Type 95 Ha-Go light tank

Type 95 Ha-Gō
TypeLight tank
Place of originJapan
Service history
Used bySee Operators
WarsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Second World War
Chinese Civil War
Production history
Designed1933–1934
Unit cost71,000 yen ($19,078 USD) in August 1939, excluding armaments[1][2]
Produced1936–1943[3]
No. built2,300[3]
Specifications
Mass7.4 t (7.3 long tons; 8.2 short tons)[4]
Length4.38 m (14 ft 4 in)[4]
Width2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)[5]
Height2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)[5]
Crew3[4]

Armour12 mm (turret front, turret sides, turret rear, hull front, hull sides)
6-9 mm (rear and roof)[4]
Main
armament
Type 94 (1934) 37 mm tank gun[5]
Secondary
armament
2 × 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun[6]
EngineMitsubishi A6120VDe air-cooled inline 6-cylinder 14.4 L diesel
120 hp (90 kW) at 1800 rpm[6]
Power/weight16 hp/tonne
SuspensionBell crank
Operational
range
209 kilometers[5]
Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) on road[5]

The Type 95 Ha-Gō (九五式軽戦車 ハ号, kyūgo-shiki kei-sensha Ha-Gō, also known as the Ke-Go[7]) was a light tank used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at the Battles of Khalkhin Gol against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry but was not effective against other tanks.[8] Approximately 2,300 were produced,[3] making it the most numerous Japanese armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War.

  1. ^ "兵器臨時定価、予価、表送付の件 Military catalogue of the Japanese military". National Archives of Japan. Ministry of the Army.
  2. ^ "Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I". Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). January 1943 [1943].
  3. ^ a b c Zaloga 2007, pp. 10, 17.
  4. ^ a b c d Tomczyk 2002, p. 74.
  5. ^ a b c d e Zaloga 2007, p. chart D.
  6. ^ a b Tomczyk 2002, p. 67.
  7. ^ Tomczyk 2002, p. 64.
  8. ^ Zaloga 2008, pp. 16, 18.

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