Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

  Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

Japan | Medium Tank | Tier V

Battle Tier

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1,500   Cost

630126 HP Hit Points

21.3/23.315.26/23.3 t Weight Limit

Crew

1. Commander
2. Gunner
3. Driver
4. Radio Operator
5. Loader

Mobility

240240 hp Engine Power

38.8/16 km/h Speed Limit

3838 deg/s Traverse

11.2715.73 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio

YesYes Pivot

Armor

// mm Hull Armor

75/50/5075/50/50 mm Turret Armor

Armament

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82/2800/60 82/2800/60 Shell Cost

125/125/175125/125/175 HP Damage

124/155/38124/155/38 mm Penetration

| |}} | |}} 12 r/m  ▲ Standard Gun Reload Times Nominal: 5 s 50% Crew: 6.19 s 75% Crew: 5.41 s 100% Crew: 4.79 s Rammer: 4.31 s Vents: 4.68 s Both: 4.22 s Both and BiA: 4.12 s Both and Max Crew %: 3.95 s See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information. | |}} | |}} 12 r/m  ▲ Standard Gun Reload Times Nominal: 5 s 50% Crew: 6.19 s 75% Crew: 5.41 s 100% Crew: 4.79 s Rammer: 4.31 s Vents: 4.68 s Both: 4.22 s Both and BiA: 4.12 s Both and Max Crew %: 3.95 s See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information. Rate of Fire

| |}} | |}} 1500 ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 1 (125 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1500 50% Crew: 1211.25 75% Crew: 1386.25 100% Crew: 1565 100% Crew Vents: 1600 Rammer: 1738.75 Both: 1777.5 Both and BiA: 1817.5 Both and Max Crew %: 1896.25 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 1625 50% Crew: 1336.25 75% Crew: 1511.25 100% Crew: 1690 100% Crew Rammer: 1863.75 Vents: 1725 Both: 1902.5 Both and BiA: 1942.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2021.25 See here, here, or here for more information. ▼ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 2 (125 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1500 50% Crew: 1211.25 75% Crew: 1386.25 100% Crew: 1565 100% Crew Vents: 1600 Rammer: 1738.75 Both: 1777.5 Both and BiA: 1817.5 Both and Max Crew %: 1896.25 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 1625 50% Crew: 1336.25 75% Crew: 1511.25 100% Crew: 1690 100% Crew Rammer: 1863.75 Vents: 1725 Both: 1902.5 Both and BiA: 1942.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2021.25 See here, here, or here for more information. ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 3 (175 Damage): With wholly penetrating hits Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 2100 50% Crew: 1695.75 75% Crew: 1940.75 100% Crew: 2191 100% Crew Vents: 2240 Rammer: 2434.25 Both: 2488.5 Both and BiA: 2544.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2654.75 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2275 50% Crew: 1870.75 75% Crew: 2115.75 100% Crew: 2366 100% Crew Rammer: 2609.25 Vents: 2415 Both: 2663.5 Both and BiA: 2719.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2829.75 See here, here, or here for more information. | |}} | |}} 1500 ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 1 (125 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1500 50% Crew: 1211.25 75% Crew: 1386.25 100% Crew: 1565 100% Crew Vents: 1600 Rammer: 1738.75 Both: 1777.5 Both and BiA: 1817.5 Both and Max Crew %: 1896.25 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 1625 50% Crew: 1336.25 75% Crew: 1511.25 100% Crew: 1690 100% Crew Rammer: 1863.75 Vents: 1725 Both: 1902.5 Both and BiA: 1942.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2021.25 See here, here, or here for more information. ▼ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 2 (125 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1500 50% Crew: 1211.25 75% Crew: 1386.25 100% Crew: 1565 100% Crew Vents: 1600 Rammer: 1738.75 Both: 1777.5 Both and BiA: 1817.5 Both and Max Crew %: 1896.25 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 1625 50% Crew: 1336.25 75% Crew: 1511.25 100% Crew: 1690 100% Crew Rammer: 1863.75 Vents: 1725 Both: 1902.5 Both and BiA: 1942.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2021.25 See here, here, or here for more information. ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 3 (175 Damage): With wholly penetrating hits Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 2100 50% Crew: 1695.75 75% Crew: 1940.75 100% Crew: 2191 100% Crew Vents: 2240 Rammer: 2434.25 Both: 2488.5 Both and BiA: 2544.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2654.75 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2275 50% Crew: 1870.75 75% Crew: 2115.75 100% Crew: 2366 100% Crew Rammer: 2609.25 Vents: 2415 Both: 2663.5 Both and BiA: 2719.5 Both and Max Crew %: 2829.75 See here, here, or here for more information. Damage Per Minute

| |}} 0.37 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 0.458 m With 75% Crew: 0.4 m With 100% Crew: 0.355 m With BiA: 0.347 m With BiA and Vents: 0.339 m Maximum possible: 0.325 m For more details, see Crew | |}} 0.37 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 0.458 m With 75% Crew: 0.4 m With 100% Crew: 0.355 m With BiA: 0.347 m With BiA and Vents: 0.339 m Maximum possible: 0.325 m For more details, see Crew Accuracy

| |}} 2.3 s  ▲ With 50% Crew: 2.849 s With 75% Crew: 2.488 s With 100% Crew: 2.205 s With GLD: 2.005 s With BiA: 2.157 s With BiA and Vents: 2.11 s With both and GLD: 1.918 s Maximum possible: 1.839 s For more details, see Crew or Equipment | |}} 2.3 s  ▲ With 50% Crew: 2.849 s With 75% Crew: 2.488 s With 100% Crew: 2.205 s With GLD: 2.005 s With BiA: 2.157 s With BiA and Vents: 2.11 s With both and GLD: 1.918 s Maximum possible: 1.839 s For more details, see Crew or Equipment Aim time

3030 deg/s Turret Traverse

360° Gun Arc

-7°/+20°-7°/+20° Elevation Arc

6060 rounds Ammo Capacity

General

1515 % Chance of Fire

350 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 275 m With 75% Crew: 312.5 m With 100% Crew: 350 m With Recon and Situational Awareness: 367.7 m With Coated Optics: 385 m With Binocular Telescope: 437.5 m Maximum possible: 501.1 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment 350 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 275 m With 75% Crew: 312.5 m With 100% Crew: 350 m With Recon and Situational Awareness: 367.7 m With Coated Optics: 385 m With Binocular Telescope: 437.5 m Maximum possible: 501.1 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment View Range

| |}} 400 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 322.9 m With 75% Crew: 369.8 m With 100% Crew: 417.2 m With 100% Signal Boost: 480 m When affected by 100% Relaying: 440 m Maximum possible: 600.5 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment | |}} 400 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 322.9 m With 75% Crew: 369.8 m With 100% Crew: 417.2 m With 100% Signal Boost: 480 m When affected by 100% Relaying: 440 m Maximum possible: 600.5 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment Signal Range

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Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

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1500

The Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai is a Japanese tier 5 premium medium tank.

The Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai medium tank is a combination of the Type 3 Chi-Nu suspension and turret and the Type 4 Chi-To gun. Only one prototype was built. It was ready for trials in March of 1945.

The first Japanese tank introduced into the game. With the introduction of the Japanese medium tank line, it has been rendered one of the most pointless premium tanks in the game due to being mostly identical to the standard Type 3 Chi-Nu. Compared to a fully upgraded Type 3 Chi-Nu, it has a better hull traverse speed and stronger turret armour, in exchange for worse gun depression and worse mobility.

Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables

Modules

Guns

Tier	Gun	Penetration (mm)	Damage (HP)	Rate of fire (rounds/minute)	Dispersion (m/100m)	Aiming time (s)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
V	7.5 cm Tank Gun Type 5	124/155/38	125/125/175	12	0.37	2.3		1489	38000

Engines

Tier	Engine	Engine Power (hp)	Chance of Fire on Impact (%)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
IV	Type 100 V-12	240	15		630	10500

Suspensions

Tier	Suspension	Load Limit (т)	Traverse Speed (gr/sec)	Rmin		Weight (kg)	Price ()
V	Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai	23.3	38	0		6300	8000

Radios

Tier	Radio	Signal Range (m)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
IV	Type 94 Mk. 4 Hei Kai	400		90	8160

Compatible Equipment

                   

Compatible Consumables

                      

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

See Type 3 Chi-Nu for details; only differences are listed here

• Has a small strip of 150mm & 95mm thick frame around its gun mantlet
• Turret sides and rear are also thicker, might pull lucky ricochets
• Has somewhat better gun elevation

Cons:

• Has worse gun depression of only 6 degress and a half
• Lacks the top engine and radio option; really sluggish
• Is also heavier than the base model, but not so much that it matters in ramming

Performance

The Chi-Nu Kai is a very slow and tall for a tier V medium tank, relegating its role to be a mid-far range sniper. The gun does have a fairly quick aim time as well as decent accuracy to support this playstyle. Trying to fight on the front lines is discouraged, as you will constantly find yourself struggling as it does not have the alpha damage to trade shots with enemies nor the armor to take hits back from them. Its poor overall mobility also makes relocating to another sniping position fairly difficult.

The Chi-Nu Kai has poor armor overall, as the 25 mm of hull side armor can be overmatched by any gun larger than 75 mm, meaning side-scraping will more often than not be unsuccessful. However, you can sometimes get a lucky bounce along the edges of your gun mantlet, which are 150 mm thick. This, combined with a decent gun depression at 6.5 degrees, can make going hull-down against lower tiers an option, albeit an unreliable one due to the rest of the turret only being 50-75mm thick.

Early Research

It's a premium vehicle so no research required.

Suggested Equipment

  

Documented Tank and Crew Builds

Medium Caliber Tank Gun Rammer, Enhanced Gun Laying Drive, Binocular Telescope

Gallery

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Historical Info

(See more on the Type 3 Chi-Nu history)

The Type 3 Kai is the post-war popular designation of the proposed upgrades to the Type 3 Chi-Nu. Given the late development of the Type 4 Chi-To and Type 5 Chi-Ri, the IJA needed a tank that could actually counter the M4 Sherman and other tanks of the Allies. To this end it was decided to put the Type 5 75 mm Tank Gun one way or another on the Type 3 Chi-Nu, with expanded use of welding to strengthen the hull and adding some armor.

There were two proposals for installing the Type 5 75 mm Tank Gun on the Chi-Nu: Using the turret of the Type 4 Chi-To, or adapting the Tank Gun for the turret of the Chi-Nu. Due to inherent flaws in the design of the Chi-Nu turret such as a lack of ventilation for the gases produced by the main cannon, the former option was chosen. On March 19, 1945, tests using the prototype Chi-To turret on a Chi-Nu hull were conducted at the Irago Firing Ground, and it was deemed that the handling of the tank was unaffected, and the results were satisfactory. This single test vehicle became known as the Chi-Nu Kai.

The success of this test led to the development of the (never officially named) Chi-Nu II, which mounted the production model Chi-To's turret on the Chi-Nu chassis. Only a few tanks of this model were constructed though before the war ended.

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Historical Gallery

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  The Chi-Nu Kai at the top and the production version of the Chi-Nu - unofficially called the Chi-Nu II - on the bottom. Both were fitted with the Type 5 75mm cannon.

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  Drawing of the Chi-Nu Kai by Tomio Hara

Sources and External Links

Sources

• “Japanese Tanks” Hara 1978
• Maru December 2012

External Links

• https://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/23/chi-nu-kai-quick-rundown/
• https://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/09/23/type-3-chi-nu-upcoming-tier-4-medium-tank/
• https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/2017/01/wt-type3-chi-nu-ii.html

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