower. The standard [[Type 1 (47 mm)|47 mm main tank gun]] was replaced with a [[Navy short gun (120 mm)|short barrel naval 12 cm (120 mm) "anti-submarine" gun]] with a muzzle brake added. In addition, it had a small storage compartment added onto the back of the [[Chi-Ha Kai|ShinHoTo Chi-Ha]] turret. Only "about a dozen" were produced for deployment by the Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces.{{clear}}
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<center>There's only a handful of images of Chi-Ha 120 mm's, all being American and taken at the naval yard in Sasebo, Japan, October 1945.</center>
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<gallery mode="packed" widths="300" heights="200">
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File:Chi-Ha-120-Inspection.jpg|American Inspection
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File:Chi-ha-120-1.jpg|Stored Chi-Ha 12 cm's
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File:Chi-Ha-120-3.jpg|Inside picture of the breach, seen from the commander's port
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</gallery>
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== Media ==
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<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200px">
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Chi-Ha Short Gun (3).png|{{PAGENAME}} coming from the sea
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Chi-Ha Short Gun (1).png|{{PAGENAME}} engaging an enemy
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Chi-Ha Short Gun (6).png|{{PAGENAME}} back view
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</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
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* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
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;Related development
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* [[Chi-Ha Kai|Type 97 Chi-Ha]] <small>(base hull)</small>
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* [[Chi-Ha Kai|Type 97 Chi-Ha Kai]] <small>(base turret)</small>
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* [[Ho-I|Type 2 Ho-I]] <small>(reference role)</small>
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;Tanks of comparable role, configuration and era
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* [[M8 Scott]]
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== References ==
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<references />
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== External links ==
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* ''topic on the official game forum;''
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* ''other literature.''-->
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* [[wt:en/news/4394-development-chi-ha-short-gun-naval-caliber-en|[Development] Chi-Ha Short Gun: Naval Caliber]]
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{{Japan medium tanks}}
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{{Japan premium ground vehicles}}

Revision as of 00:51, 10 May 2020

Chi-Ha Short Gun
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Chi-Ha Short Gun
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This page is about the premium Japanese medium tank Chi-Ha Short Gun. For other uses, see Chi-Ha (Family).

Description

The Type 97 Chi-Ha Short Gun is a premium rank II Japanese medium tank with a battle rating of 2.0 (AB) and 1.7 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" with the initial Japanese tank tree.

The Chi-Ha Short Gun is a Naval refit of the Chi-Ha Kai with a Navy short gun (120 mm), it keeps the decent mobility from the Chi-Ha chassis but loses the turret rotation speed due the added weight of the gun.


General info

Chi-Ha Short Gun scanning the seaside

The Type 97 Chi-Ha is an upgraded version of the earlier Type 89 I-Go Ko. The engine has been upgraded, from the Mitsubishi A6120VD air-cooled straight-six diesel with 120 hp to a Mitsubishi SA12200VD air-cooled V12 diesel with 170 hp. As such, the top speed has increased from 27 km/h on the I-Go Ko to 40 km/h on the Chi-Ha.

The Chi-Ha Short Gun is a later iteration of the Chi-Ha with a modified turret coming from the Chi-Ha Kai. For firepower the Chi-Ha Short Gun has a Navy short gun (120 mm) that launches 13 kg HE shells.

Which was made to support navy infantry as a gun tank during the defense of the homeland.

Survivability and armour

Light, but effective against weaker guns (i.e. early French), weaker shells (low-calibre HE), and in long range engagements.

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour
Armour Front Sides Rear Roof
Hull 25 mm (11-31°) Front plate

15-17 mm (62-80°) Front glacis

15 mm (37-59°) Lower glacis

25 mm (25 / 40°) Top

25 mm Bottom

15 mm (69°) Top

20 mm (5-57°)

12 mm
Turret 25 mm (9-10°) Turret front

32-35 mm Gun mantlet

25 mm (9-10°) 25 mm 10 mm
Armour Sides Roof
Cupola 25 mm 10 mm
Notes:
  • Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick.

Mobility

Game Mode Max Speed (km/h) Weight (tons) Engine power (horsepower) Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Forward Reverse Stock Upgraded Stock Upgraded
Arcade 45 7 14.8 263 324 17.77 21.89
Realistic 40 6 150 170 10.14 11.49

Armaments

Main armament

Chi-Ha Short Gun firing
Main article: Navy short gun (120 mm)

The gun from the Chi-Ha Short Gun is naval short gun built to deal with submarines and close range naval combat, and that does translate over in-game as a gun with lackluster HE filler just enough to destroy light tanks and a very low muzzle velocity, which on the bright side can be used to shoot at vehicles over cover.

120 mm Navy short gun Turret rotation speed (°/s) Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode Capacity Vertical Horizontal Stabilizer Stock Upgraded Full Expert Aced Stock Full Expert Aced
Arcade 23 -8°/+15° ±180° N/A 5.7 7.9 9.6 10.6 11.3 13.0 11.5 10.6 10.0
Realistic 3.6 4.2 5.1 5.6 6.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
Short Ordinary HE HE 30 30 30 30 30 30
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Normalisation at 30°
from horizontal 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Short Ordinary HE HE 290 13.0 0.1 0.1 2,520 +0.0° 79° 80° 81°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the Chi-Ha Short Gun
Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
23 18 (+5) 0 (+23) No

Machine guns

Main article: Type 97 (7.7 mm)
7.7 mm Type 97
Mount Capacity
(Belt capacity) 		Rate of fire
(shots/minute) 		Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance
Hull 3,000 (20) 498 ±10° ±15°

Usage in battles

Chi-Ha Short Gun coming out behind a rock

Because the Chi-Ha Short Gun was designed for an infantry support role, its performance shows how tank combat wasn't put in mind for the vehicle. With each shell only having 2.5 kg of explosive, this isn't enough to destroy any vehicle the shell hits; it most likely will shock the crew, but nothing else.

Most light armored vehicles and tanks (<30 mm armor) will be able to be destroyed from either hull break or crew knock-out wherever you hit. But when you start opposing medium to heavy tanks, you should fallback for friendlies to deal with the target. It might be possible to hit the roof of the turret or hull on these vehicles, but it's a tricky shot and won't always deal a fatal blow on first hit.

Modules

Tier Mobility Protection Firepower
I Tracks Parts Horizontal Drive
II Suspension Brake System FPE Adjustment of Fire
III Filters Crew Replenishment Elevation Mechanism
IV Transmission Engine Artillery Support

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Familiar Chi-Ha chassis
  • Typically, if the round penetrates, it kills
  • Ten-second reload (Expert Crew) with a 120 mm cannon
  • Five crew members
  • 30 mm of penetration at any range and angle

Cons:

  • Only fires high explosive rounds
  • Poor turret traverse, just 5.1°/s
  • Large shell drop (shells only travel 290 m/s)
  • No roof-mounted anti-aircraft/infantry machine gun

History

Main article: History of the Type 97 Chi-Ha


The Short Barrel 120 mm Gun Tank was one variant produced late in the war for the Imperial Japanese Navy. They wanted a gun tank similar to the Type 2 Ho-I for close support, but with greater firepower. The standard 47 mm main tank gun was replaced with a short barrel naval 12 cm (120 mm) "anti-submarine" gun with a muzzle brake added. In addition, it had a small storage compartment added onto the back of the ShinHoTo Chi-Ha turret. Only "about a dozen" were produced for deployment by the Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces.


There's only a handful of images of Chi-Ha 120 mm's, all being American and taken at the naval yard in Sasebo, Japan, October 1945.

  • American Inspection

  • Stored Chi-Ha 12 cm's

  • Inside picture of the breach, seen from the commander's port

Media

  • Chi-Ha Short Gun coming from the sea

  • Chi-Ha Short Gun engaging an enemy

  • Chi-Ha Short Gun back view

See also

Related development
Tanks of comparable role, configuration and era

References


External links


Japan medium tanks
Type 97  Chi-Ha · Chi-Ha Kai · Chi-Ha Kai TD · Chi-Ha Short Gun
Type 1  Chi-He · Chi-He (5th Regiment) · Ho-I
Type 3  Chi-Nu · Chi-Nu II
Type 4  Chi-To · Chi-To Late
Type 5  Chi-Ri II
Type 61 MBT  ST-A1* · ST-A2* · ST-A3* · Type 61
Type 74 MBT  ST-B2* · Type 74 (C) · Type 74 (E) · Type 74 (F) · Type 74 (G)
Type 90 MBT  Type 90 · Type 90 (B) · Type 90B "Fuji"
Type 10 MBT  TKX (P)* · TKX* · Type 10
Other  Ka-Chi
USA  ▅M4A3 (76) W · ▅M47
  *Prototype

Japan premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  Ha-Go Commander · Type 16 (FPS)
Medium tanks  Chi-Ha Short Gun · Chi-He (5th Regiment) · Ka-Chi · Chi-Nu II · Type 74 (G) · Type 90B "Fuji"
Heavy tanks  Ro-Go · ▅Heavy Tank No.6
Tank destroyers  Ho-Ri Prototype · Type 75 MLRS

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