{"id":1863,"date":"2013-06-06T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xvm.garphy.com\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2013-06-06T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T06:47:30","slug":"chi-ri-ii-japanese-tier-67-medium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xvm.garphy.com\/?p=1863","title":{"rendered":"Chi Ri II – Japanese tier 6\/7 medium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chi Ri II – Japanese tier 6\/7 medium<\/h3>\n
Author: Soukoudragon (US forums)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A practical merging of the Chi Ri and Chi To<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the name Chi Ri II, the patterned way of thinking would figure that this Chi Ri II would be a better tank than the Chi Ri.<\/p>\n

Well… yes and no.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at Germany. The Tiger 2, the Jagdtiger, the Maus\u2026bigger is better was the trend. But bigger meaning better is highly debatable. What if Germany made more of less complicated and lighter fighting machines? Well, the E-series was apparently going to help with that\u2026 a little.<\/p>\n

With that concept in mind, the Chi Ri II was designed to be more practical than the Chi Ri. The designers were considering the final desperate battle for the homeland of Japan. They imagined destroyed bridges and railroads, the need to transport over water with landing craft, limited resources, and so on. A simplified Chi Ri sounds like a good idea, thus a better tank\u2026for this kind of dire situation. However the war ended before development could begin.<\/p>\n

The other point is that the Chi Ri II took many characteristics from both the Chi Ri and the Chi To while removing some characteristics from the Chi Ri. It could be said that it is as much a Chi Ri II as it is a Chi To II.
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\nCharacteristics to be borrowed from the Chi Ri (likely a none exhaustive list)<\/strong>
\nElectrically moved Turret rotation.
\nThe wide 600mm treads.
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\nCharacteristics removed from the Chi Ri<\/strong>
\nSecondary 37mm cannon.
\nLarge H9II gasoline engine. This enabled reducing the size of the hull.
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\nCharacteristics borrowed from the Chi To (production model).<\/strong>
\nSimilar 7 road wheel style coil spring suspension
\nUpper front hull armor sloped (Chi To production model still has a better slope)
\n400 HP diesel engine supercharged to 500 HP for the Chi Ri II.
\nVery similar turret.<\/p>\n

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Main armament was the Type 5 75mm cannon.
\nShell Weight: 6.615 kg
\nMuzzle Velocity: 821 m\/s
\nKinetic Energy: 2229 kj
\nHistorical Pen: 75 mm (1,000 meters) goal (met), 80 mm (1,000 meters) expected<\/p>\n

There is really nothing innovating about this tank. Bringing the good points of both the Chi Ri and the Chi To together created a stable and sound tank design.<\/p>\n

In terms of WoT, the answer to the question \u201cbetter\u201d is where the \u201cno\u201d comes in. The simplification and practicality delivers a tank that is somewhat less, or perhaps, equally potent to the Chi Ri. Therefore the Chi Ri II could be either a tier 6 or tier 7 tank and not a tier 8 tank.
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\n<\/strong>Armor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Front Upper Hull: 75mm
\nFront Lower Hull: 50mm
\nSide Hull: 35mm
\nTop Hull: 20mm
\nRear Hull: 35mm
\nBottom Hull: 16mm<\/p>\n

Front Turret: 75mm
\nSide Turret: —
\nTop Turret: —
\nRear Turret: —
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\nEstimated values for optional cannons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tier 6 Type 5 75mm model II (no auto loader)
\nAP Damage: 135
\nAP Penetration: 137
\nRate of Fire: 14.5 r\/m
\nAccuracy: .36<\/p>\n

Tier 6 Type 5 75mm model I (single tray auto loader)
\nAP Damage: 135
\nAP Penetration: 137
\nRate of Fire: 19 r\/m
\nAccuracy: .36<\/p>\n

Tier 7 Type 5 88mm cannon
\nAP Damage: 220
\nAP Penetration: 144
\nRate of Fire: 10 r\/m
\nAccuracy: .38<\/p>\n

The 88mm cannon may be a bit of a squeeze but looks feasible, especially for WoT purposes.
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\n<\/strong>Mobility<\/strong>
\nWeight is about 35 tons. The 500 HP supercharged Mitsubishi AL Type 4 V12 diesel engine gives a 14.2 hp\/ton rating. This is undoubtedly the weak spot in the Chi Ri II as far as game implementation is concerned.
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\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nIt is quite a bit smaller than the Chi Ri and thus a common size medium tank.<\/p>\n

Length: 6,492
\nWidth: 3.05
\nHeight: 2.792
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\nAssessment<\/strong>
\nThe weak spot is the hp\/ton rating. With 14.2hp\/ton, it just cannot compete with the other tier 7 medium tanks in mobility. All the other attributes such as firepower, armor, and soft stats are workable in tier 7 if mobility was good enough. The weak engine bumps it down to tier 6 quality. There are no other engine options available for the Chi Ri II. The large H9II engine would be too large to fit in the Chi Ri II, thus shutting access to the H9II\u2019s rich de-tuned upgradability.
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\nSources:<\/strong>
\nMaru [\u4e38] 2011 October magazine edition. \u5e73\u6210\uff12\uff13\u5e74\uff11\uff10\u6708\u4e00\u65e5\u767a\u884c
\nWoT Discussion forum: Japanese Tank Tree & Guns Discussion: posts by Daigensui<\/div>\n

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Posted by\u00a0Frank Davis\u00a0<\/a>at\u00a010:14 PM<\/abbr><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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