Chi-Se medium tank

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試製中戦車 チセ - Wikipedia

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Given that there is one magazine listed as a source, and I don't have it to look into further, posting this here.

 

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Chi-Se medium tank.

Now i want to give credit to the guy who did this beautifully photo editing but couldn't quite find out who did this. With that said i'm not the one who made this but i want to share these images anyway. This could be the closest thing to Chi-Se and IMO this tank is gorgeous. I do not care if it ...

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Chi-Se - World of Tanks Blitz Wiki*

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So is there sufficient evidence to move the thread? Any original sources would be great

 

[tom!]

Hi.

AFAIK was this a pure theoretical idea of IJA Technical Bureau to use the Type 5 105 mm Tank Gun available from early 1945 as tank armament.

There were post-war rumors of this model being a part of an existing Chi-Ri upgrade program which also included the uparmoring to 105 mm frontal armor and upgunning with a 8,8 cm gun based on the Type 99 AA-gun. There were also thoughts to install the 105 mm gun on the basic Type 5 Tank inside a modified Chi-Ri-turret. But it seems that all papers around this program were destroyed prior to surrender

Yours

tom!