Type II Model I (75 mm)

This page is about the Japanese Type II Model I (75 mm) cannon. For variants, see Type 5 (75 mm) (Family).

Description

The Type 5 75 mm gun (Model I) was the second-largest tank gun to be fitted on a Japanese tank in WW2, only being surpassed by the 105 mm Type 5 cannon mounted on the Ho-Ri. It was designed as the main weapon of the Chi-To and Chi-Ri tanks to handle the perceived threat of the M26 Pershing, which had the armour to thwart nigh every anti-tank gun that Japan had in their inventory.

The Model I Type 5 was equipped with a tray loader that allowed it to shove shells into the breech in quick succession by readying shells in front of the breech, unlike the Model II which had to be loaded the old fashioned way by grabbing shells from the ammo racks.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Chi-Ri II

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
Ammunition	Type of warhead	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Type 1 APHE	APHE	149	146	133	118	105	93
Type 4 Kou	APHE	151	148	137	124	112	101
Type 90 HE	HE	17	17	15	14	12	11

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	0%	50%	100%
Type 1 APHE	APHE	865	6.56	1.3	15	84.8	47°	60°	65°
Type 4 Kou	APHE	865	6.75	1.2	14	80.64	47°	60°	65°
Type 90 HE	HE	830	6.17	0.2	0.1	490	79°	80°	81°

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

Highly accurate due to its long barrel.
Punches above its weight; can compete with guns a whole BR higher than it.
Access to the Type 4 Kou shell, improving its already good ballistics.
Has an HE shell to deal with lighter vehicles.
Amazing muzzle velocity, higher than almost every contemporary.
Due to its tray loader it gets 3 shots off in quick succession loading the following 2 shells in 3.3s tops.

Cons:

Slow reload rate for its calibre once the tray is empty.
Both AP shells are uncapped, resulting in worse penetration against sloped armour.
Explosive filler, although not bad, leaves much to be desired.

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Japan tank cannons
37 mm	Type 94 · Type 100 · Type 1
47 mm	Type 1
57 mm	Type 90 · Type 97
70 mm	Type 94
75 mm	Type 90 · Type 99 · Type 3 · Type 5 (Type I Model II · Type II Model I · Type II Model II)
90 mm	Type 61
105 mm	Type 5 (Experimental · Production) · JSW L/52
106 mm	Type 60 (B)
120 mm	Taishō Type 10 · Navy short gun · Type 90 L/44 · Type 10 L/44
150 mm	Type 38
155 mm	NSJ L/30 · JSW L/52
	Foreign:
25 mm	Oerlikon KBA B02 ^{(Switzerland)}
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 ^(USA)
35 mm	Oerlikon KDE ^{(Switzerland)}
75 mm	M6 ^(USA)
76 mm	M1 ^(USA) · M32 ^(USA)
88 mm	KwK36 ^(Germany)
90 mm	M3A1 ^(USA) · M36 ^(USA)
105 mm	L7A3 ^(Germany)
120 mm	Schneider-Canet 1898 ^(France)