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| Type 1 Chi-He | |
|---|---|
 Type 1 Chi-He | |
| Type | Medium tank |
| Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1940 |
| Produced | 1943–1944 |
| No. built | 170 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 17.2 tonnes (19.0 tons)[1] |
| Length | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Width | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Crew | 5 |
| Armor | 20–50 mm[1] |
Main armament | Type 1 47 mm tank gun[1] (Armor Penetration: 55 mm at 100 m, 40 mm at 500 m, 30 mm at 1,000 m) |
Secondary armament | 2 × 7.7mm Type 97 machine gun (hull, coaxial) |
| Engine | Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled V-12 diesel[2] 240 hp (179 kW)/2,000 rpm/21,700 cc[1] |
| Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 210 kilometers[1] |
| Maximum speed | 44 km/h (27 mph) |
The Type 1 medium tank Chi-He (一式中戦車 チへ, Ichi-shiki chusensha Chihe) 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 was the first Japanese tank to have a communication radio as standard equipment. Production of the tank did not begin until 1943, due to the higher priority of steel allocated to the Imperial Navy for warship construction. A total of 170 units were built. All of the tanks produced were allocated for the defense of the Japanese home islands, against the anticipated Allied Invasion.