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Type 75 SPH

2021-07-17T10:23:27Z

U97044496: /* Ammo racks */

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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Japanese tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}


The armour of Type 75 SPH resists 7.62 MG from any side and can sustain 12.7 mm machinegun when angled from any side, however, the hull is made out of aluminium, so it's actual effective armour is around 15 mm. Because of that, the tank can be hull broken by chemical explosives of 105 mm+ calibre.

For that reason, it is not recommended to drive to hostile tanks closer than 300 m and slightly angle to avoid being shot with MG from the side and about 700 m to avoid unnecessary damage. Slightly angle the tank towards passageways to have a chance of making a reply shot. Do not angle too much, to avoid exposing your sides or triggering fuses on V rank APHE, which mostly has 19 mm trigger with exception of German and some US tanks which have 14 mm sensitive fuse.

Front of the hull can take the most of the MG punishment due to various modules taking damage for the crew, with high chance of just being set on fire instead, however, if enemy aims for the turret they will eventually hit weaker flat parts and hit the non-critical crew with a chance of taking out the gunner. Keep your opponents on your left to prevent that from happening.

The right front side of the hull houses the driver. They are sealed away from turret compartment by the engine and fuel tanks. The turret houses the rest of the crew. Quite often, explosive damage to one section does nothing to the other, however, pure AP shells can potentially penetrate modules and destroy crew in both of the sections, or hit the charges on the floor of the turret.

'''Armour type:'''

* Aluminium alloy 7039 (hull, turret)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
|-
| Hull || 30 mm (13°) ''Front glacis'' 30 mm (52°) ''Lower glacis'' || 30 mm ''Top'' 30 mm ''Bottom'' || 30 mm (1°) || 25 mm 5 mm ''Radiators''
|-
| Turret || 30 mm (13-16°) ''Turret front'' 30 mm ''Gun mantlet'' 20 mm ''Barrel shroud'' || 30 mm (13-47°) || 30 mm (1°) || 25 mm 30 mm ''Gun mantlet''
|-
|}
'''Notes:'''

* Suspension wheels and tracks are 20 mm thick.
* Belly armour is 25 mm thick.
* Belly armour above tracks is 35 mm thick.
* One 8 mm structural steel plate separates the engine compartment from the crew compartments.

=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Tank-Mobility}}


{{tankMobility|abMinHp= 639|rbMinHp= 398}}

The {{PAGENAME}} can move surprisingly fast and can challenge [[T-54 (1947)]] when driving on flat terrain.

The problems start when the terrain is less than perfectly flat, as {{PAGENAME}}'s suspension is very stiff. Something as mundane as trenches will not just slow down stock {{PAGENAME}}, but stop it entirely and leave it struggling to drive over it. Upgrades to chassis make this problem less jarring but it still exists.

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armaments ==
{{Specs-Tank-Armaments}}
=== Main armament ===
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|1}}

{{main|NSJ L/30 (155 mm)}}

[[File:Type 75 SPH firing over cover long range AB.jpg|thumb|x250px|right|In arcade mode, Type 75 SPH can act even as artillery - find a target about 1,200 meters away, go to sniper seat, aim at them, adjust the gun distance to their position and fire. There is nothing they can do about it because you can fire like this even over mountains. This trick is unlikely to work in RB due to inferior rangefinding capability.]]
155 mm cannon of this tank destroyer is capable of launching High Explosive shells at the enemy. It does not carry any other offensive ammunition, however, it carries three different types of HE. What separates its gun from most of other "Demolition tanks" is the autoloader, which allows it to reload '''at least three times faster than any other tank like this''', which is insane. As a side effect, the reload speed is not affected by the crew skills and status and will always remain the same.

The gun is surprisingly accurate even when stock at up to ~700 m ranges and can still hit even past 1 kilometre away. While it does not hit the exact mark, it is usually good enough.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="5" | [[NSJ L/30 (155 mm)|155 mm NSJ L/30]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
|-
! Mode !! Capacity !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
|-
! ''Arcade''
| rowspan="2" | 28 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+65° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 10.6 || 14.6 || 17.8 || 19.6 || 20.9 || rowspan="2" | 10.00 || rowspan="2" | 10.00 || rowspan="2" | 10.00 || rowspan="2" | 10.00
|-
! ''Realistic''
| 7.1 || 8.4 || 10.2 || 11.3 || 12.0
|-
|}

==== Ammunition ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
|-
! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
|-
| M107 || HE || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61
|-
| M107 (PF) || HE-VT || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61 || 61
|-
| Type 75 || HE || 54 || 54 || 54 || 54 || 54 || 54
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="10" | Shell details
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! rowspan="2" | Velocity (m/s)
! rowspan="2" | Projectile Mass (kg)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay (m)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity (mm)
! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
! colspan="3" | Ricochet
|-
! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
|-
| M107 || HE || 580 || 43.1 || 0 || 0.1 || 9,140 || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
| M107 (PF) || HE-VT || 580 || 43.1 || 0 || 0 || 9,140 || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
| Type 75 || HE || 720 || 43.6 || 0 || 0.1 || 6,800 || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="7" | Smoke shell characteristics
|-
! Ammunition
! Velocity (m/s)
! Projectile Mass (kg)
! Screen radius (m)
! Screen deploy time (s)
! Screen hold time (s)
! Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
|-
| M110 || 563 || 40.8 || 25 || 5 || 30 || 50
|-
|}

==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Full ammo
! Ammo part
! 1st rack empty
! 2nd rack empty
! 3rd rack empty
! Visual discrepancy
|-
| '''28''' || ''Projectiles'' ''Propellants'' || 19 ''(+9)'' 19 ''(+9)'' || 10 ''(+18)'' 1 ''(+27)'' || 1 ''(+27)'' N/A || No
|-
|}
Notes:

* Projectiles and propellant bags are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
* Projectiles:
** Racks 2 and 3 (autoloader magazines) are first stage ammo racks. They total 18 shells and 1shell in the breach.
** These racks get filled first when loading up the tank and are also emptied first.
** As it is equipped with an autoloader, manual reloading of the gun is not possible.
** Once the autoloader magazines have been depleted, you can't shoot until the loader has restocked the autoloader. The restocking time is longer than the normal reload time of the gun. Take this into account when playing.
** Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from rack 1 into racks 2 and 3. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready racks.
** The depletion order at full capacity is: 2 - 3 - 1.
* Propellants:
** Rack 2 contains 18 propellant bags (14 from the forward rack + 4 from the rear rack)
** Rack 1 contains only 10 bags on the rear rack.
** Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from rack 1 into rack 2. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready racks.
** The depletion order at full capacity is: 2 - 1.

==== Optics and night vision ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="7" | {{PAGENAME}} [[Optics]]
|-
! rowspan="3" |Type of optic
! rowspan="3" |Magnification
! colspan="5" |[[Night Vision Devices]]
|-
! colspan="3" |Image Intensifier
! rowspan="2" |{{Annotation|Thermal Imager Resolution|The higher the resolution the clearer and more detailed the image is}}
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
! {{Annotation|Resolution|The higher the resolution the clearer and more detailed the image is}}
! {{Annotation|Light Mult|By how much the image intensifier amplifies the existing light, primarily useful for comparing image intensifiers}}
! {{Annotation|Noise Level|How much noise is present in the image (how grainy the image is)}}
|-
! Gunner's Sight
| X8 - X16 || N/A || N/A || N/A || Not Fitted ||
|-
! Commander's View
| X6 || N/A || N/A || N/A || Not Fitted ||
|-
! Driver's View
| X1 / 3PV || 800X600 || ? || high || Not Fitted || Only useable with an upgrade
|-
|}

*Zoom level specified in X-ray. Type 75 SPH has optics similar to [[ST-A1]] and they are much cleaner than German sniper scopes of the rank.

While optics are very powerful on this tank, they may be inconvenient to use in RB until the type 75 shell is researched due to low velocity of the standard shell. In arcade mode, unless you are trying to launch the top shell at a distance over 1,000 m it rarely matters.

Even in the worst cases, the excessive magnification power can still be exploited if the user manually zero-in gun scope to 300-X m distance, so they can directly aim at tanks even with maximum zoom. This helps to target out their weak spots and launch HE exactly where it hurts when the tank is spaded. This comes with a disadvantage of the scope being too high for close combat, so keep the "reset" button or third-person view aim ready.

Use Rangefinder and zero-in the gun distance manually wherever necessary to make operating the tank easier. For example, to use proximity shell against a tank in cover, range-find the object which they hide behind, set scope distance to that exact number and intentionally overshoot it by a few meters.

=== Machine guns ===
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|2}}

{{main|M2HB (12.7 mm)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="5" | [[M2HB (12.7 mm)|12.7 mm M2HB]]
|-
! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
|-
| Pintle || 600 (200) || 577 || -8°/+45° || ±180°
|-
|}

* The roof mounted 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun can be used to repel hostile light tanks and low flying aircraft.

== Usage in battles ==


This vehicle is very powerful with its high explosive and fuze shells, however it comes at a cost. The Type 75 is the very definition of glass cannons, this vehicle is incredible at close range engagements, but can not snipe long distances as it is an artillery howitzer. It is recommended that you watch your surroundings as this vehicle has so little armour that machines guns alone can penetrate your armour. Used right, this vehicle can dominate the battlefield as its proximity fuze shell can easily take out an enemy behind cover.

It is also highly recommended to become familiar with large maps. Experiment on large maps using some landmarks to help with long distance aiming.

===Ammunition===
'''M107''': Your stock shell. Has a muzzle velocity of '''580 m/s''' and '''61 mm''' of penetration power. Can essentially destroy almost any tank that doesn't have ERA shielding in one hit. As with other HE tanks, like [[Ho-Ro]], it can't penetrate armour directly on many tanks, so one has to aim for cupolas, machineguns, chassis and other weak spots. For example [[M103]] have great frontal armour, but it can be simply shot at the turret base, and the shockwave will breach hull roof armour and hit the ammo rack located just below the turret in the hull, resulting in instant tank destruction.

'''M107 (PF)''': Same shell as stock one, but with a twist. It has a '''3 meters proximity fuse''', so it does not explode upon impact but earlier instead, when the radio fuse (inside the shell) detects an obstacle nearby.

This shell is able to blast low flying aircraft down from the sky if necessary, although a lot of practice or reliance on arcade mode 'shot prediction' will be necessary.

It also gives Type 75 an actually scary ability to annihilate tanks that are hiding behind cover completely, which is usually something only an ATGM tank can do. It also allows HE to exploit openings in armour of some assault tanks, which are normally unhittable by contact explosives, although it's more up to luck if this works (point mouse at a picture to get a slightly more detailed explanation):

<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="250px">
File:Type 75 SPH proximity fuse used on Ho-Ri.jpg|Proximity fuse of type 75 explodes mid-air before hitting Ho-Ri armour and penetrates ventilation to hit ammo rack. Ho-Ri explodes. Normally, the HE shell would hit the gun mantlet and set the engine on fire and nothing else, or just ricochet off the hull and away.
File:Type 75 SPH proximity fuse used on Type 60 ATM.jpg|Type 75 SPH uses proximity fuse on type 60 ATM that is completely hidden behind a hill. It exploded above the vertical ATGM tank, surprising and destroying it. Normally the shot would be impossible to land and type 60 ATM would just continue destroying any passing by tank - like nothing happened.
</gallery>

Be aware, that for proximity fuse to activate, it must fly '''at least 300 meters''' away from your tank, so '''it will not work at close range.'''

'''It will also react to the ground surface''', so try to overshoot your opponent so that the shell remains '''higher than 3 meters''' from the ground before it reaches your target. In many cases, the proximity fuse shell will detonate before reaching the enemy, due to nearby obstacles accidentally triggering the fuse.

Not every tank should be attacked with a proximity shell, as it's not always beneficial. For example, Soviet medium and heavy tanks do not have any glaring weakspots, which can be potentially hit by an airburst shockwave, so they should only be attacked by normal HE ammo. On contrary, their SPAA and light tanks are as vulnerable as they are dangerous, and so it is reasonable to try and spend some proximity shells to weed them out, instead of leaving your cover and risking being annihilated by suppressing fire.

'''Type 75''': This shell doesn't have a proximity fuse, but its muzzle velocity is '''720 m/s''', which make it more reliable at over 1 km range and allow for significantly easier and faster aim in RB. It was achieved by reducing its power - it can only penetrate up to '''54 mm''' of RHA.

It is also possible to fire '''M110 smoke''' shell to blind enemy snipers or to hide someone on your team.

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

*Unlike all other heavy demolition tanks, like [[FV4005]] and [[Centurion Mk.5 AVRE]], the Type 75 has an autoloader and can reload about as fast as a medium tank
*The low velocity of the stock shell makes it possible to fire from behind some hills while keeping most of the Type 75 hidden
*Has the unique privilege of the proximity fuse shell, which allows tank destroyers to take out enemies behind cover and exploit their normally untouchable weaknesses
*8X to 16X zoom can be used to locate and annihilate hostile tanks, however, rangefinding is necessary for comfortable use
*Angled turret can sustain a point-blank fire of 12.7 mm and some damage can be taken without instantly exploding the tank or reducing reload speed down to 1.5 minutes like in the case of [[FV4005]], although an enemy should be kept on the left side to have a chance of survival

'''Cons:'''

*Can be hull broken easily by high calibre explosive shells or ATGM hitting the turret or the back of the tank, the operator can't be oblivious of their surroundings
*Most of critical components and crew are located in the turret, in RB it can be destroyed in one good hit of sensitive APHE regardless of the hull break or ammo rack, although 19 mm fuse APHE will just act like normal AP
*Turret is rather slow, though movements are mostly smooth
*12.7 mm rounds have no problem penetrating the front of the turret
*Noticeably quite bouncy when braking

== History ==

Development of the Type 75 self-propelled howitzer began in the late 1960s, when Japan sought to procure a mobile self-propelled artillery unit alongside a smaller caliber SPG. This resulted in the creation of the Type 75 and Type 74, respectively.

The Type 75's design was largely based on that of the existing Type 74 SPG and Type 73 APCs, sharing many components and even assembly lines, all in an effort to reduce costs and save resources. Development was split between two Japanese companies, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries developing the chassis, while Japan Steel Works developed the turret and cannon.

Two prototypes were ready by the early 1970s, differing only in the type of loading mechanism used. Trials of these prototypes were conducted between 1973 - 1974. In October 1975, based on the test results, the prototype with a drum-fed autoloading mechanism was picked for series production.

Production of the Type 75 commenced in 1975 and went on until 1988, when all of the initially ordered 201 units were built. Although the Type 75 is still in active service with the JGSDF since their initial introduction in 1975, the number of units has gradually been decreasing in recent years as the Type 75 is slowly being phased out and replaced by the Type 99 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

The Type 75 has not yet participated in any combat operations during its service life and has been exclusively operated by the JGSDF thus far.

''- From [[wt:en/news/6361-development-type-75-the-pulverizer-en/|Devblog]]''

== Media ==


;Skins

* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=japan&vehicleType=tank&vehicleClass=tank_destroyer&vehicle=jp_type_75 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]

;Videos
{{Youtube-gallery|e2VsOCEhzy4|'''The Shooting Range #170''' - ''Metal Beasts'' section at 00:32 discusses the Type 75 SPH.}}

== See also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''

* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==


* [[wt:en/news/6361-development-type-75-the-pulverizer-en/|[Development] Type 75: The Pulverizer]]

{{Japan tank destroyers}}

Ho-Ni III

2021-04-25T18:28:34Z

U97044496: /* Ammo racks */

{{About
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|usage=the preceding vehicle of similar name
|link=Ho-Ni I
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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{Specs|rank}} Japanese tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced along with the entire Japanese Ground Forces tree in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]]. It handles and plays very similarly to the Ho-Ni I before it, but has been refined with the addition of more crew, a faster reload time, and most importantly, armour around the gun crew. However, it pays a slight cost of reduced top speed.

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}


Having 25 mm of armour coverage around the entire gun crew, the {{PAGENAME}} no longer needs to fear artillery shrapnel or strafing runs from fighter aircraft. Do note however that it's still vulnerable to bombs, rockets and direct artillery hits! However, if the {{PAGENAME}} takes a hit, likely to survive with more operational crewmembers, as three of them must be knocked out before the vehicle becomes inoperable.

Another small armour increase is seen on the front of the tank, with the driver and radio station protected with another 10 mm of armour, though with this added strength, it still leaves an undesirable total width of a lacking 35 mm.

'''Armour type:'''

* Rolled homogeneous armour

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Armour !! Front !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
|-
| Hull || 25 mm (12-31°) ''Front plate'' 17 mm (80-81°) ''Front glacis'' 15 mm (63°) ''Joint plate'' 15 mm (37-59°) ''Lower glacis'' || 25 mm (40°) ''Top Left'' 20 mm (24-27°) ''Top Right'' 20 mm ''Bottom'' || 17 mm (69°) ''Top'' 20 mm (4-58°) ''Bottom'' || 12 mm
|-
| Superstructure || 25 mm (15-16°) ''Front'' 25 mm (3-47°) ''Gun mantlet'' || 25 mm (24-26°) || 25 mm (10-11°) || 10 mm
|-
|}
'''Notes:'''

* Suspension wheels and tracks are both 15 mm thick.
* Driver's port on the front plate is 10 mm thick.
* An extra 10 mm of armour is plated on top of the bow machine gun area, left from the driver's position.

=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Tank-Mobility}}


{{tankMobility|abMinHp= 241|rbMinHp= 150}}

The only drawback of the {{PAGENAME}} compared to its previous version, is that the tank has a slight decrease in top speed. On flat grass, it reaches a top speed of 32 km/h, compared to the Ho-Ni I's top speed of 36 km/h.

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armaments ==
{{Specs-Tank-Armaments}}
=== Main armament ===
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|1}}

{{main|Type 3 (75 mm)}}

The {{PAGENAME}} features a modernized Type 3 75 mm tank gun, based on the [[Type 90 (75 mm)|Type 90 75 mm]] field gun as on the previous Ho-Ni I, still being a great cannon, even with a slightly higher battle rating. With the addition of two dedicated loaders in a fully closed casemate, the gun also gets almost a second cut down on its reload time, making it capable of even more destruction.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="5" | [[Type 3 (75 mm)|75 mm Type 3]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
|-
! Mode !! Capacity !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
|-
! ''Arcade''
| rowspan="2" | 46 || rowspan="2" | -10°/+20° || rowspan="2" | ±10° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 14.09 || 19.50 || 23.68 || 26.20 || 27.86 || rowspan="2" | 7.15 || rowspan="2" | 6.33 || rowspan="2" | 5.80 || rowspan="2" | 5.50
|-
! ''Realistic''
| 9.52 || 11.20 || 13.60 || 15.04 || 16.00
|-
|}

==== Ammunition ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! colspan="6" | '''Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)'''
|-
! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
|-
| Type 1 APHE || APHE || 103 || 101 || 92 || 82 || 73 || 65
|-
| Type 94 HE || HE || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="10" | Shell details
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! rowspan="2" | Velocity (m/s)
! rowspan="2" | Projectile Mass (kg)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay (m)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity (mm)
! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
! colspan="3" | Ricochet
|-
! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
|-
| Type 1 APHE || APHE || 668 || 6.56 || 1.3 || 15 || 84.8 || 47° || 60° || 65°
|-
| Type 94 HE || HE || 522 || 6.02 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 810 || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="7" | Smoke shell characteristics
|-
! Ammunition
! Velocity (m/s)
! Projectile Mass (kg)
! Screen radius (m)
! Screen deploy time (s)
! Screen hold time (s)
! Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
|-
| Type 90 Smoke || 570 || 5.72 || 13 || 5 || 20 || 100
|-
|}

==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Full ammo
! 1st rack empty
! 2nd rack empty
! 3rd rack empty
! 4th rack empty
! 5th rack empty
! Visual discrepancy
|-
| '''46''' || 45 ''(+1)'' || 41 ''(+5)'' || 36 ''(+10)'' || 24 ''(+22)'' || 1 ''(+45)'' || No
|-
|}

Turret empty: 36 (+10)

== Usage in battles ==


The {{PAGENAME}} plays very similar to the [[Ho-Ni I]] with the added benefit of two extra crew which cuts down on the reload time for the 75 mm gun.

The starting Japanese player will also be quite accustomed to the handling of the hull, as it still is based on the [[Chi-Ha]]. But due to the added weight of the fully enclosed casemate, it is slower compared to its brother [[Chi-Ha (Family)|Chi-Ha]].

With the added benefit of the casemate and crew, the {{PAGENAME}} sports better survivability, though, most shells will not knock you out in one shot due to having a total of five crew members. The crew isn't out in the open anymore and has sufficient armour from machine-gun fire from both ground & air enemies. Knowing this, you can stand to take more chances of sitting in one location and not have to worry about aircraft making a single pass and taking the vehicle out.

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* Effective 75 mm gun with APHE can penetrate all enemies at its rank
* Effective -10° gun depression
* Fully enclosed crew compartment provides better protection from strafing aircraft
* Five man crew, three can be knocked out and the tank will still operate
* Good gun traverse speed
* Mobility is decent due to being built on a [[Chi-Ha]] chassis
* Can utilise smoke shells

'''Cons:'''

* Thin armour; close-quarters fighting is not advised
* Four men are densely packed in the casemate
* No coaxial machine gun to use against aircraft or GAZ trucks
* Top speed is less compared to the [[Chi-Ha (Family)|Chi-Ha]] due to the added weight of the casemate

== History ==

The Type 3 Ho-Ni III is a self-propelled anti-tank artillery gun. The Ho-Ni III was the third of the Japanese 'tank destroyers', which Japan developed based on inspiration from the German tanks of this class. This SPG was very similar to the previous models of this series, the Ho-Ni I and Ho-Ni II, but surpassed them in multiple ways, embodying all the very best of each of them. The chassis of the medium Type 97 Chi-Ha Kai tank was used as a base, while the Ho-Ni I and II used a simple, unmodernized version of the Type 97 Chi-Ha. The powerful 75 mm Type 90 field cannon was chosen as a gun. In its design, this was a counterpart of the French 85 mm Schneider cannon (85 mle 1927 Schneider). After a small redesign for installation on the tank, this gun was designated the Type 3. The cannon was installed in an armored non-rotating superstructure which, in contrast to the Ho-Ni I and Ho-Ni II, was fully enclosed on all sides and provided optimal protection for the crew. Additional ammo took the place of the machine gun in the hull, and the SPG's crew was reduced to four (in comparison to the five of the previous vehicles in this series).

Ho-Ni series SPGs went into production in 1942, and the order to design and produce the upgraded Ho-Ni III was received by the Hitachi firm in the beginning of 1944. Due to a shortage of resources and constant bombings, the Japanese industry was only able to produce roughly 35 Ho-Ni III SPGs before the end of the war. Most of them were distributed among divisions tasked with defending Japan itself, while only a few were sent to areas of active military operations such as Okinawa and the Philippines. No records survive of military clashes between the Ho-Ni III and American tanks.

- From [[wt:en/news/4361-development-type-3-ho-ni-iii-the-japanese-marder-en/|Devblog]]

== Media ==


* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=japan&vehicleType=tank&vehicleClass=tank_destroyer&vehicle=jp_type_3_ho_ni_III Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]

== See also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''

* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==


* [https://warthunder.com/en/news/4361-development-type-3-ho-ni-iii-the-japanese-marder-en/ [Devblog<nowiki>]</nowiki> Type 3 Ho-Ni III: The Japanese Marder]
* [[Wikipedia:Type_3_Ho-Ni_III|[Wikipedia<nowiki>]</nowiki> Type 3 Ho-Ni III]]

{{Japan tank destroyers}}