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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: l0newolf on June 21, 2009, 05:56:36 PM
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would be a great armored vehicle addition for the amphibious group
As early as 1928 the Japanese Army had been developing and testing amphibious tanks and created several experimental models such as the SR-II, the Type 1 Mi-Sha and the Type 92 A-I-Go which either never made it off the drawing board or were produced only as one-off prototypes for concept testing. In 1940, The Navy took over development of amphibious vehicles and two years later came up with the Type 2 Ka-Mi. The Type 2 Ka-Mi was designed for the Navy's Special Naval Landing Forces for the amphibious invasion of Pacific Islands without adequate port facilities, and for various special operations missions
specs
weight: 12.5 tons
crew:4-5
engine: mistibishi inline 6 desel 150HP
power/weight ratio: 9.6
max. speed: 23mph land 9mph water
armament:2.0 inch type 94 cannon
2x .30 inch MG
armor: 0.5-1 inch
could also carry AP ronds along with HE maybe a good LVTA2 escort??? thanks for veiwing :salute :salute
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184 of them were built, and it saw some action, I think that is enough IMO. Its good to see new material, I like it. :aok
+1
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52mm main gun, and armor so thin that 50cals and 30cals can penetrate, and almost certainly was NEVER used for original intentions.
Hell, most Japanese tanks served the war stationary, as pillboxes. The quality was extremely inferior compared to most other countries in the war. The Japanese simply put their intellect to work in other fields of development, IMO.
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Then again, a vehicle/aircraft doesn't have to be good or better than the ones we already have, in order to be added right?
Take for example the B5N.
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Then again, a vehicle/aircraft doesn't have to be good or better than the ones we already have, in order to be added right?
Take for example the B5N.
Qouted for truth. +1 to the wish. Here is a picture:
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/type2-kami.jpg)
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:aok thumps up to any amphibious vehicles :pray
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:aok thumps up to any amphibious vehicles :pray
Agreed, it would give us something to kill the tigers hanging out on shore with. Even the 8 in batteries cannot kill those tigers.
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Im cool with it, just another crappy tank to kill.
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Qouted for truth. +1 to the wish. Here is a picture:
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/type2-kami.jpg)
Looking at that picture, it looks like a basic tank, with some hydrodynamical fairings attached to it?
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Looking at that picture, it looks like a basic tank, with some hydrodynamical fairings attached to it?
There were a lot of variants that I saw pics for. But yes hydronamic as you say. Wonder if it could drag race and beat an LVT? :lol
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It would be a welcome addition to get AP capability on shore from a fleet. :aok
I cant imagine its AP capability being much more than the Soviet 23mm AP fired from the IL-2, but hey... it cant be worse than the 75mm HE fired from the LVT4. :)
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It would be a welcome addition to get AP capability on shore from a fleet. :aok
I cant imagine its AP capability being much more than the Soviet 23mm AP fired from the IL-2, but hey... it cant be worse than the 75mm HE fired from the LVT4. :)
I believe the 75mm howitzer on the LVT(4) was capable of firing HEAT rounds -- but I wonder how often it used this ammunition, given the fact that any Japanese tanks they encountered were fairly easy prey for standard HE rounds.