| Full Name | Type 1 Gun tank Ho-Ni II |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 5 |
| Armor Value | 3 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 9/9 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 6/8 |
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| Period | 1943-1945 |
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The Type 1 Gun tank Ho-Ni Japanese tank destroyer and self-propelled artillery vehicle used the existing Type 97 tank chassis and engine. There were three distinct variants of this vehicle, all produced in limited numbers. They all weighed about 13.9 tonnes, carried a crew of 5 and could attain a top speed of 24 mph. It had relatively thick armor for a Japanese armored vehicle of World War II: up to 25 mm on the sides and 51 mm on its vertical casemate superstructure. It saw limited combat action in the Pacific theater, first deployed at the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines in 1945, but also seeing late-war service in Burma. The Type 1 Ho-Ni II mounted a Type 91 105 mm (L/24) howitzer and had a slightly modified side armor to accomodate observation visors (but, like the Ho-Ni I, was still open on the top and rear). The howitzer was significantly smaller and lighter than German and U. S. howitzers of the same caliber, but generally performed nearly as well as these heavier comparators. Japanese industry produced 54 examples of the Type 1 Ho-Ni II, all in 1943.