Type 97 (57 mm)
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Description
The Type 97 57 mm is a direct upgrade over the Type 90 57 mm with the aim of improving its functionality and endurance. Both were designed as low velocity cannons meant to be primarily loaded with HE, to allow the Type 89 I-Go and Type 97 Chi-Ha to fulfil the role of infantry support tanks.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Ground vehicles:
Naval vessels:
General info
The Type 97, as its predecessor the Type 90, are low velocity cannons, but still offer quite the elevation and depression to make for a great cannon to lob shells over cover.
Available ammunition
Ground vehicles
Considering the penetration and explosive mass, the Type 3 HEAT shell is the bread and butter for tank combat with the Type 97. It will keep its penetration over longer ranges and has the highest explosive mass, as well as lacking a fuse delay.
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| Type 92 APHE | APHE | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
| Type 3 HEAT | HEAT | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| Type 92 APHE | APHE | 349 | 2.58 | 1.2 | 9 | 103 | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| Type 3 HEAT | HEAT | 380 | 1.8 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 303.36 | 62° | 69° | 73° |
Naval vessels
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 100 m | 1,000 m | 2,000 m | 3,000 m | 4,000 m | 5,000 m | ||
| Type 90 HE | HE | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Type 92 APHE | APHE | 30 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Type 3 HEAT | HEAT | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| Type 90 HE | HE | 420 | 2.36 | 0 | 0.1 | 250 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
| Type 92 APHE | APHE | 420 | 2.58 | 1.2 | 3 | 103 | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| Type 3 HEAT | HEAT | 380 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 303.36 | 62° | 69° | 73° |
Comparison with analogues
The Type 97 is a direct upgrade over the Type 90 with the aim of improving its functionality and endurance. It has a slightly longer barrel (L/18.5 (1.057 m) vs L/18.4 (1.050 m)), but this doesn't really change the characteristics of shell performance other than increasing the maximum firing range from 4 km to 6 km.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
The Type 97 tank began development in 1935 when the Japanese received word of the Vickers A6 medium tank prototype with a Ordnance QF 3-pounder gun. Realizing they were falling behind in tank development, the Imperial Japanese Army began development for a replacement for the Type 90 tank gun used on their Type 89 I-Go Ko. While the original design called for a 47mm gun like the QF 3-pounder, the design instead was a further development of Type 90 which was adopted as the Type 97 on the tank Type 97 Chi-Ha and used in a similar infantry support role. Along with the early Type 97, it was used on a competing prototype the Type 97 Chi-Ni. Like the Type 97, the gun doesn't have an elevation gear and is manually elevated with the gunner's shoulder. The gun, however, while capable of infantry support was shown not to handle tanks as seen when they engaged Soviet BT light tanks during the 1938 Battle of Khalkhin Gol. The result was the adoption of what became the Type 1 47mm tank gun on what became the Chi-Ha Kai. The Imperial Japanese Army also put the Type 97 on some experimental boats such as the Ha-Go Fighting Boat Model 1 used by naval forces of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Media
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See also
- Type 90 (57 mm) - preceding 57mm tank gun
- Type 1 (47 mm) - successor to the Type 97.
External links
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| Japan tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 37 mm | Type 94 · Type 100 · Type 1 |
| 47 mm | Type 1 |
| 57 mm | Type 90 · Type 97 |
| 70 mm | Type 94 |
| 75 mm | Type 90 · Type 99 · Type 3 · Type 5 (Type I Model II · Type II Model I · Type II Model II) |
| 90 mm | Type 61 |
| 105 mm | Type 5 (Experimental · Production) · JSW L/52 |
| 106 mm | Type 60 (B) |
| 120 mm | Taishō Type 10 · Navy short gun · Type 90 L/44 · Type 10 L/44 |
| 150 mm | Type 38 |
| 155 mm | NSJ L/30 · JSW L/52 |
| Foreign: | |
| 25 mm | Oerlikon KBA B02 (Switzerland) |
| 30 mm | Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA) |
| 35 mm | Oerlikon KDE (Switzerland) |
| 75 mm | M6 (USA) |
| 76 mm | M1 (USA) · M32 (USA) |
| 88 mm | KwK36 (Germany) |
| 90 mm | M3A1 (USA) · M36 (USA) |
| 105 mm | L7A3 (Germany) |
| 120 mm | Schneider-Canet 1898 (France) |
| China tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 30 mm | ZPL02 · ZPZ02 |
| 73 mm | Type 86 |
| 76 mm | M32K1 |
| 85 mm | Type 56 · Type 63 |
| 100 mm | PTP86 · Type 59 · Type 69 · Type 69-II · ZPL04 |
| 105 mm | 88B-105T · Type 83 · WMA301 · ZPL94 · ZPL98A |
| 120 mm | 122TM · PTZ89 |
| 125 mm | Type 88C · Type 99A · ZPT98 |
| 130 mm | PL59A Gai |
| 152 mm | PL66 Gai |
| Foreign: | |
| 20 mm | KwK30 (Germany) |
| 37 mm | M6 (USA) |
| 45 mm | 20-K (USSR) |
| 47 mm | Type 1 (Japan) |
| 57 mm | Type 97 (Japan) · ZIS-2 (USSR) |
| 75 mm | M2 Howitzer (USA) · M3 (USA) · M6 (USA) |
| 76 mm | D-56T (USSR) · F-34 (USSR) · M1 (USA) · M7 (USA) · ZIS-3 (USSR) |
| 85 mm | ZIS-S-53 (USSR) |
| 90 mm | M3 (USA) · M41 (USA) |
| 100 mm | D-10S (USSR) |
| 105 mm | M68 (USA) · M68A1 (USA) |
| 115 mm | U-5TS (USSR) |
| 122 mm | A-19 (USSR) · D-25T (USSR) |
| 152 mm | ML-20S (USSR) |
| Japan naval cannons | |
|---|---|
| 20 mm | JM61 · Type 98 |
| 25 mm | 25 mm/60 Type 96 |
| 37 mm | Type 4 · Type 11 pattern 1922 |
| 40 mm | 40 mm/62 Vickers |
| 57 mm | Type 97 |
| 75 mm | Type 88 AA |
| 76 mm | 3-inch/40 Type 41 · 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type · 8 cm/60 Type 98 |
| 100 mm | 100/65 mm Type 98 mod A |
| 120 mm | 120 mm/45 3rd Year Type · 120 mm/45 10th year type |
| 127 mm | 5 inch/40 Type 89 · 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type |
| 140 mm | 140 mm/50 3rd Year Type |
| 152 mm | 6-inch/45 Type 41 · 15 cm/50 Type 41 |
| 155 mm | 155 mm/60 3rd Year Type |
| 200 mm | 20 cm 3rd year type No.1 |
| 203 mm | 20 cm/45 Type 41 · 20 cm/50 3rd year type No.2 |
| 356 mm | 36 cm/45 Type 41 |
| 410 mm | 410 mm/45 Type 3 |
| Foreign: | |
| 20 mm | 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II (USA/Britain) |
| 40 mm | Bofors L/60 Mark 1 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 2 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (USA) |
| 47 mm | 3 pdr QF Hotchkiss (Britain) |
| 76 mm | 3-inch Mark 10 (USA) · 3 inch Mk.33 (USA) · 3-inch Mk.34 (USA) |
| 120 mm | 4,7-inch/40 Armstrong (Britain) |
| 127 mm | 5 inch/38 Mk.12 (USA) |
| 305 mm | 12-inch/45 Vickers (Britain) · 12-inch/50 Vickers (Britain) |
