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Does anyone know if Japan uses or at least has access to DM11 or similiar VT or proximity rounds? While taking down helis from 5km range with darts is fun, it certainly isn’t too effective, and most other nations have access to some sort of anti-heli shell.

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hey guys I have a question about this type 95 heavy photo.
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The Main turret looks like that 100 Ton Tank super-heavy tank wooden mock-up or the type 91 heavy turret?
And the smaller turret in the front looks odd. reminds me of the oi front turret.

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my guess it was some type of a testing platform and they used a type 95 or 91 hull.

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I don’t mind if you redo all of my old suggestions on this new forum.

Here is everything I have saved over the years. I apologize if there is a suggestion or someone posted one of these tank photos here I might have overlooked it.

Ishi 2598

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Type 73?

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heavy tank? looks like a odd chi ha

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I think this was the chi ha kai prototype

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chi ha kai infantry carrier

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Chi ha prototypes?

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Chi ha flamethrower

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Chi-Yu type G mine clearing tank (Prototype 1 and 2?)
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what gun is this?

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Some other stuff

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chi-ho/Ke-ho photos

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Ha-go boxy hull?

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Ha-go float

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Ha go tropical?

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Type 94 tankette with 37mm

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field mods?

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probably fake or paper tanks (also added the heavy’s that we don’t know much about)

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russians?

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stuff like the m1 kvt

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Type 90 Clickbait

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captured Chinese tanks

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train tank

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Similar to the in game spaa truck but 4 wheels

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what tank is this based on?

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Japanese Tank Sights

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Type Crossley Armoured Car (Vickers Crossley Model 1925 Armoured Car)

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Japanese Vickers Medium C, 1927

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I’ve got more but ill upload them later

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Love to see all these

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This is mental…

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BTW, this is just a turret modification of the Type 98/Type 2 light tank chassis, the Type 4 Ke-Nu. It’s not the Chi-Ho or Ke-Ho.
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And excellent picture collection

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Here’s a diagram I made breaking down a likely Chi-Ho spotted at an old fair. This is just one; there were several variants of the Chi-Ho

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There’s no way that gun was functional.

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Today I bugreported Chi-Ha’s weird gear ratios.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/XxwFtcc1LQ93

For that I made a chart of the known speed values given for each gear. The two sources are extremely close to each other after we correct the obvious errors. All red values are calculated.

One thing I’m still wondering is the max engine RPM and power. 150hp at 1500rpm is confirmed by multiple sources as “normal power”. Above that I am not certain. 1800rpm is used on this one source and calculations fit well for it, but 2000rpm is stated by so many secondary sources. Perhaps just an error which has been repeated over and over again? If max rpm was increased at some point, then max engine power should have gone up as well, but only 170hp is stated.

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Was the engine modified or changed? It’s possible that increasing RPM would not yield much extra power if not.

There might have been different engines or Americans mixed some data, which is quite common.

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One Japanese magazine says there were differences between engines from different manufacturers: Mitsubishi and Komatsu. At least fuel injection system is said to have been too different to cannibalize parts.

It would almost be odd if no changes happened during Chi-Ha’s long production run. Still the only one I have found are related to the cooling system.

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Then I can believe those numbers. You can see that the bore, stroke, and displacement change per engine. Engine B (whichever it is) has slightly larger bore and shorter stroke, this helps with higher RPM power. Of course on top of higher displacement.
These are diesels in any case and don’t like going much faster, you’ll find many truck engines that also hang around these RPM figures.

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I think I may be able to elaborate on a few of these. Others, however, are still quite mysterious.

Type 73 (x3 Type 62)

Correct, I originally saw this vehicle on the old forum, with a tweet providing additional information and a photo:


“The reconnaissance jeep of the 8th Reconnaissance Team, which participated in the 2002 Western Army Memorial Event (Kengun Garrison). Equipped with a Type 62 machine gun. After this, the reconnaissance jeep unit was updated to Pajeros and Minimis, but that was short-lived. Now they have been replaced nationwide by lightly armored vehicles.”

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Panhard VBL ALBI?

Although in the VBL the windshield is made of two pieces, your vehicle is different.


VBL ALBI - Suggestions / Ground - War Thunder — official forum

Unknown Chinese tank

I don’t got the source anymore, but I remember finding a blog that discussed this vehicle, which is a prototype tank of sorts in China, not any type of training mockup suprisingly. If I remember correctly there are multiple of these things scattered about.

Chi-Ha (Type 94)

A Chinese creation, I posted a better quality photo in the comments.
Chi-Ha 75mm Type 94 Self properled gun. Chinese oddity tank that China need - Suggestions / Ground - War Thunder — official forum

Fake Ha-Go with Ke-Ni turret

You may already know, but the image is fake.
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Chi-Ha Kai (57mm)"

A curious vehicle indeed.
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Gun cover most likely.

Riot vehicle

Armed with a water cannon
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“Police water cannons sprayed tons of water horizontally at students who opposed the security bill, causing mayhem in the National Diet and at universities.”

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Toyota GB (Type 98)

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Type 92 I think.

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It still doesn’t explain what the max RPM should be. At least it’s not that big difference.

For the riot truck Armed with a water cannon. I thought it had a gun Sumitomo M2 heavy machine the nozzle looked too small for a water cannon.

For the chi-ha. It looks more boxy than the Chinese td one. And the gun looks smaller?
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Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck Kyū with a rear-mounted Sumitomo M2 heavy machine

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type 92 combat car prototype
should work for low tier since it has the 13 mm Type 92

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M270 MLRS

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Type 92 Mine Clearing Vehicle (i’m sure it can send tanks to orbit with the size of the rockets)
But it would end up like a meme event tank

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Type 4 Ka-Tsu
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Chi-ha Dozer

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Model Kō Tank (if we get ww1 tanks)

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TYPE 79 KO-GATA (for ww1 era)

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Nightmare fuel

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Chinese Panzer I Ausf. A
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M24 Japan National Safety Forces
just extra 50 cals

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I think someone posted this before somewhere in here but just in case

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M110A2

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Type 95 Ha-Go “Northern Manchuria Type” (北満型)

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I had this saved back in 2019 idk if something was moded

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Japanese tank poster and post cards

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The St. Chamond M21 with 13mm? not sure

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Type 97 chi-ha kai “special”

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Japanese tank next to a Italian tank did japan buy some tank or used some for testing?

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Type 96 AGL mounted on top of a Type 96 APC

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the hybrid chi ha’s

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does anyone know if the other Komatsu LAV variants got the same weapons for all of them? Like the Type 87 ATGM, Type 01 LMAT, etc.
I know the difference is minor but japan does need more tanks for events or premium or even just the tech tree line overall. Would help with making line ups.

Komatsu LAV KU50W-0002K

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Komatsu LAV KU50W-0003K

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Komatsu LAV KU50W-0005K

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Komatsu LAV with turret (idk what variant)

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Komatsu LAV with gun shield (idk what variant)

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again I’ve got more but ill upload them later.

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Is this the second SPG on Type 95 Ro-Go chassis? What gun it had?

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650hp, so I guess Type 61?

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I’d appreciate any photos or drawings of Chi-Ha’s interior.

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First one from what I can remember its the ji-ro.
The gun was either a Type96 150mm Howitzer and Type92 105mm artillery

2nd photo I believe was for these guys
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Again had these since 2019 so I somewhat started to forget each ones context sorry for that.

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They would mount DP-29 machine guns in some instances.

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Updated searchight lamp.


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