So I’ve been tempted to suggest one of the modified Ha Go’s but I couldn’t really decide which one would be more interesting/actually useful, leaving current balance out of the conversation, we must adress the lack of content on the Japanese tank tree and the current state of lack of HE shell options(I don’t care if it is 37mm HE, having none of it is worse than having it when others have it), so I’m here to ask you guys which one would make the most sense at your eyes for me it would be Ke Nu but I want to hear other opinions:
Context
Before WWII even started it was obvious that Ha Go could not compete with more powerful tanks and that the 37mm Gun while useful for infrantry it was getting too obsolete on anti-tank combat, this only became worse by the time Japan started invading several colonies on the Pacific
[Type 95s on Malaya]
This is where they started facing more armored targets so a plan to upgun Ha Go was started:
Type 3 Ke Ri
[Clearly not from WT forums]
By 1943 the first prototype of this program was created, is basically just a Ha Go with the Type 90 57mm gun or known as the same gun that Chi Ha and I-Go uses, it will basically have the same performance as a regular Ha Go but with a better gun that actually has HE shells, IRL it was rejected because the turret was to cramped for the crew with the new gun, in Enlisted this doesn’t matter so is an option for a vehicle.
[a representative photo of the tank with a fake gun]
Type 4 Ke Nu
in 1944 the best decision to fix the cramped turret of the Ke Ri was took…basically slap a Chi Ha turret on the Ha Go chasis, this worked, not only it fixed the crampness problem but it also increased the armor of the turret offering more protection to the crew from small arms, of course this also had disadvantages which was the increased weight of the vehicle which reduced the max. speed to 40 km/h, funny enough this actually saw service on Manchukuo against the Soviets were the one on the picture above was captured
both vehicles will have the same AT capability because of the HEAT shell of the 57mm and they will have much better Anti-Infantry ability which can help a lot to the current situation
and lastly I didn’t mention Ke To because that wasn’t even finished as far as I know and Ke Ni is already in the game, let me know what do you guys think!
Edit: thanks to LM4_Luna and Killerwolf1024 for pointing out mistakes
