I-Go Ko - Revision history

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 {{main|Type 91 (6.5 mm)}}
-The Type 91 machine gun is mounted in the hull with limited traverse. With a limited magazine capacity, slow traverse speed, and small calibre, this machine gun usually doesn't serve much use in combat except as a tool against open-topped SPAA or tank destroyers, or to ping enemies on the map for teammates to see.  As is common with many Japanese tanks, the turret is not fitted with a forward facing coaxial machine gun, so this machine gun is the I-Go Ko's only other weapon option if the main gun is incapacitated.
+The Type 91 machine gun is mounted in the hull with limited traverse. With a limited magazine capacity, slow traverse speed, and small calibre, this machine gun usually doesn't serve much use in combat except as a tool against open-topped SPAA or tank destroyers, or to ping enemies on the map for teammates to see. As is common with many Japanese tanks, the turret is not fitted with a forward facing coaxial machine gun, so this machine gun is the I-Go Ko's only other weapon option if the main gun is incapacitated.
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 The Type 89b I-Go Ko, despite its rather tractor-esque look, is a mobile tank that could use its speed to get to an enemy's flanks and cause some serious damage. The 57 mm cannon is unfortunately rather pitiful even in Rank I, with a penetration value of between 20 to 30 mm with APHE at standard combat ranges. Therefore, it is usually best to catch enemies unaware and go for flanking shots against their weaker side armour by driving around, instead of directly toward them. The 57 mm low-velocity shell does have an advantage of a rather prominent parabolic trajectory so it is possible to lob shells over hills to hit unsuspecting enemies behind it.
-The gun's poor penetration will change when using the High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shell. This shell has 55 mm of penetration at any range but still has considerable drop-off due to the low velocity of the gun. It's a good enough anti-everything shell that can penetrate most targets you will meet, especially those pesky French tanks, which tend to be quite well armoured. The Type 3 HEAT shell, fortunately, has just enough penetration to get through them, although it is generally recommended to try to aim for weak spots and be prepared for the shell to non-pen. This shell will also most likely destroy any truck or open-topped vehicle with a good hit.
+The gun's poor penetration will change when using the High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shell. This shell has 55 mm of penetration at any range but still has considerable drop-off due to the low velocity of the gun. It's a good enough anti-everything shell that can penetrate most targets you will meet, especially those pesky French tanks, which tend to be quite well armoured. The Type 3 HEAT shell, fortunately, has just enough penetration to get through them, although it is generally recommended to try to aim for weak spots and be prepared for the shell to not penetrate. This shell will also most likely destroy any truck or open-topped vehicle with a good hit.
 '''Specific enemies worth noting:'''
-Pretty much everything is a threat to this vehicle due to its mediocre mobility and poor armour. Fast vehicles like the [[M2A4]], [[BT-5]], [[A13 Mk I]], and [[AMD.35]] in particular are a difficult encounter; the I-Go Ko is reasonably fast at close quarters, but not that fast. The tank's sluggish turret traverse makes tracking a close target difficult and at long range the slow shells are difficult to aim precisely at a moving target. The [[20-K (45 mm)|45mm 20-K]] gun that the commonly encountered BT series have can easily destroy you at any range with a well-aimed shot.
+Pretty much everything is a threat to this vehicle due to its mediocre mobility and poor armour. Fast vehicles like the [[M2A4]], [[BT-5]], [[A13 Mk I]], and [[AMD.35]] in particular are a difficult encounter; the I-Go Ko is reasonably fast at close quarters, but not that fast. The tank's sluggish turret traverse makes tracking a close target difficult and at long range the slow shells are difficult to aim precisely at a moving target. The [[20-K (45 mm)|45 mm 20-K]] gun that the commonly encountered BT series have can easily destroy you at any range with a well-aimed shot.
 Vehicles with autocanons and heavy machine guns like the [[M2A2]], [[GAZ-AAA (DShK)]], [[Pz.II C]], and [[T-60]], are the I-Go Ko's worst nightmare. Their high volume of fire and good mobility coupled with the I-Go Ko's lack of a coaxial or pintle-mounted MG puts the I-Go Ko at a large disadvantage. SPAAs generally should be considered by the I-Go Ko to be just as deadly, if not more so, than conventional tanks.
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-{{Youtube-gallery|p9_XD0TgdiA|'''TOP 5 Reserve Tanks'''  discusses the {{PAGENAME}} at 2:23  - ''War Thunder Official Channel''|c8WHPgdkdOc|'''Type 89 medium tank - Imperial Japanese Army Armored Forces Exercise - September 1941''' - ''
+{{Youtube-gallery|p9_XD0TgdiA|'''TOP 5 Reserve Tanks''' discusses the {{PAGENAME}} at 2:23 - ''War Thunder Official Channel''|c8WHPgdkdOc|'''Type 89 medium tank - Imperial Japanese Army Armored Forces Exercise - September 1941''' - ''
 kinsei1560''|LBM3eMJJRjg|'''Type 89 tank Imperial Japanese Army''' - ''MrHofner5001''}}
 == See also ==
-''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
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 * Racks disappear after you've fired all shells in the rack.
 * To minimize rack detonation, it is recommended to empty all the way to the 3rd rack with 49&nbsp;''(+51)'' shells.
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 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' {{Annotation|八九式中戦車 (乙型)「イ号」|Hachikyū-Shiki Chū-Sensha (Otsu-Gata) [I-Gō]}} is Japan's first domestic mass-produced tank, with the model B (otsu) being world's first diesel-powered mass-produced tank to boot. design started in 1925 as a light tank project planned as the FT-17, but the design based on the Vickers Medium C, the I-Go was adopted in 1929 as a light tank but shortly after reclassified as a medium tank for weighing over 10 tons. Well regarded in its early career against the ill-armoured force of the Chinese, it didn't keep up with motorized infantry and was easily outgunned at Khalkin Gol, which would be out phased by the 2nd generation of Imperial Japanese tanks, the [[Ha-Go]] and [[Chi-Ha]].
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' {{Annotation|八九式中戦車 (乙型)「イ号」|Hachikyū-Shiki Chū-Sensha (Otsu-Gata) [I-Gō]}} was Japan's first domestic mass-produced tank, with the model B (otsu) being the world's first diesel-powered mass-produced tank to boot. Design started in 1925 as a light tank project planned on the FT-17, but the design based on the Vickers Medium C, the I-Go was adopted in 1929 as a light tank but shortly after reclassified as a medium tank for weighing over 10 tons. Well regarded in its early career against the poorly armoured forces of the Chinese, it couldn't keep up with motorized infantry and was easily outgunned at Khalkin Gol, and would be phased out by the 2nd generation of Imperial Japanese tanks, the [[Ha-Go]] and [[Chi-Ha]].
-It was introduced in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]] along with the rest of the initial Japanese Ground Forces Tree. While a slow infantry support tank, with little armour for tank combat, it comes equipped with a low velocity 57 mm loading capable HEAT shells, able to lob high penetrating shells at close range and behind cover. Making for a challenging task for new tankers, it will serve as a trial by fire to learn positioning and shell trajectory with a glass cannon.
+It was introduced in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]] along with the rest of the initial Japanese Ground Forces Tree. While a slow infantry support tank, with little armour for tank combat, it comes equipped with a low velocity 57 mm cannon loaded with capable HEAT shells, able to lob high penetrating shells at close range and behind cover. Making for a challenging task for new tankers, it will serve as a trial by fire to learn positioning and shell trajectory with a glass cannon.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' {{Annotation|八九式中戦車 (乙型)「イ号」|Hachikyū-Shiki Chū-Sensha (Otsu-Gata) [I-Gō]}}  is a reserve rank {{Specs|rank}} Japanese light tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"]] along with the rest of the initial Japanese Ground Forces Tree.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' {{Annotation|八九式中戦車 (乙型)「イ号」|Hachikyū-Shiki Chū-Sensha (Otsu-Gata) [I-Gō]}} is Japan's first domestic mass-produced tank, with the model B (otsu) being world's first diesel-powered mass-produced tank to boot. design started in 1925 as a light tank project planned as the FT-17, but the design based on the Vickers Medium C, the I-Go was adopted in 1929 as a light tank but shortly after reclassified as a medium tank for weighing over 10 tons. Well regarded in its early career against the ill-armoured force of the Chinese, it didn't keep up with motorized infantry and was easily outgunned at Khalkin Gol, which would be out phased by the 2nd generation of Imperial Japanese tanks, the [[Ha-Go]] and [[Chi-Ha]].
 == General info ==

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	* [[wt:en/news/4341-development-type-89-i-go-ko-first-series-en/\|[Devblog] Type 89 I-Go Ko: First Series]]		* [[wt:en/news/4341-development-type-89-i-go-ko-first-series-en/\|[Devblog] Type 89 I-Go Ko: First Series]]
		+	* [[wikipedia:Type_89_I-Go_medium_tank\|[Wikipedia] Type 89 I-Go medium tank]]
		+	* [https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/jap/Type_89_I-Go.php <nowiki>[Tank Encyclopedia] Type 89 I-Go</nowiki>]
		+	* [https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.php?armor_id=464 <nowiki>[Military Factory] Type 89 Chi-Ro</nowiki>]

	=== References ===		=== References ===

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 * Tall for a Rank I tank
 * No coaxial machine gun in the turret, the bow machine gun only fires forwards in a limited arc
-* Tight crew spacing, resulting in a head on shot spelling certain death
+* Tight crew spacing, which can result in the I-Go Ko being knocked out in one shot
 == History ==

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 ==== Ammunition ====
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 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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