Type 2 Ho-I

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Type 2 Ho-I

General characteristics
Crew	5
Length	5.73
Width	2.33
Height	2.58
Weight	16.1
Armour and armament
Armour	12-50
Main armament	75 mm Type 99 Gun
Secondary armament	1 x 7.7 mm Type 97 gun (hull)
Mobility
Power plant	Mitsubishi Type 100 air cooled V-12 diesel 240 hp (179 kW)
Suspension	Bell crank
Road speed	44
Power/weight
Range	100

The Japanese Type 2 Ho-I Infantry Support Tank was a further development of a series of new tank designs started with the Type 1 Chi-He during World War II. All tanks of this series where based off of the Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis. The Type 2 Ho-I was built as a self-propelled gun on the Type 1 Chi-He medium tank chassis (itself being a modified Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis). It was designed for a close fire support role and was issued to the gun tank companies of the Japanese Army's tank regiments but only thirty were ever built. The short barreled 75 mm Type 99 Gun was mounted in a fully rotating two man turret.

The armaments aboard of Type 2 Ho-I was 1 x Type 99 Cannon of 75mm and 1 x Type 97 MG of 7.7mm.

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Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Tankettes
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha \| Type 94 Te-Ke \| Type 97 Te-Ke
Light Tanks
Type 95 Ha-Go \| Type 98 Ke-Ni/Type 2 Ke-To
Amphibious Tanks
Type 2 Ka-Mi \| Type 3 Ka-Chi
Medium Tanks
Type 89 Chi-Ro \| Type 97 Chi-Ha \| Type 1 Chi-He \| Type 2 Ho-I \| Type 3 Chi-Nu
APCs
Type 1 Ho-Ha \| Type 1 Ho-Ki \| Type 98 So-Da \| Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Self-propelled artillery (including AA guns)
Type 98 20 mm \| Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track \| Type 1 Ho-Ni \| Type 4 Ho-Ro
Japanese armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II