Type 5 Chi-Ri | |
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Incomplete prototype of the Type 5 Chi-Ri after capture by American forces | |
Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Production history | |
Designed | 1943–1944 |
No. built | 1 (incomplete prototype)[1][2] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 37.6 tonnes (40.8 US short tons; 81,571 lb)[3] |
Length | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)[3] |
Width | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)[3] |
Height | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)[3] |
Crew | 5 |
Armor | 25–75 millimetres (0.98–2.95 in) |
Main armament | Type 5 75 mm tank gun (L/56.4) |
Secondary armament | Type 1 37 mm tank gun and 2 X 7.7mm Type 97 heavy tank machine guns |
Engine | Water-cooled Kawasaki Type 98 aircraft engine (Petrol) 550 hp (14.86 hp/tonne) |
Suspension | Bell crank |
Operational range | 250 kilometers[3] |
Maximum speed | 45 km/h (28 mph)[3] |
The Type 5 medium tank Chi-Ri (五式中戦車 チリ, Go-shiki chusensha Chi-ri) ("Imperial Year 2605 Medium Tank Model 9") was a medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's prototype Type 4 Chi-To medium tank. Only one incomplete prototype was built.