Type 4 Chi-To | |
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Type 4 Chi-To medium tank | |
Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Production history | |
Designed | 1943–1944 |
No. built | 2 (completed)[1][2] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 30.48 tonnes (30.00 long tons; 33.60 short tons)[3] |
Length | 6.42 m (21 ft 1 in)[3] |
Width | 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)[3] |
Height | 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)[3] |
Crew | 5[3] |
Armor | 12–75 millimetres (0.47–2.95 in) |
Main armament | Type 5 75 mm tank gun (L/56.4) |
Secondary armament | 2 × Type 97 heavy tank machine guns[2] |
Engine | Mitsubishi AL Type 4 37.7 litre air-cooled V12 diesel engine with supercharger 400 hp at 2,000 rpm[3] (13.73 hp/tonne) |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 250 kilometres (160 mi)[3] |
Maximum speed | 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph)[3] |
The Type 4 medium tank Chi-To (四式中戦車 チト, Yonshiki chūsensha Chi-To) ("Imperial Year 2604 Medium Tank Model 7") was one of several medium tanks developed by the Imperial Japanese Army towards the end of World War II. While by far the most advanced Japanese wartime tank to reach production, industrial and material shortages resulted in only a few chassis being manufactured and only two known to be completed. Neither of the completed Type 4 Chi-To tanks saw combat use.[1]