Type 1 Chi-He medium tank
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The Type 1 medium tank Chi-He was an improved version of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It had a more powerful main gun, engine and thicker armor. It wa
Type 1 Chi-He
Type 1 Chi-He
Type 1 Chi-He on left and Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha on right
Type 1 Chi-He rear view
The Imperial Japanese Army initially purchased foreign tanks for evaluation during World War I, and began developing its own indigenous designs during the late 1920s.
Type 1 Chi-He medium tank
…with a 75 mm gun in an open casemate with light frontal armour only. The open casemate was in the same shape as the one used on the Type 1 Ho-Ni I. Japanese tanks of World War II German Panzer III…
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