Type 2 Ho-I | |
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![]() Type 2 Ho-I gun tank | |
Type | Infantry support tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Army |
Production history | |
Produced | 1944 |
No. built | 31[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 16.1 tons |
Length | 5.73 m (18 ft 10 in) |
Width | 2.33 m (7 ft 8 in) |
Height | 2.58 m (8 ft 6 in) |
Crew | 5 |
Armor | 12–50 mm |
Main armament | 75 mm Type 99 Gun |
Secondary armament | 1 x 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun |
Engine | Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled V-12 diesel 240 hp (179 kW) |
Power/weight | 14.9 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 100 km |
Maximum speed | 44 km/h (27 mph) |
The Type 2 Gun tank Ho-I (二式砲戦車 ホイ, Ni-shiki hōsensha Ho-I) was a derivative of the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Similar in concept to the early variants of the German Panzer IV, it was designed as a self-propelled howitzer to provide the close-in fire support for standard Japanese medium tanks with additional firepower against enemy anti-tank fortifications.[2]