I was basing it off the round thing on top of the hatch since Chi ha has it in the front while Ch-He is on the back. So my bad but wasn’t there any hybrids in the first place?
Its safe to assume it does not have the extra 25mm of armor on the turret? (The chi ha version you talked about)?
Thanks for the photo!
Its tracks but I meant the 2 tanks themselves if they had the applique armor like the photo you sent. I wasn’t able to see it.
I mean to be fair it is for the TT project it would make a nice event tank since japan only got 3 so fair I think since 2016. Also to be honest I still do not see the armor on the lower hull with shinhotos photos.
Was there anything actually mentioned in the documents or it it made up?
Panther design was purchased to use as a reference for future tank designs. Japan constructed a test prototype in 1943. Instead of the interlocking armour the Germans utilized, Japan kept to standard welding of plates due to not having the capability to copy Germany’s matter of construction. Known changes to the design was replacing of the engine with a Daimler Benz Aircraft Engine (this is confirmed with O-I documents from 2015), resulting in the turret being located further to the front of the hull.
The Japanese designed their own interleaving suspension, by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The suspension after testing was then supposed to be used on Chi-Ri however this never left paper. Sloped armour on the Panther prototype influenced hull design changes that are reflected with Chi-Se medium tank. Visuals of the Panther were made in accordance to descriptions mentioned in both the National Archive the the record files from the O-I superheavy tank.
Iirc the Chi-Se was never a design beyond a proposal. It’s similar to the Ke-Ho in that no one knows what it really looks like, but in the case of the Chi-Se its backed by even less information which includes pretty much everything about it.
I can’t remember anything about the Panther thing, though. I remember Mai mentioning it years ago but nothing beyond that, and her track record is a bit spotty such as the Chi-Se thing which they walked back on once revealing that the only mention they ever saw of it in Japanese documents was literally in only one sentence.
The Rapid Ranger would indeed fill a hole in the tree thats really in need to be filled - generally Indonesia would be a great pick in addition to Thailand.
I mean they could also give it Martlets whenever those get added for fixed wing stuff, (Though if you’re under 45-50 ping it’s not nearly as bad as some make out).
🎉 Indonesian Scorp 90s wooooo 🎉
That’s three Scorps now!
Th - Scorpion 76, Type 21
Indonesian - Scorp 90
Shame Indonesia didn’t go for the Stormer IFVs, only the base APC variant.
TBF, Brazil and Spain are one offs (especially since both Italy and Brazil worked on the AMX) meanwhile Japan recently got 2 nations with varied equipment and the UK has 2 subtrees and repeat Canadian and Australian appearances (as well as New Zealand to a much smaller extent)
