Chi-Ha Kai (China)

␗Chi-Ha Kai

␗M4A4

␗Chi-Ha Kai

␗M4A4

China

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.3	2.3	2.3

Class:

Medium tank

Research:7 900

Purchase:10 000

Description

The ␗Type 97 Chi-Ha Kai is a rank II Chinese light tank with a battle rating of 2.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

General info

Survivability and armour

This tank has little to no armour, so is usually destroyed in a single shot. However, at long ranges the tank will be able to survive multiple shots because the enemy shell penetration drops off to be insufficient against even the Chi-Ha Kai's thin armour.

Mobility

This tank is sluggish for its battle rating and has a really bad traverse and reverse speed. It is just plain slow.

Armaments

Main armament

The Chi-Ha Kai is armed with the 47 mm Type 1 cannon. At the battle rating, the gun is not bad, it has good post penetration effects but seriously lacks penetration that some other tanks have.

Machine guns

The Chi-Ha Kai has a machine gun mounted to the turret which can not penetrate most tanks at its battle rating, but a few open topped vehicles will be a great target for machine gun fire.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

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