Type 2 Ke-To | |
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![]() Type 2 Ke-To light tank | |
Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Production history | |
Designed | 1941 |
Produced | 1944–1945[1] |
No. built | 34[2] |
Specifications (Type 2 Ke-To[3][4]) | |
Mass | 7.2 tons |
Length | 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in) |
Width | 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Armor | 6–16 mm[3] |
Main armament | Type 1 37 mm tank gun[3] |
Secondary armament | 7.7 mm machine gun[3] |
Engine | Mitsubishi Type 100 air-cooled diesel 130 hp (97 kW)[3] |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 186 kilometers |
Maximum speed | 50 km/h[3] |
The Type 2 Ke-To (二式軽戦車 ケト, Nishiki keisensha Ke-To) was a light tank of World War II, produced in small numbers for the Imperial Japanese Army as an improvement of the existing Type 98 Ke-Ni. No Type 2 Ke-To light tanks are known to have engaged in combat prior to Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.[3]