Rare photo of a Type 1 Ho-Ha converted for civilian use postwar
Damn shame not a single one survived for a museum, or the Ho-Ki either for that matter
It looks like the projectiles used by 12cm Short Gun were interchangeable with other 12cm guns. The anti-submarine round could be useful for Chi-Ha 12cm Short Gun if the HE filler indeed was higher. Unfortunately it’s not described in Allied sources.
Edit: We might already have this anti-submarine round in game. Documents are bit inconsistent, but the stats are awfully close to each other.
According to Australians and Americans, the engine used in Ha-Go and few other Japanese tanks could do 200-250 bhp at 2000rpm. The usual rating used by Japanese was 120hp at 1400rpm. Would that extra capacity make sense in game?
Similarly Chi-Ha’s engine was reported to be capable of 365hp at 2000rpm. I’m still not certain what the usual engine rpm was. It’s often said to be 2000rpm, though one American document mentions 1500rpm and a single Japanese document gives 1700rpm.
I thought this number seemed too high, but the Chi-Ha’s engine is very big displacement, almost 22L. That’s around the same size as the Tiger 1’s engine which makes 650hp (though it uses gasoline and not diesel, and is likely much more advanced).
So it’s plausible that it made that much power, though I have my doubts it went as high as 365hp. 200-250hp feels more realistic.
I have already submitted the error report.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/QTkgRneIK2o6
I’ve got no clue, all I know is that it’s 13.7 without it and that’s just sad.
you think that gaijin will fix the problems that they create? 😂
It had no HMS at all in reality.
What it really needs is AMRAAM removed, countermeasures fixed to 120 (instead of 45) and the BR lowered to 13.0
If you want an error report to be approved faster, there’s an unreliable method getting a large number of players to click I have the same issue. I posted on Facebook asking for support, and everyone was very enthusiastic except for one time. I reported that the rear of the antelope was missing a warning label, but the submitted error report was not accepted so sad.
While looking for other stuff, I also tried to find mentions about what sights those Japanese 37mm tank guns used. After all they had the muzzle velocity for some range and Japanese were happy mounting 1.5x, 2.5x and even 4x sights on 7.7mm machine guns. Unfortunately this mention about Ha-Go’s gun sight is the only one I have found so far. 8x sights with such gun would definitely be interesting. I’d imagine the sights could be adjusted for less or some other option. Another quite high magnification sight were 7x sights mounted on 47mm Type 1 Anti-Tank gun.
After researching the Ho-Ro’s sights, I would like to share the following details.
The Type 4 Ho-Ro was equipped with two sights:
The tank commander’s sight was used for engaging distant targets.
Specifications:
Type 97 5.7 cm Tank Gun Sight
Type 38 15 cm Howitzer Sight
Sources
Japan Company History Compilation Association (Ed.). (1977).
50-Year History of Nippon Kogaku K.K. Vol. 2［日本光学工業五十年史 2］(pp. 461–462).
Kaikōsha (Ed.). (1962).
History of Artillery Development, Volume 3 (Weapons and Equipment)［砲兵沿革史 第3巻（兵器器材）］(p. 141).
Takeuchi, A., & Sayama, J. (1986).
Japanese Artillery［日本の大砲］(p. 299). ISBN 4-87970-042-8.
Military Books K.K. (1912).
Draft Heavy Artillery Aiming Manual［重砲兵照準教範草案］. Appended Figure 1.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/844763/1/39
Thank you from your dedication!
You dug really deep for it. I think you could could copy that straight into a bugreport.
So the commander’s sight was mounted on the right side of the gun? Difficult to say how they would model that.
Depression of -20 degrees? O_O
It is nice work.
But could I ask you, wasn’t there the possibility for commander to fire separately? Tbh I can’t say is it possible to unite this 2 optics as 2-4x but if commander could aim and fire gun by itself, the double cannon control mechanic can be given for this gun
Judging by the title, he did, in fact, find the Chi-Ri to be a joy to play again.
Common Spookston W.
It’s a very nice buff for sure, just wish they’d let us carry zero ammo for the nigh-useless 37mm.
Or, as Spookston mentioned in the video, HE shells would be useful.
Since the aiming drive mechanism handwheel is only on the left side of the gun, I don’t think the tank commander alone can aim and fire the gun.
I’ve posted the current known details about the tank sights in the bug report.
The Ho-I had the same 4x magnification Type 1 telescopic sight Ko as the Chi-Ha Kai, Chi-He, and Chi-Nu.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/b6SaO9lOUNwm
The Ka-Mi had a 4x magnification Type 100 telescopic sight. I will write a bug report about the Ke-Ni later as well.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/UWkm9u6E2RRP
