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Armored Fighting Vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Source of the data is Wikipedia unless mentioned otherwise (some alterations of a few vehicles datewise).


Designation as of 1936.
< 10 tons = Light Tank/Tankette
10-20 tons = Light/Medium Tank
20-30 tons = Medium Tank
30-40 tons = Medium/Heavy Tank
40-80 tons = Heavy Tank
>80 tons = Super Heavy Tank

Armored Fighting Vehicles:
Type 86 Yi-Go (Chi-Ro) Medium Tank


Weight: 12.79 t
Length: 5.73 m
Width: 2.13 m
Height: 2.56 m
Crew: 4
Armor: 6 to 17 mm
Primary armament: 57 mm Type 85 gun; 100 rounds
Secondary armament: 2 x 6.5 mm Type 11 gun (hull, coaxial); 2,745 rounds
Engine: Mitsubishi A6120VD 6-cylinder air-cooled petrol diesel 120 hp
Suspension: leaf spring
Operational range: 170 km
Speed: 26 km/h

Type 86 I-Go Medium Tank

Introduced Year : 1926
Weight : 8.5 ton
Dimensions: 4.41 x 1.71 x 2.14(h) m
Armor (max) : 30 mm
Speed (max) : 20 km/hr
Engine : Gasoline Engine 60 PS/2000 rpm
Armaments : 6.5 mm MG x 1 or 37 mm Gun x 1
Crew : 2
Origin : France
(Data from http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/)

Type 88 Ha-Go Light Tank


Weight: 7,400 kg
Length: 4.38 m
Width: 2.06 m
Height: 2.18 m
Crew: 3
Armor: 6 - 12 mm
Primary armament: Type 88 37 mm gun
Secondary armament: Type 11 6.5 mm MG
Engine: Mitsubishi NVD 6120 air-cooled diesel 120 hp
Suspension: Bell crank
Operational range: 250 km
Speed: 45 km/h (road)

Type 90 Heavy Armored Car/Light Tank "Ju-Sokosha"

(aha! So that is where China's CI-32L came from)
Weight: 3.5 tons
Length: 3.95 m
Width: 1.63 m
Height: 1.856 m
Crew: 3
Armaments : One Type 90 13 mm, One Type 11 6.5 mm
Armor: 6mm
Speed: 25 mph
Engine: Ishikawajima air cooled 6cyl 45hp Gasoline
Data from http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ and http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/)

Type 90 Chi-Ha Medium Tank

Redesignated as Light/Medium tank as of 1936.
Weight: 15.8 tonnes
Length: 5.50 m
Width: 2.34 m
Height: 2.38 m
Crew: 4
Armor: 33 mm
Primary armament: 57 mm Type 85 gun
Secondary armament: two 7.7 mm Type 90 machine gun
Engine: V-12 21.7 l diesel Mitsubishi Type 90 170 hp
Power/weight: 11 hp/tonne
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 210 km
Speed: 38 km/h


Type 90 Chi-Ha II "Shinhoto"

Type: Light/Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
Service history
In service: 1937
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Production history
Produced: 1937-

Weight: 16 tons
Length: 552cm
Width: 234cm
Height: 238cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 10-45mm
Primary armament: 50 mm Type 94 gun (60 rounds)
Secondary armament: 2×7.7 mm Type 90 machine guns (2000 rounds)
Engine: V-12 22 l diesel Mitsubishi Type 95 230 hp
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 240km
Speed: 42 km/h


Type 100 Medium Tank Chi-He

An improved version of the Type 90 Chi-Ha light/medium tanks.

Type: Light/Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1940
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 15.2 tons
Length: 573cm
Width: 233cm
Height: 238cm
Crew: 5

Armor: 8-50mm
Primary armament: 50 mm Type 94 gun
Secondary armament: 2×7.7 mm Type 90 machine guns
Engine: Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled diesel Engine 240 HP/2000 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 210km
Speed: 44 km/h


Type 100 Ta-Ha Self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun

Self-propelled AAA version of the Type 100 Medium Tank armed with two 40mm AA guns. Only 1 prototype built.

Type 94 Tankette "TK"

Weight: 3.4 tonnes
Length: 3.0 m
Width: 1.6 m
Height: 1.6 m
Crew: 2 (commander, driver)
Armor: 12 mm
Primary armament: 6.5 mm Type 11 machine gun.
Secondary armament: none
Engine: Mitsubishi air-cooled 4-cyl. petrol 32 hp
Power/weight: 9 hp/tonne
Suspension: 2-wheel bogie
Operational range: 200 km
Speed: 40 km/h

Type 95 Ke-ni

Weight: 17 t
Length: 5.5 m
Width: 2.2 m
Height: 2.38 m
Crew: 3
Armor 6-16 mm
Primary armament: 37 mm Type 95 gun
Secondary armament: 1 x 7.7 mm Type 90 gun (hull)
Engine: Mitsubishi Type 950 air-cooled V-12 diesel 130 hp
Operational range: 300
Speed: 50 km/h
(Speed data from http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/)

Type 95 Veles

Weight: 14 tonnes
Length: 4,90 m
Width: 2.47 m
Height: 2.16 m
Crew: 4
Armor: 15-35 mm
Armament: Type 95 25mm autocannon, one 7.7mm Type 90 MG
Engine: GWM STD-300, 300Hp V-6 Diesel
Power/weight: 21 hp/tonne
Suspension: leaf-spring double-bogie mounted on two axles.
Operational range: 220 km
Speed: 60 km/h

Type 95 Legionaire

Weight: 24tons
Length: 6.21m
Width: 2.34m
Height: 2.58m
Crew: 4
Armor: 15-50mm
Armament: 75mm L26 Cannon, 3x 7.7mm Type 90 MG
Engine: 1x GWM STD-380, 380 Hp V-8 Diesel
Suspension: Horstmann suspension
Operational range: 200 km
Speed: 42km/h

Legionaire Troop Shredder variant.

KHI Type 96 Sumire
Versions: Type 96, Type 96B, Type 96-I.

Type: Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
Service history
In service: 1936
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army (Type 96, Type 96B), Iberian Army (Type 96-I).


Production history
Designer: Kanzaki Juukougyou (Kanzaki Heavy Industries)
Designed: 1934-36
Produced: 1936-

Weight: 27 tons
Length: 670cm
Width: 305cm
Height: 244cm
Crew: 4

Armor:
-- Hull: 20-47mm (nose, sloped plate (@ 60 deg), sides and rear 45-47mm, top an bottom 20mm.
-- Turret: 16-46mm (front, sides and rear 45mm, top 16mm)
Primary armament: 75 mm Type 90 gun (75 rounds)
Secondary armament: 3×7.7 mm Type 90 machine guns (3000 rounds)
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel model V-12; 525 hp
Suspension: Christie
Operational range: 300km
Speed: 50 km/h

Type 96B
Weight: 32 tons
Length: 670cm
Width: 305cm
Height: 244cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 20-90mm
Primary armament: 75 mm Type 90 gun (100 rounds)
Secondary armament: 3×7.7 mm Type 90 machine guns (3000 rounds)
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel model V-12; 525 hp
Operational range: 360km
Speed: 47 km/h

Latest design of a medium tank by Kanzaki Heavy Industries. In the eyes of the Imperial Army, the superiority of the type 96 medium tank rendered the Type 96 heavy tank instantly obsolete.

Rather than going for a completely new main gun, the decision was made to follow the advice of Kanzaki Shigeki's daughter Sumire (*) and use the existing and reliable 75mm/50 cal Type 90 gun used on some 200 Japanese warships, field artillery and anti-aircraft artillery.

Iberia has shown interest in the tank and after a meeting with members of the Iberian Army, the decision was made to send gunless Type-96 tanks to Iberia where they would be fitted out with the Danish 75 mm/30 cal VT-6 gun, which would mean that the tank would be using exactly the same gun as the Danish 'Eghjort' Assault Gun that the Iberians are using.


(*) The advice being "Why waste time, money, manpower and brainpower on a gun when an excellent gun of that caliber already exists? Also things would be much simpler if just one type of gun of a particular caliber was produced instead of numerous different ones of the same caliber."



KHI Type 96 tank of the Imperial Japanese Army, armed with the 75mm/50 cal Type 90 gun.


KHI Type 96-I tank of the Iberian Army, armed with the Danish 75 mm/30 cal VT-6 gun.


KHI Type 96-S of the Persian Army, armed with the Skoda 76,5mm vz.30 gun.



Type 96 variants

Self Propelled Gun



Assault Gun



Type 96 tank with "No-Go" System.


"No-Go" Device.

KHI Type 97 tank

Type: Light/Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
Service history
In service: 1937
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.


Production history
Designer: Kanzaki Juukougyou (Kanzaki Heavy Industries)
Designed: 1934-37
Produced: 1937-

Weight: 16 tons
Length (hull): 540cm
Width: 265cm
Height: 224cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 10-65mm
Primary armament: 50 mm Type 94 gun (80 rounds)
Secondary armament: 3×7.7 mm Type 90 machine guns (2000 rounds)
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel model V-12; 325 hp
Suspension: Christie
Operational range: 200km
Speed: 45 km/h

Type 100 Light Tank "Ke-To"


Type: Light tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1940
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 6.2 tons
Length: 410cm
Width: 212cm
Height: 182cm
Crew: 3

Armor: 6-16mm
Primary armament: 40 mm Type 100 gun
Secondary armament: 1×7.7 mm Type 90 machine gun
Engine: Mitsubishi Type 100 air-cooled diesel engine 130 HP/2100 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 186km
Speed: 50 km/h

Type 2 Light/Medium Tank Chi-Nu


Type: Light/Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1942
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 18.8 tons
Length: 573cm
Width: 233cm
Height: 261cm
Crew: 5

Armor: 12-50mm
Primary armament: 75 mm Type 90 gun
Secondary armament: 1×7.7 mm Type 3 machine gun
Engine: Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled diesel Engine 240 HP/2000 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 210km
Speed: 39 km/h

Type 2 Light/Medium Tank Chi-To


Type: Light/Medium tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1942
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 24 tons
Length: 642cm
Width: 287cm
Height: 287cm
Crew: 5

Armor: 12-75mm
Primary armament: 75 mm Type 2 gun
Secondary armament: 2×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns
Engine: Mitsubishi AL Type 1 air-cooled V12 diesel engine with supercharger 400 HP/1800 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 250km
Speed: 45 km/h

Type 2 Light Tank Ke-Nu


Type: Light tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1942
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 8.4 tons
Length: 430cm
Width: 207cm
Height: 220cm
Crew: 3

Armor: 6-25mm
Primary armament: 50 mm Type 94 gun
Secondary armament: 2×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns
Engine: Mitsubishi A6120VDe air-cooled inline 6-cylinder diesel 120 HP/1800 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 240km
Speed: 40 km/h

Type 2 Heavy Tank


Type: Heavy tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1943
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 45 tons
Length: 850cm
Width: 312cm
Height: 294cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 25-125mm
Primary armament: 90mm Type 3 gun, 59 rounds
Secondary armament: 3×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns, 2520 rounds
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel, 650 hp
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 200km
Speed: 39 km/h


Type 2B Heavy Tank

Type: Heavy tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1944
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 46 tons
Length: 960cm
Width: 312cm
Height: 294cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 30-160mm
Primary armament: 105mm Type 3 gun, 40 rounds
Secondary armament: 1x13.2 mm Type 3 machine gun, 900 rounds, 2×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns, 2300 rounds
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel, 650 hp
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 220km
Speed: 38 km/h



Type 2C Heavy Tank

Type: Heavy tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1946
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 46.5 tons
Length: 960cm
Width: 320cm
Height: 294cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 20-220mm
Primary armament: 105mm Type 3 gun, 40 rounds
Secondary armament: 1x13.2 mm Type 3 machine gun, 900 rounds, 2×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns, 2300 rounds
Engine: KHI 12-cyl. diesel, 650 hp
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 210km
Speed: 37 km/h

Type 3 Medium/Heavy Tank Chi-Ri

Prototype only.

Type: Medium/Heavy tank
Place of origin: Japan

Weight: 37 tons
Length: 730cm
Width: 305cm
Height: 305cm
Crew: 5

Armor: 25-75mm
Primary armament: 75 mm Type 90 gun
Secondary armament: 1x40 mm Type 100 gun, 2×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns
Engine: Water-cooled Kawasaki Type 98 gasoline engine 550 HP/1500 rpm
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: 250km
Speed: 45 km/h

Type 3 Light Tank Ke-Ho


Type: Light tank
Place of origin: Japan
In service: 1943
Used by: Imperial Japanese Army.

Weight: 10 tons
Length: 438cm
Width: 223cm
Height: 223cm
Crew: 4

Armor: 8-20mm
Primary armament: 50 mm Type 94 gun
Secondary armament: 1×7.7 mm Type 3 machine guns
Engine: straight six-cylinders supercharged air cooled diesel, 150 HP
Suspension: bell-crank
Operational range: ?
Speed: 50 km/h