Key facts
- Type
- Light tank
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Used by
- See Operators
- Wars
- Second Sino-Japanese War , Battles of Khalkhin Gol , Second World War , Chinese Civil War
- Designed
- 1933–1934
- Unit cost
- 71,000 yen ($19,078 USD) in August 1939, excluding armaments
- Produced
- 1936–1943
- Number span no built
- 2,300
- Mass
- 7.4 t (7.3 long tons; 8.2 short tons)
- Length
- 4.38 m (14 ft 4 in)
- Width
- 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
- Height
- 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
- Armour
- 12 mm (turret front, turret sides, turret rear, hull front, hull sides), 6-9 mm (rear and roof)
- Main armament
- Type 94 (1934) 37 mm tank gun
- Secondary armament
- 2 × 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun
- Engine
- Mitsubishi A6120VDe air-cooled inline 6-cylinder 14.4 L diesel , 120 hp (90 kW) at 1800 rpm
- Power weight
- 16 hp/tonne
- Suspension
- Bellcrank
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Encyclopedic overview
The Type 95 Ha-Gō (九五式軽戦車 ハ号, kyūgo-shiki kei-sensha Ha-Gō) 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. Approximately 2,300 were produced, making it the most numerous Japanese armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War.
History and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Type 95 Ha-Go” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.