Type 97 Te-Ke | |
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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]