Buffing the Type 95 Ha-Go

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First things first… There are actually 3 main different modifications of the Type 95 Ha-Go
The Tank entered production in 1935 and entered service in 1936.

Type 95 Ha-Go Model 1936
This one featured Type 91 6.5mm Light machine guns as well as the Type 94 37mm gun. It could shoot Type 94 APHE at 575m/s.
40mm @ 0m (0°) / 18mm @ 0m (60°) penetration

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Type 95 Ha-Go Model 1937
This one replaced the 6.5mm machine guns for new Type 97 7.7mm Light machine guns, but still used the Type 94 37mm gun. It could shoot Type 94 APHE at 575m/s.
40mm @ 0m (0°) / 18mm @ 0m (60°) of penetration

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Type 95 Ha-Go Model 1938
This one featured Type 97 7.7mm Light machine guns but replaced the old gun with a new Type 98 37mm gun. It could shoot Type 94 APHE at 685m/s but in 1941 a new Type 1 37mm APHE was introduced which had 704m/s muzzle velocity and its performance was:
56mm @ 0m (0°) / 24mm @ 0m (60°) penetration.

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So my very first question is… Why do we have the Model 1937 when the Model 1938 is better and was the most common version during ww2?

Secondly theres the fact that Ha-Go’s Face Hardened Armour is implemented as RHA. FHA would offer more protection vs .50 cals than its current armour implementation

But heres the main issue… This tank could shoot 37mm HE ammunition and yet it aint got none in the game.


37mm Type 94 HE, came in 1934 and was used by the Type 94 tank gun and the Type 94 anti tank gun version.
Ha-Go was designed for infrantry support role since that was the Japanese tank doctrine at the time, copying the west. So yes, they had the Type 94 HE for clapping Chinese.

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37mm Type 94 HE

Weight of Shell: 0.595kg
Explosive:
20g of Pitric Acid (x1.2 TNT equivalent)
38g of TNT
So this shell has 62g of TNT equivalent
Muzzle Velocity when shot from different guns using different cartridge.
Type 11 37mm Gun = 450m/s [NC-27 Otsu-Gata]
Type 94 37mm Gun = 580m/s [Type 95 Ha-Go Mod. 1936]
Type 98 37mm Gun = 690m/s [Type 95 Ha-Go Mod. 1938]
Type 100 37mm Gun = 690m/s [Type 98 Ke-Ni]

Source: https://www.bulletpicker.com/pdf/Japanese%20Ammunition,%20Part%20IV.pdf

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And then the Shermans came…

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At least the M4 Shermans didnt appear before Battle of Tarawa (20–23 November 1943) and less than a dozen were present in total.

M4 Sherman became an issue for the Japanese only really starting from 1944.

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True, but the M4A1 might show up in the pacific after the merge.

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Thats ok, Chi-Nu is in the files already, has been for a while

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Lol, I think you should ask those questions on War Thunder forum, the tank was taken from War Thunder.

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Tanks in the pacific did little for war effort for both sides. Proportionally, american tank loses were higher in pacific compared to europe. 20 shermans used in tarawa, only 2 of em ended the battle without disabled or destroyed.
Real key point of victory was naval and aerial supremacy which japan deveicively lost the iniciative after midway

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Combat was also different there, more extreme terrain, and against hidden and entrenched defends who were determined to fight to their last breath, and kill themselves even if it meant destroying an American tank.

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and dont forget the weather conditions of the pacific

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yeah.
The Pacific was a completely different war than in Europe.

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+1, the worst part is that the 3D model matches the 1938 version, it just has incorrect stats, this inaccuracy carried over from WT: ://old-forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/471384-type-95-ha-go-has-a-wrong-gun/ (add https to the beginning, I can’t post links)
Reported years ago and and nothing’s been done about it