Type 2 Ka-Mi | |
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![]() Type 2 Ka-Mi with its flotation sections attached. | |
Type | Amphibious light tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Production history | |
Designed | 1941 |
Produced | 1942-1943 |
No. built | 182-184 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 12.3 tons (9.15 tons without flotation pontoons) |
Length | 7.42 m (4.80 m without flotation pontoons) |
Width | 2.79 m |
Height | 2.34 m |
Crew | 5 |
Armor | 6–12 mm front |
Main armament | Type 1 37 mm tank gun[1] |
Secondary armament | 2x Type 97 7.7 mm machine guns[1] |
Engine | Mitsubishi A6120VDe air-cooled inline 6-cylinder diesel 115 hp (84.6 kW) |
Power/weight | 9.3 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 170 km (land) 140 km (swimming) |
Maximum speed | 37 km/h (land) 10 km/h (swimming) |
The Special Type 2 Launch Ka-Mi (特二式内火艇 カミ, Toku-ni-shiki uchibitei kami) was the first amphibious tank of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Type 2 Ka-Mi was based on the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank with major modifications. It first saw combat service during the Guadalcanal campaign in late 1942.