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.
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.
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.
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.
Includes
- 5× Chi-Ha Tanks
- 5× Kai Shinhoto turret options
- 5× Tank commanders
Designed by Evan Allen,
Painted by Aaron Mathie
Flames of War (abbreviated as FoW) is a World War II tabletop miniatures wargame produced by the New Zealand company Battlefront Miniatures Ltd. Flames of War allows players to wargame company level battles from the European and North African Theatres of World War Two, using 1/100 scale miniatures (15 mm figure scale) and miniature armour