Variants Type_95_Ha-Go

the type 95 so-ki armored railroad car designed requirement of kwantung army patrolling , guarding remote narrow gauge railway lines. fitted retractable wheel arrangement underneath enable run on rails. between 121 , 138 units manufactured between 1935 , 1943, operated in both china , burma.


type 2 ka-mi amphibious tank



this first amphibious tank produced in japan, , intended use japanese special naval landing forces. chassis based on type 95 ha-go , main armament same, 37 mm tank gun. pontoons attached system of small clips release inside tank, engaged once landed ground combat operations. type 2 ka-mi first used in combat on guadalcanal in late 1942. later encountered united states marine corps in marshall islands , mariana islands, particularly on saipan. used during fighting on philippine island of leyte in late 1944. made in 1943–1944, 182 completed.


type 3 ke-ri proposal


this proposed model type 97 57 mm gun main armament. design never got past testing in 1943.


type 4 ke-nu light tank



type 4 ho-to spg type 38 12 cm howitzer



type 4 ke-nu conversion



the conversion replaced existing turret large turret of type 97 chi-ha, armed low-velocity 57 mm gun. conversion done in 1944, approximately 100 units completed.


type 4 ho-to prototype


the ho-to self-propelled gun on modified ha-go chassis. mounted type 38 12 cm howitzer in open casemate frontal , side armour. 1 prototype completed.


type 5 ho-ru prototype


the ho-ru light tank destroyer similar german hetzer, armed weaker 47 mm main gun (type 1 47 mm tank gun) in semi-enclosed casemate. type 5 ho-ru utilized chassis of type 95 ha-go, suspension enlarged 350 mm track link width. there 2 set rows of wheel guide pins, holding road wheel between them. sprocket of driving wheel grating type gear wheel guide pins on soviet t-34. development of type 5 ho-ru started in february 1945 1 prototype being completed before end of war.




^ history of war: type 95 ha-go light tank
^ cite error: named reference war department p. ix-183 invoked never defined (see page).
^ coox 1985, p. 433.
^ tomczyk 2002, p. 67.
^ taki’s imperial japanese army: type 95 crane vehicle ri-ki
^ zaloga (ii) 2008, p. 24.
^ taki’s imperial japanese army: type 95 armored railroad car so-ki
^ zaloga 2007, p. 23.
^ tomczyk 2003, pp. 29, 30.
^ tomczyk 2003, p. 30.
^ zaloga 2007, p. 17.
^ history of war: type 4 ke-nu
^ zaloga 2007, p. 20.
^ zaloga 2007, pp. 19, 20.
^ taki’s imperial japanese army: type 5 47mm sp gun ho-ru