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| Type 97 Te-Ke | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A Type 97 Te-Ke in New Britain in 1945 | |
| Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1936–1937 |
| Unit cost | 37,200 yen ($9,996 USD) in August 1939, excluding armament[1][2] |
| No. built | 616[3] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 4.7 tonnes (4.6 long tons; 5.2 short tons)[4] |
| Length | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)[4] |
| Width | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4] |
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)[4] |
| Crew | 2 (commander, driver)[4] |
| Armor | 4–16 mm (0.16–0.63 in) |
Main armament | 37 mm Type 94 tank gun or 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun[5] |
| Engine | Ikegai air-cooled inline 4-cylinder diesel[4] 65 hp (48 kW)[4] |
| Power/weight | 10 hp/t (7.5 kW/t) |
| Suspension | 2-wheel bogie |
Operational range | 250 kilometers (160 mi)[4] |
| Maximum speed | 42 km/h (26 mph) |
The Type 97 Light armored car Te-Ke (九七式軽装甲車 テケ, Kyū-nana-shiki kei sōkōsha Teke) was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. It was designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 tankette.[6]
- ^ "兵器臨時定価、予価、表送付の件 Military catalogue of the Japanese military". National Archives of Japan. Ministry of the Army.
- ^ "Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I". Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). January 1943 [1943].
- ^ Zaloga 2007, pp. 10, 17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Tomczyk 2002, p. 58.
- ^ Tomczyk 2002, p. 55.
- ^ Tomczyk 2002, pp. 55, 57.
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