Type 98 Ta-Se

Type 98 Ta-Se
Japanese type 98 Ta-Se
General properties
crew	5
length	4.78 m
width	2.19 m
height	2.58 m
Dimensions	22 t
Armor and armament
Armor	6-16 mm
Main armament	20 mm Fla-MK Type 98
agility
drive	Air-cooled Mitsubishi A6120VDe 6-cylinder diesel engine 96 kW (130 PS)
Top speed	42 km / h
Power / weight	approx. 5.6 kW / t (7.5 HP / t)

The Type 98 Ta-Se ( Japanese 試製 対 空 戦 車 タ セ , Shisei taikū sensha Ta-Se , Eng . "Prototype anti-aircraft tank Ta-Se") was a prototype of a Japanese anti-aircraft tank that was tested in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Army .

history

Type 98 with a 20 mm twin automatic cannon

Type 98 with a 20 mm twin automatic cannon, side view

In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army started the development of an anti-aircraft tank. The first prototype was completed in November 1941 and was named Ta-Se . It used the chassis of the light tank Type 98 Ke-Ni (hence Type 98 Ta-Se ) and was armed with a 20 mm automatic cannon, which was a converted 20 mm anti-aircraft automatic cannon type 98 . Since the substructure for the automatic cannon did not offer enough space for the crew and the stability when turning the tower was too low, the development was discontinued. Subsequently, a modified prototype with a 20-mm twin automatic cannon was designed, which used two 20-mm anti-aircraft type 2 automatic cannons . The development of this version was also stopped.

See also

• Japanese military vehicles of World War II

literature

• Steven J. Zaloga: Japanese Tanks 1939-45. Osprey Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84603-091-8 .
• Andrzej Tomczyk: Japanese Armor Vol. 5. AJ Press, 2007, ISBN 978-8-37237-179-9 .

Web links

• Japanese tanks. Rumania Military, accessed December 17, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Type 98 "Ta-Se". Taki's Page, accessed May 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Tomczyk, p. 14.