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Post by Daniel C on Jul 7, 2009 17:17:45 GMT -5
;D Yo, Gabriel...... Here it is! Type 5 Medium tank WWII Japan  Looks cool and now on my want list! |
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Post by Gabriel on Jul 11, 2009 21:56:23 GMT -5
Order me one......!!!!!  ...wait ..wait.... no I need first a box of diapers .....  .....hehehehehe....  I will start saving my change .... ;D Fine Molds Models FNMFM28 1/35 FNMFM28 IJA Medium Tank Type 5 CHI-RI Category: Armor Models 1/35 Description will be updated upon release. Status: Taking Pre-Orders Retail Price: $100.95 Your Price: $90.85 I check on great models and that was the result..... |
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Post by Daniel C on Jul 12, 2009 3:17:55 GMT -5
oh, the link I got the pictures from said $69 order now for $62.... BIG difference!
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Post by mexmarine on Jul 12, 2009 13:48:06 GMT -5
Hey, did this tank actually saw some combat, or was just a prototype? What's the story behind it? where? when? how?
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Post by Daniel C on Jul 12, 2009 21:49:11 GMT -5
 Design 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 Chi-To's seven. It had the usual Japanese track arrangement with forward mounted drive sprockets and rear mounted idlers. The Type 5 Chi-Ri had sloped welded amour, with a maximum thickness of 75 mm at the front. The Type 5 Chi-Ri was initially to be powered by a Diesel engine, but the advancements needed to provide the necessary horsepower fell behind schedule, and a 800 HP V-12 gasoline-driven 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. Originally, the prototype tank was to be fitted with the same Type 5 75 mm tank gun ( based on the Type 4 75 mm AA Gun) used on the Type 4 Chi-To. This theory is denied now though it was said "production versions were to be equipped with a Type 99 88 mm AA Gun ". A secondary hull-mounted Type 1 37mm tank gun was also planned, in the position normally taken by a machine gun, and two more Type 97 light machine guns to the front and rear would have added extra firepower in close combat situations. Combat record As with the Type 4 Chi-To tanks, the Type 5 Chi-Ri were earmarked for the final defenses of the Japanese home islands against the expected Allied invasions. Army planners envisioned large armored divisions equipped with the Type 5 Chi-Ri driving the invaders back into the sea, but the war came to an end before even the first prototype could be completed. The prototype was seized by American forces during the occupation of Japan, but its subsequent fate is unknown. One theory is that it sank in the ocean when a freighter taking it to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds capsized in a typhoon; another theory is that it was scrapped for its metal armor during the Korean War. Variants Ho-Ri tank destroyer The Ho-Ri was a more powerful version of the Type 5 Chi-Ri, using a 105 mm cannon in place of the 75 mm design. This design was possibly inspired by the German Jagdtiger tank destroyer. No prototype was built, and the design remained only a concept.
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Post by Daniel C on Jul 16, 2009 23:53:00 GMT -5
I had to do it..... HLJ on pre-order.....  ;D
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Post by Gabriel on Jul 17, 2009 20:49:21 GMT -5
Really? Did you order one? how much ?  |
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Post by Daniel C on Jul 17, 2009 21:43:42 GMT -5
;D I had too..... It is 5,700 yen plus shipping (about 1,000 to 2,000 yen)
Admit it, you like it because the turret reminds you of the King Target.... uhhh, I mean Tiger.
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Post by Daniel C on Aug 12, 2009 11:34:15 GMT -5
;D It's here!! 9 days shipping (surface) from Hobby Link Japan..... pretty good, I like their service, I will order again.
I think this might be what I need to get out of my summertime slump!
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...wait ..wait.... no I need first a box of diapers ..... 
.....hehehehehe.... 
