Type 3 Ka-Chi | |
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![]() Type 3 Ka-Chi | |
Type | Amphibious tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Production history | |
Designed | 1942–1943 |
Produced | 1943–1945 |
No. built | 12 to 19 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 28.7 tons (with flotation pontoons) [1] |
Length | 10.3 m (with flotation pontoons) [1] |
Width | 3 m [1] |
Height | 3.82 m [1] |
Crew | 7 [1] |
Armor | 10–50 mm [1] |
Main armament | Type 1 47 mm tank gun [1] |
Secondary armament | 2× Type 97 7.7 mm machine guns [1] |
Engine | Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled V-12 diesel 240 hp (179 kW) [1] |
Power/weight | 8.4 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 320 km [1] |
Maximum speed | 32 km/h (land) 10 km/h (swimming) [1] |
The Special Type 3 Launch Ka-Chi (特三式内火艇 カチ, Toku-san-shiki uchibitei Ka-Chi) was an amphibious medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Type 3 Ka-Chi was based on an extensively modified Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Chi-He medium tank (it had 2 more road-wheels and two more return rollers on each side) and was a larger and more capable version of the earlier Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.