Chi-Ha Short Gun

Chi-Ha Short Gun

Chi-Ha Short Gun

Japan

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.0	1.7	1.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Medium tank

Purchase:1 000

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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). This medium tank was introduced in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" with the initial Japanese tank tree.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

• 1 x 120 mm Naval short gun (23 rounds)

- Muzzle Velocity: 290 m/s (951.4 ft/sec) - Reload (Expert Crew): 10 seconds

Additional armament

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Machine guns

Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.

Usage in battles

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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, which in itself, is not formidable
• Can only carry a maximum of 23 shells

History

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Media

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See also

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External links

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