The Type 5 medium tank Chi-Ri was a medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's prototype Type 4 Chi-To medium tank. Only one incomplete prototype was built.
The Type 5 Chi-Ri featured a lengthened version of the Type 4 Chi-To chassis, with eight road wheels per side instead of the seven of the Chi-To. It had the usual Japanese track arrangement with forward mounted drive sprockets and rear mounted idlers. The Type 5 Chi-Ri had welded armor, with a maximum thickness of 75 mm at the front hull; 25–50 mm on the side; 50 mm on the rear and 50 mm on the turret.
The Type 5 Chi-Ri was initially to be powered by a Mitsubishi Diesel engine, but the advancements needed to provide the necessary horsepower fell behind schedule, and an 800 hp V-12 gasoline-fueled aircraft engine designed by BMW in Germany and licensed to Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan was selected instead. The "Kawasaki Type 98 800 HP engine Ha-9-IIb" was detuned for the tank to 550 hp.
The tank had a hexagonal gun turret and on the left side of the turret roof was a commander's cupola. In front of that was a crew hatch. The prototype tank was to be fitted with the Type 5 75 mm tank gun (based on the Type 4 75 mm AA Gun) equipped with an automatic loading system. A secondary weapon consisted of a fixed front hull-mounted Type 1 37 mm tank gun. According to one source, in addition there were two 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns. According to another source, there was one design with the fixed front hull-mounted Type 1 37 mm tank gun as a secondary weapon and a second design with two 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns as secondary weapons. The second design having a front hull fitted coaxial Type 97 machine gun and a ball mounted Type 97 machine gun on the left side of the turret for use in close combat situations. There were also plans for a Type 5 Chi-Ri II, to be diesel powered and using the Type 5 75 mm tank gun as its main armament.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The Type 5 Chi-Ri featured a lengthened version of the Type 4 Chi-To chassis, with eight road wheels per side instead of the seven of the Chi-To. It had the usual Japanese track arrangement with forward mounted drive sprockets and rear mounted idlers. The Type 5 Chi-Ri had welded armor, with a maximum thickness of 75 mm at the front hull; 25–50 mm on the side; 50 mm on the rear and 50 mm on the turret.
The Type 5 Chi-Ri was initially to be powered by a Mitsubishi Diesel engine, but the advancements needed to provide the necessary horsepower fell behind schedule, and an 800 hp V-12 gasoline-fueled aircraft engine designed by BMW in Germany and licensed to Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan was selected instead. The "Kawasaki Type 98 800 HP engine Ha-9-IIb" was detuned for the tank to 550 hp.
The tank had a hexagonal gun turret and on the left side of the turret roof was a commander's cupola. In front of that was a crew hatch. The prototype tank was to be fitted with the Type 5 75 mm tank gun (based on the Type 4 75 mm AA Gun) equipped with an automatic loading system. A secondary weapon consisted of a fixed front hull-mounted Type 1 37 mm tank gun. According to one source, in addition there were two 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns. According to another source, there was one design with the fixed front hull-mounted Type 1 37 mm tank gun as a secondary weapon and a second design with two 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns as secondary weapons. The second design having a front hull fitted coaxial Type 97 machine gun and a ball mounted Type 97 machine gun on the left side of the turret for use in close combat situations. There were also plans for a Type 5 Chi-Ri II, to be diesel powered and using the Type 5 75 mm tank gun as its main armament.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
