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Japan's Type 5 Ho-Ru¹, Type 4 Ho-Ro¹, and Ho-Ri¹ Tank Destroyers

Design

Type 5 Ho-Ru

The Type 5 Ho-Ru was made from a Type 95 Light Tank chassis with a 47 mm antitank gun mounted.¹

Type 4 Ho-Ro

The Type 4 Ho-Ro was built on a modified Type 97 Medium Tank chassis.¹ A 150 mm Type 38 howitzer was mounted.¹

Ho-Ri

The Ho-Ri was built on a Type 5 chassis.¹ It had a 105 mm gun as its main armament and a 37 mm gun in the hull.¹

Prototype

Type 5 Ho-Ru

A single prototype of the Type 5 was built in June 1945.¹

Production

• Type 5 prototype: 1¹
• Type 4 prototypes: 2¹

Variants

• Type 5: 47 mm antitank gun.¹
• Type 4: 150 mm Type 38 howitzer.¹
• Ho-Ri 1: Engine mounted in center of the hull with the main armament in the rear.¹
• Ho-Ri 2: Engine mounted in the rear and the main armament in the center.¹

Usage

Two Type 4 Ho-Ros were sent to the Philippines and were lost.¹

Sources:

1. Japanese Tanks 1939-45, Steven J. Zaloga, 2007

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