Ho-155 (30 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Ki-83
• Ki-84 hei
• Ki-87
• Ki-94-II
• Ki-200

General info

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Available ammunition

Only the practice shells offer any kind of penetration of 20 mm up to 500 m, but they lack the post-penetration damage to be used for ground attack. It is best advised to use a full tracer belt as the HEF-T offers the most explosive mass and is a single shell-type belt.

When flying on a newer-type air map, AI ground targets that have detailed vehicle models have reduced armour and can be killed with HE, allowing the pilot to take the full HEF-T belt without wasting any precious ammo count on Practice shells.

• Default: P · HEF · HEF-I · HEF-T
• Universal: HEF-T · HEF-I · HEF · PT · HEF · HEF
• Ground targets: PT · PT · HEF-T
• Tracers: HEF-T
• Stealth: HEF · HEF · HEF · P

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
HEF-I	3	3	3	3	3	3
HEF	3	3	3	3	3	3

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
						0%	50%	100%
HEF-I	700	0.24	0.2	0.3	27.5	79°	80°	81°
HEF	700	0.24	0.2	0.8	47.19	79°	80°	81°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Tracers belt is made of HEF-T rounds only (with 59 g TNTeq)

Cons:

History

By early 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service recognized that their newly introduced Ki-43 fighter aircraft lacked the firepower needed to engage enemy aircraft with only two Ho-103 (12.7 mm) machine guns to use. Nakajima's replacement design, the Ki-84 ko increased the firepower by supplementing the Ho-103 with 2 Ho-5 (20 mm) cannons. However, the same year, the Third Army Aerotechnical Laboratory at Tachikawa, under the leadership of Chuo Kogyo K. K., developed a 25x155 mm variant of the Ho-5 to replace it. Designated the Ho-51, this gun was intended to fit in the same mounts of the Ho-5 it was intended to replace, but in early 1943, the decision was made to scale the design up to fire a 30x115 mm shell that held 2.25 times the explosive power of a Ho-5 shell. Unusually for a recoil-operation design, the Ho-155 prototype had both the "ice cream cone" muzzle break of the Ho-5 and a forward extension to support the heavier barrel, while still keeping the same receiver as the Ho-51. However, the weight and reliability issues from the recycled receiver made it a undesirable replacement for the Ho-5, so the Nagoya Army Arsenal went to work making the gun a feasible replacement. From 1943-1944, Nagoya made the Ho-155-I prototype which could successfully handle the 30 mm cartridge but was once again too large for aircraft. By 1945, they had their second prototype, the Ho-155-II which was capable of fitting into the wing bays of the Ki-84 and was tested. The Ho-155 was also planned for the Ki-102 otsu and the Ki-201 fighter jet, the latter of which never left the drawing board. Whether the Ho-155 ever saw service is unknown, but it is unlikely given the state of Japanese industry thanks to the Allies' strategic bombing campaign.

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See also

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