"The last one is the treasure of our Zhibo Dan town school - the five-type chariot, which is also my current car. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Led by Nishisuyo, the three of them walked to the end of the garage.

There is a huge chariot parked here, even bigger than the girl's Super Pershing.

"The prototype of the Type 5 tank was completed in May 1945 and was not armed. The project was quickly abandoned due to a shortage of manpower and resources, and resources were instead concentrated on the smaller and more practical Type 4 medium tank. Like many other weapons developed by Japan in the latter stages of the war, they were unable to leave the prototype stage because of a lack of raw materials and because of heavy Allied bombardment. ”

Talking about his car, Xi Juandai once again explained endlessly.

"Like the Type 4 medium chariot, the Type 5 chariot is also expected to be used as a last defensive weapon in a decisive battle on the home turf against the Allied landing. The generals planned to integrate the Type 5 into large armored division units to drive the invaders back to sea. But until the end of the war, not a single Type 5 tank was produced in its entirety. ”

"The only prototype was captured by the U.S. military, along with a prototype of the Type 4 tank, and its whereabouts are unknown. There is a version that the tank, while being transported to Aberdeen, encountered a typhoon and had to be pushed into the sea from the deck. There is also a theory that when the Korean War broke out, it was reused due to the lack of steel. Either way, there is no definite evidence. ”

"The Type 5 medium tank uses the elongated chassis of the Type 4 medium tank, with 8 load-bearing wheels instead of 7 of the Type 4. It uses a Japanese universal track design with front drive wheels and rear idler wheels. The Type 5 is also equipped with inclined armor with a maximum thickness of 75 mm in front. ”

It looks so much bigger, but the protection is barely improved compared to the Type 4 medium tank, so it's no wonder that this item will be cut.

The girl nodded, motioning for Nishisuyo to continue.

"The Type 5 tank was originally designed to be powered by a diesel engine, but until the end of the war, a sufficiently powerful engine had not been developed, so the spare parts of the HA-9II B engine (ハ9 (エンジン)) of the Type 98 dive bomber that had been eliminated by the army were converted into a model for combat vehicles, and a transmission device for combat vehicles was installed."

The HA-9 engine is a model transferred from the German BMWVI engine technology to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and the M-17 engine used in the BT-7 light tank, T-28 medium tank, and T-35 heavy tank produced by the Soviet Union in the early 1930s is also converted from the BMW V-cylinder empty engine. However, at the time of testing, the Kawasaki Type 98 Type 9-II B engine, which produced a maximum output of 800 horsepower in the air, produced only 550 horsepower on the vehicle. ”

"Although it is only 550 horsepower, considering that the vehicle in the Type 5 has a dead weight of only 37 tons, the speed can also reach 45km/h."

Such a big thing is only 37 tons, and it seems that it is indeed thin skin and big stuffing.

In addition, if it is 37 tons and 550 horsepower, the thrust-to-weight ratio is almost 14.8 horsepower/ton, and the maneuverability is slightly better than that of the Type 4 medium tank.

"The design of the engine room is also modeled after the M3 light tank, and the upper and lower parts of the engine room are equipped with large compartment covers that can be opened, which can easily lift the engine out and reduce the logistical pressure."

"In terms of armament, it was originally expected to be loaded with the Type 99 88MML45 anti-aircraft gun, but the gun's production capacity was extremely low, so it was decided to load the same Type 5 75mm tank gun as the Type 4 medium tank, and with a semi-automatic loading system to reduce the burden on the members, but in the end, there was still no automatic loading system on the actual vehicle."

"The secondary armament of the Type 5 tank is a secondary cannon - a Type 37mm tank gun, and a coaxial Type 97 vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun, the latter of which is mainly used against infantry."

After saying so many words in one breath, even Nishisuyo was a little overwhelmed and gasped there.

From the words of the Western Silk Dynasty, the girl can infer that this is a four-type medium chariot with an extended body and increased power, no wonder it will be cut.

Although Miho next to the girl didn't speak the whole time, she kept holding a notebook and remembering things.

"Thank you, Captain West."

Anyway, they have been explaining to you for free for so long, and of course the girl is very grateful for it.

"It's not troublesome, it's been a long time since I've met someone who can listen to me talk so much, and people don't care about these things at all."

After Xi Juandai finished speaking, his face became a little lonely.

It seems that she also has her own difficulties......

"By the way, I almost forgot, there's another kind of chariot that I haven't introduced to you!"

As if remembering something, Nishisuyo suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

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"These are the only two Type 5 light tanks in the world!"

Nishisuyo said this, and couldn't help but smile proudly.

"At the beginning of World War II, Japanese army commanders were aware of the obsolescence of the Japanese Army's standard light tank, the Type 95 light tank. Although the Japanese army tried to solve the shortcomings of the Type 95 light tank in the subsequent Type 98 and Type 2 light tanks, and the direction was correct, these problems still existed. Therefore, the Japanese reviewed the design of the tank in their hands from beginning to end, and in 1942 completed a prototype of a new standard light tank. ”

However, because the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters was forced to give raw materials to the Navy to make combat aircraft and warships, the project was also shelved. Only in 1945 did the authorities agree to mass production of such tanks, but it was already too late. Mass production was no longer possible due to the shortage of raw materials such as steel plates, and the strategic bombing of the Allies, and at the time of Japan's surrender, only one prototype was produced. ”

"The details of the Type 5 light tank have always been a mystery, because the detailed information was burned at that time, and only one photo was left."

Speaking of this, there was a sudden pause, and it was clear that the point was coming.

"And in our school, a student recently found the details of the remnants of this vehicle, and successfully passed the audit of the Battlelane Alliance, so we built two of them, which are the only two in the world."

If you have the money to build chariots and no money to change guns, it seems that there are still a lot of things that the Western Silk Dynasty has not told yourself.

No matter what she thinks in her heart, the girl still echoes the West Silk Dynasty on the surface.

"That's amazing." (To be continued.) )