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Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)

Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)

Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
Includes five Chi-Ha Tanks with Kai Shinhoto turret options, and five tank commanders.

The Type 97 Chi-Ha was developed as a replacement for the Type 89 Chi-Ro which was considered obsolete by the late 1930s. In essence, the Type 97 was simply a scaled-up version of the Type 95 Ha-Go but with greater power-to-weight ratio, thicker armour and a two-man turret.

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Designed by Evan Allen,
Painted by Aaron Mathie

Banzai
The Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor has awoken the Americans.
Now they must fight with determination to hold their gains, to push the westerners back and consolidate Japanese control. Every inch of ground, each beach, village and airfield, are defended with a ferocity against which no enemy can stand.

Learn more about Banzai here...

Banzai – Imperial Japanese Forces in the Pacific
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
The Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon includes turret options for both the original 57mm-armed Chi-Ha tank, as well as the up-gunned Type 97 Kai Shinhoto Chi-Ha, so you can decide which option to field in your games.
The Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
Armed with a short-barrelled 57mm main gun, the primary role of the Type 97 was infantry support, to which the gun was well suited. Secondary armament consisted of two 7.7mm machine-guns, one mounted in the front of the hull and the other in the rear of the turret.
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
The Type 97 Chi-Ha in Flames of War

      Armour    
Name  Mobility  Front Side Top
Weapon
Range

ROF

Anti-tank
Firepower  Notes
Type 97 Chi-Ha

Standard Tank

2 2

1

Japanese Turret MG, Hull MG.
Type 90 57mm gun 16"/40cm 2 5 4+  


Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
After the 1939 Nomonhan Incident (Battles of Khalkhin Gol) against the Soviet Union, it was decided that the Type 97 Chi-Ha needed a new more powerful gun with a longer range. A new 47mm gun was developed as a tank weapon and an anti-tank gun. To accomodate the new gun a new turret was designed giving rise to the Type 97 Kai Shinhoto ('new turret') Chi-Ha in 1942.
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
The Type 97 Kai Shinhoto Chi-Ha in Flames of War

      Armour    
Name  Mobility  Front Side Top
Weapon
Range

ROF

Anti-tank
Firepower  Notes
Type 97 Kai Shinhoto

Standard Tank

2 2

1

Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
Type 1 47mm gun 24"/60cm 2 8 4+  


Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)
Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09) Type 97 Chi-Ha Platoon (JBX09)

Battlefront TV:
Painting Japanese Tanks
James shows how to paint a Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha tank from Banzai. He gives some tips on good ways to paint bright yellow and demonstrates how to do an oil-based pin wash.

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Last Updated On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 by James at Battlefront