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The '''{{specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{specs|rank}} Japanese tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced along with the entire Japanese Ground Forces tree in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]]
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The '''{{specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{specs|rank}} Japanese tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced along with the entire Japanese Ground Forces tree in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]].
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Similar in appearance to the Ho-Ro before it, it changes out the 150mm artillery cannon for a more traditional high-velocity gun, being one of the most powerful ones at its tier. However, with no turret and very bad armor protection, it demands caution and patience, in exchange for being able to smash through even the heaviest tanks it faces.
  
 
'''Mobility''':
 
'''Mobility''':
  
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The Ho-Ni I is based off tha Chi-Ha chassis, which Japanese ground forces will be familiar with since it is featured on other japanese early tanks: [[Chi-Ha]],[[Chi-Ha Kai]],[[Ho-Ro]] and [[Ho-Ni III]]. Since this chassis is well known, let's describe what's new: the gun mount.  
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The Ho-Ni I is based off the Chi-Ha chassis, which Japanese ground forces will be familiar with since it is featured on other Japanese early tanks: [[Chi-Ha]],[[Chi-Ha Kai]], [[Ho-Ro]] and [[Ho-Ni III]].
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Thus, it has a fairly good level of mobility, reaching a peak speed of 36 km/h on flat grass in Realistic, with a theoretical maximum of 40km/h. It also has a quite good traverse rate, both on the hull and the gun, performing a full 360 degree rotation from a stop in about 16 seconds.  
  
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'''Firepower''':
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'''Firepower''':  
  
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In War Thunder, Japanese ground forces have some kind of a "tradition" to mount their next turreted tank's gun on an older chassis: The [[Type 90 (75 mm)|Type 90]] is found on the later [[Chi-Nu|Chi-Nu]] tank in a turreted format. Same thing goes with the [[Na-To|Na-To]] and its [[Type 5 (75 mm)|Type 5]] later mounted on the following turreted tanks:[[Chi-To|Chi-To]][[Chi-To Late|Late]] and [[Chi-Ri_II|Chi-Ri II]](with a bonus 2-shot *autoloader*). That way, one can experiment with the amazing firepower of a decent BR 3.3 gun at BR 2.0 !
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Packing a high-velocity 75mm Type 90 Cannon, the Ho-Ni I has a serious amount of firepower at BR 2.0. 
  
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Plus, for a 75 mm gun, the Type 90 gun's HE shells have 11 mm of penetration, which is more than other guns of the same caliber such as the one equipped on a [[Panther D|Panther D]] (10 mm) or a [[M4A2 (76) W|M4A2 (76) ''Sherman'']] (7 mm) . This increased HE cabability is not to be ignored at such a low BR.
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Its Type 1 APHE shell has up to 100mm of armor penetration, which is the second best of tank destroyers at its tier, only beaten by the Soviet ZiS-30, and being very closely followed by the American M3 GMC.
  
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It fires smoke shells.
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However, a cannon this big does come with two drawbacks; being that it has a fairly long reload time of 7.8 seconds, and no turret, meaning it can only aim in an arc in front of you.  Thus, it is important that you make sure your shot lands, and that you are well aware of your surroundings, so that you do not end up wasting precious time turning your entire hull towards an enemy. 
  
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Only one flaw tatters this SPG's perfection: it has no machine gun to take out light targets and it's reload rate is quite long for this low BR (target roof armour of light vehicles).
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The Ho-Ni I does also not feature any machine guns, which leaves it unable to fight back against enemy aircraft or uncovered vehicles.  
  
 
'''Armour''':
 
'''Armour''':
  
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There is many downsides to this configuration: the Ho-Ni I comes in as an open-topped SPG with only 3 crew members, with 2 of them in the superstructure, exposed to any strafing plane or back MG fire. All sorts of nasty things can rain fast on the Ho-Ni I. (For only 0.3 more BR, the [[Ho-Ni III]] is completely closed and has a crew count of 5.) From the front, beware HMGs at close ranges since 25 mm of almost flat armour is not enough to protect the crew. There is also no gun mantlet so that even a lucky MG bullet can hit either commander of gunner. Little consolation: there is extra 25 mm plates around the gun's hole, protecting most of the commander's and gunner's body with a cumulative 50 mm of armour ! At this BR, this is enough to block incoming shots from 500+ m.
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The Ho-Ni I's excellent firepower and good mobility is balanced out by its very poor armor protection. The front of the hull is covered in unsloped 25mm plates, which is only sufficient to protect the tank from machinegun rounds.
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In addition, the gun compartment of the tank is uncovered, leaving the gunner and commander extremely vulnerable to artillery, machine guns, and aircraft attack. As the tank only has three crew members, the death of two of them will leave the vehicle unoperable. Be sure to immediately retreat away from any artillery, preferably with your front facing the area being attacked, in order to protect the crew.  
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It is also important to try not to arouse the attention of enemy aircraft, as the open design means that any fighter plane can easily kill you in a single strafe. With no machine gun, it does not have any means of fighting back against them either, so stay in the shadows!  
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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'''Armour type:'''
 
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* Rolled homogeneous armour
 
* Rolled homogeneous armour
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'''Notes:'''
 
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* Suspension wheels and tracks are both 15 mm thick
 
* Suspension wheels and tracks are both 15 mm thick
 
* Belly armour is 8.5 mm thick.
 
* Belly armour is 8.5 mm thick.
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* 75 mm cannon is great, reloads fast and causes massive damages upon penetration.
 
* 75 mm cannon is great, reloads fast and causes massive damages upon penetration.
 
* Very low BR, has a good chance of being matched with lower BR tanks.
 
* Very low BR, has a good chance of being matched with lower BR tanks.
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* Powerfull HE shell (11 mm of penetration)
 
* Powerfull HE shell (11 mm of penetration)
 
* Has smoke shells
 
* Has smoke shells
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* Tall profile.
 
* Tall profile.
 
* Overall armour is thin.
 
* Overall armour is thin.
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== Read also ==
 
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* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 
* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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''ETC.''
 
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{{Japan tank destroyers}}
 
{{Japan tank destroyers}}

Revision as of 00:40, 29 March 2019

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Ho-Ni I
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Ho-Ni I
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II Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
2.0 2.0 2.0
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Description

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The Type 1 Ho-Ni I is a Rank II Japanese tank destroyer with a battle rating of 2.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced along with the entire Japanese Ground Forces tree in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai".

Similar in appearance to the Ho-Ro before it, it changes out the 150mm artillery cannon for a more traditional high-velocity gun, being one of the most powerful ones at its tier. However, with no turret and very bad armor protection, it demands caution and patience, in exchange for being able to smash through even the heaviest tanks it faces.

Mobility:

The Ho-Ni I is based off the Chi-Ha chassis, which Japanese ground forces will be familiar with since it is featured on other Japanese early tanks: Chi-Ha,Chi-Ha Kai, Ho-Ro and Ho-Ni III.

Thus, it has a fairly good level of mobility, reaching a peak speed of 36 km/h on flat grass in Realistic, with a theoretical maximum of 40km/h. It also has a quite good traverse rate, both on the hull and the gun, performing a full 360 degree rotation from a stop in about 16 seconds.

Firepower:

Packing a high-velocity 75mm Type 90 Cannon, the Ho-Ni I has a serious amount of firepower at BR 2.0.

Its Type 1 APHE shell has up to 100mm of armor penetration, which is the second best of tank destroyers at its tier, only beaten by the Soviet ZiS-30, and being very closely followed by the American M3 GMC.

However, a cannon this big does come with two drawbacks; being that it has a fairly long reload time of 7.8 seconds, and no turret, meaning it can only aim in an arc in front of you. Thus, it is important that you make sure your shot lands, and that you are well aware of your surroundings, so that you do not end up wasting precious time turning your entire hull towards an enemy.

The Ho-Ni I does also not feature any machine guns, which leaves it unable to fight back against enemy aircraft or uncovered vehicles.

Armour:

The Ho-Ni I's excellent firepower and good mobility is balanced out by its very poor armor protection. The front of the hull is covered in unsloped 25mm plates, which is only sufficient to protect the tank from machinegun rounds.

In addition, the gun compartment of the tank is uncovered, leaving the gunner and commander extremely vulnerable to artillery, machine guns, and aircraft attack. As the tank only has three crew members, the death of two of them will leave the vehicle unoperable. Be sure to immediately retreat away from any artillery, preferably with your front facing the area being attacked, in order to protect the crew.

It is also important to try not to arouse the attention of enemy aircraft, as the open design means that any fighter plane can easily kill you in a single strafe. With no machine gun, it does not have any means of fighting back against them either, so stay in the shadows!

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour
Armour Front Sides Rear Roof
Hull 25 mm (12-32°) Front plate
15 mm (63°), 17 mm (81°) Front glacis
15 mm (37-59°) Lower glacis 		25 mm (40°) Top left
25 mm (24-27°) Top right
20 mm Bottom 		17 mm (69°) Top
20 mm (4-72°) Bottom 		12 mm
Superstructure 25 mm (14-15°) 25 mm (0-11°) N/A 10 mm

Notes:

  • Suspension wheels and tracks are both 15 mm thick
  • Belly armour is 8.5 mm thick.
  • Roof superstructure armour will not protect crew from strafe fire.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons) Add-on Armor
weight (tons) 		Max speed (km/h)
14.8 N/A 44 (AB)
40 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 243 324
Realistic/Simulator 150 170
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 16.42 21.89
Realistic/Simulator 10.13 11.49

Armaments

Main armament

Main article: Type 90 (75 mm)
75 mm Type 90
Capacity Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance 		Stabilizer
40 -10°/+20° ±10° N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode Stock Upgraded Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade 9.5 13.2 16.0 28.3 __.__
Realistic 9.5 11.2 13.6 15.0 __.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
7.8 6.9 6.4 __.__
Ammunition
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration in mm @ 90°
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
Type 1 APHE APHE 97 93 83 71 61 51
Type 94 HE HE 11 11 11 11 11 11
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
in m/s 		Projectile
Mass in kg 		Fuse delay

in m:

Fuse sensitivity

in mm:

Explosive Mass in g
(TNT equivalent): 		Normalization At 30°
from horizontal: 		Ricochet:
0% 50% 100%
Type 1 APHE APHE 668 6.6 1.3 15 67.84 -1° 47° 60° 65°
Type 94 HE HE 522 6.0 0.1 0.1 810 +0° 79° 80° 81°
Smoke characteristic
Ammunition Velocity
in m/s 		Projectile
Mass in kg 		Screen radius
in m 		Screen time
in s 		Screen hold time
in s: 		Explosive Mass in g
(TNT equivalent):
Type 90 Smoke 570 5.7 13 5 20 100
Ammo racks
Ammo racks of the Ho-Ni I.
Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
40 37 (+3) 24 (+16) 1 (+39) no

Usage in the battles

The Ho-Ni I should be played like most open crew compartment, fixed gun tank destroyers, fighting from a distance from the front-lines and delivering support fire. The thin armour means the Ho-Ni I will not survive a direct confrontation with any enemy tank and will require the vehicle to obtain the fighting advantage of being able to target the enemy first to ensure any chance of victory. The Ho-Ni I should also be wary of enemy aerial attacks as the open compartment and three-man crew means that an accurate strafing fire could potentially knock out the entire crew.

At its battle rating, the worst the Ho-Ni I could face are the German Pz.IV E and British Cromwell V and Matilda Mk II. The two medium tanks have sufficient armour to withstand the 75 mm gun while the Matilda II requires precise shot in order to destroy it frontally. All of these tanks have guns able to shred the Ho-Ni I apart if they could get a bead on the it.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • 75 mm cannon is great, reloads fast and causes massive damages upon penetration.
  • Very low BR, has a good chance of being matched with lower BR tanks.
  • While at the same time will be able to match enemies on and above it's BR rather equally.
  • Mobility is decent due to being built on a Chi-Ha chassis.
  • Gun is able to effectively penetrate all tanks frontally from BR 1.0 to 3.0.
  • Similar play style as the German Marder with better gun depression.
  • Good gun traverse speed
  • Powerfull HE shell (11 mm of penetration)
  • Has smoke shells

Cons:

  • Tall profile.
  • Overall armour is thin.
  • Poor cross country performance due to narrow tracks.
  • Exposed crew space makes it vulnerable to air attacks.
  • Reverse speed is abysmal.
  • Only two types of shell.
  • Only 3 crew member.
  • Rather small traverse angle

History

The creation of their own independent armoured division had Japan also envision an enlargement of their artillery forces. They decided to build a series of assault guns based off the Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis. One of the first of these design was the Ho-Ni I which had the Type 97 chassis fitted with a 75 mm Type 90 field gun.[1]

Media

An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

References

  1. ↑ Zaloga Steven. Japanese Tanks 1939-1945 Great Britain: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2007

Read also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,

  • reference to the series of the vehicles;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

ETC.

Sources

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • other literature.


Japan tank destroyers
Ro-Go Derivatives  Ro-Go Exp.
Chi-Ha Derivatives  Ho-Ni I · Ho-Ni III · Ho-Ro · Chi-Ha LG
Ho-Ri  Ho-Ri Prototype · Ho-Ri Production
Other  Na-To
JGSDF 
SPRG  Type 60 (C)
SPH  Type 75 · Type 99
ATGM  Type 60 ATM
Rocket  Type 75 MLRS
USA  ▅M36

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