Ro-Go

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Ro-Go

Ro-Go

Japan

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.3	1.3	1.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Heavy tank

Purchase:1 370

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Description

The Type 95 Ro-Go (九五式重戦車「ロ号」) was a Japanese heavy tank design that joined the trend of multi-turret tank designs such as the T-28, T-35, and the Independent. While it was the second Japanese tank that was adopted for service after the Type 89 I-Go, its combat trials in Manchuria proved that the production, cost, weight, and mobility were problems and resulted in not seeing mass production.

The Ro-Go was introduced in Update 1.67 "Assault". It plays very closely to the I-Go, lacking any real armour, offering a low-velocity main cannon that does have a potentially strong HEAT shell and lacklustre mobility. The additional benefits however include an additional 37 mm in a secondary turret, a rear machine gun operated by an independent crew member that helps survivability, and overall more crew members in total.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull35 / 30 / 25

Turret30 / 25 / 25

Crew6 people

Visibility115 %

The Ro-Go is an excellently protected vehicle for 1.3. Featuring armour thick enough to stop 12.7 mm machine-gun fire from all angles (except the roof), and even anti-tank guns if angled properly. The placement of modules deep down inside the hull, where most 1.3 players would never think of shooting, makes the chance that the ammo, engine, transmission and fuel tanks get hit rather low. Even the crew inside the tank are pretty well protected by the tank's armour, and if everything fails you still have the lone machine gunner in the back turret, which means that a lot of the time you will be able to make a partial recovery from getting shredded to pieces by the waves of Pz.IIs and M2A4s.

Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	35 mm Front plates 25 mm (61°) Front glacis 25 mm (68°) Lower glacis	30 mm (0-56°) Top 30 + 6 mm Bottom	13 mm Top 25 mm (0-32°) Bottom	13 mm
Main Turret	30 mm (8-78°) Turret front 30 mm Gun mantlet	25 mm (8-10°) 15 mm (2-34°)	25 mm (8°) Machine gun port	8 mm
Secondary Turret #1	30 mm (0-1°) Turret front 30 mm Gun mantlet	25 mm	25 mm	8 mm
Secondary Turret #2	14-15 mm (0-3°)	25 mm	25 mm	13 mm
Cupola	25 mm	25 mm	25 mm	8-13 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick. Suspension bogies are 10 mm thick.

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB25 / 7 km/h

RB and SB23 / 7 km/h

Number of gears5 forward

1 back

Weight25.5 t

Engine power

AB553 hp

RB and SB290 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB21.7 hp/t

RB and SB11.4 hp/t

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	25	7	25.5	374	553	14.67	21.69
Realistic	23	7		256	290	10.04	11.37

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB3 307

RB423

SB725

Crew training1 400

Experts9 000

Aces75

Research Aces270 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 30 / 30 / 40 %

2 × 106 / 106 / 106 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Suspension Brake System Filters Transmission Engine	Improved Parts Improved FPE Crew Replenishment	Horizontal Drive Adjustment of Fire Elevation Mechanism

Armaments

Main armament

70 mm Type 94 cannon

Ammunition100 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

5.2 → 4.0 s

Vertical guidance-10° / 22°

70 mm Type 94					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	100	-10°/+22°	±180°	N/A	12.3	17.0	20.7	22.9	24.3	5.20	4.60	4.24	4.00
Realistic					9.0	10.6	12.9	14.3	15.2

Ammunition

The only real choice is the Type 3 HEAT: it has the penetrating power to defeat any armour at this BR, and it can also inflict overpressure damage to lightly-armoured and open-topped vehicles. On the flip side, it has the lowest velocity of all the available shells and it's advised to learn to get accommodated to this round nonetheless.

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
Type 95 APHE	APHE	21	20	18	16	14	13
Type 92 HE	HE	9	9	9	9	9	9
Type 3 HEAT	HEAT	80	80	80	80	80	80

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Type 95 APHE	APHE	300	4.45	1.2	14	170	47°	60°	65°
Type 92 HE	HE	348	3.81	0	0.1	590	79°	80°	81°
Type 3 HEAT	HEAT	200	3.35	0.05	0.1	601.6	62°	69°	73°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the Ro-Go

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
100	98 (+2)	95 (+5)	70 (+30)	45 (+55)	20 (+80)	1 (+99)	Yes

Notes:

• Racks disappear after you've fired all shells in the rack.
• The visual discrepancy concerns the 4 side racks: 4 rows of 11 shells are modeled but the first 3 rows contain 25 shells each and the last one 19 shells.
• Turret empty: 95 (+5) shells.
• Side rack empty above trackline: 45 (+55) shells.

Additional armament

37 mm Type 94 cannon

Ammunition150 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

3.7 → 2.9 s

Vertical guidance-8° / 20°

Horizontal guidance-110° / 100°

37 mm Type 94					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	150	-8°/+20°	-110°/+100°	N/A	12.3	17.0	20.7	22.9	24.3	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.9
Realistic					9.0	10.6	12.9	14.3	15.2

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
Type 94 APHE	APHE	34	33	27	22	17	14

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Type 94 APHE	APHE	575	0.7	1.2	9	11	47°	60°	65°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the Ro-Go

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
150	146 (+4)	141 (+9)	116 (+34)	91 (+59)	46 (+104)	1 (+149)	Yes

Notes:

• Racks disappear after you've fired all shells in the rack.
• The visual discrepancy concerns side racks and floor racks: the four racks are modeled as 60 shells each but both side racks contain 25 shells each while both floor racks contain 45 shells each.
• Turret empty: 141 (+9) shells.
• Left flank empty: 91 (+59) shells.

Machine guns

7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun

Ammunition1 960 rounds

Belt capacity20 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

3.9 → 3.0 s

Fire rate499 shots/min

7.7 mm Type 97
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Rear	1,960 (20)	499	-8°/+20°	±110°

Usage in battles

The Type 95 Ro-Go, like most landships, is the perfect vehicle to lead an assault. It can take a beating due its relatively thick armour and with the crew placement it shouldn't be an easy task to simply knock it out with a single shell. The tricky part about the Ro-Go is the difference between shell velocities of the two cannons, the 70 mm has an abysmal muzzle velocity and quick drop off rate with 300 m/s on the Type 95 APHE and a mere 200 m/s on the Type 3 HEAT while the secondary cannon, a 37 mm Type 94, found on the Type 95 Ha-Go has 575 m/s. As last armament to mention the Ro-Go has a MG turret in the back of the tank, which in-game won't really see much use and can be seen as a safe spot for the last crew member, but in-case a light armoured truck tries to flank the Ro-Go and no-one is covering the back, as last resort the MG could prove handy.

As noted in ammunition, the only real choice is the Type 3 HEAT round, as it has the highest filler and penetration force of all available rounds at the cost of muzzle velocity. Though this can be used in an advantage as enemies behind cover are never safe when an experienced Ro-Go tanker is around, and lobs shells over cover with ease.

The 37 mm Type 94 can be used to either be used to shoot beyond the regular range of the 70 mm, or bait out shots in close range so the enemies pop out of cover and make quick work of them with the main 70 mm cannon.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Main gun with 70 mm HEAT and the secondary with 37 mm APHE are a deadly combination
• 70 mm's HEAT velocity of 200 m/s (one of the slowest in the game) means that it can shoot enemies behind cover
• Great gun depression and good elevation
• Six crew vehicle
• The secondary frontal turret can act as a shield to absorb some hits
• Has armour relatively thick enough to stop heavy machine gun fire
• Good manoeuvrability for a heavy tank
• 70 mm HEAT shells excel in both penetration and damage
• Modules are very well hidden in the vehicle

Cons:

• Slow turret traverse makes the Ro-Go easy to flank
• Features only a single machine gun in a rear turret
• Two massively different trajectories for the main guns
• Back turret ammo runs out very quickly
• Very slow
• Penetration with standard APHE for both guns is lacking
• Low velocity HEAT shell can be difficult to aim
• Easy to ammorack
• Highly susceptible to large-calibre chemical shells

History

After World War I, the Imperial Japanese Army experimented with some possibility of multi-turreted tanks design based French Renault FT light tank. The development of the Type 95 Ro-Go heavy tank is based on the older version of the tank, the Type 91 heavy tank, which featured only a single 57 mm gun and two turrets, which both armed with a 6.5 mm machine guns. The tank had a maximum armour plate thickness of 17 mm. Although the design was not successful and soon cancelled, this project became the stepping stone to the Type 95 Ro-Go tank.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Ro-Go from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

Multi-turreted Tanks discusses the Ro-Go at 2:04 - War Thunder Official Channel

See also

Related Development

• Ro-Go Exp.

Other vehicles of similar configuration and role

• Nb.Fz.
• Independent
• T-28
• T-35
• B1 bis

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

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

Osaka Artillery Arsenal (大阪砲兵工廠)
Heavy Tank	Ro-Go

Japan heavy tanks
Type 95	Ro-Go
Germany	▅Heavy Tank No.6

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 90 (B) "Fuji"
Heavy tanks	Ro-Go · ▅Heavy Tank No.6
Tank destroyers	Ho-Ri Prototype · Type 75 MLRS