Full Name | Type 95 So-Ki |
Class | Light Vehicle |
Movement | 4 |
Armor Value | 1 |
Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/4 |
Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 3/2 |
Traits | |
Period | 1935-1945 |
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The Type 95 So-Ki was an armored railroad car of the Imperial Japanese Army, used for patrolling railway lines in Manchuria and Burma. The chassis was based on the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, and was unique in that its rail wheels could be retracted in minutes to transition the vehicle to drive on its tracks, or vice-versa. It had light armor and no fixed weapons, meaning crew firearms would be the only armament available. the Type 95 So-Ki weighed 7.8 tonnes and carried a crew of six. It could attain a top road speed of 18 mph and top rail speed of 44 mph. Japanese industry produced about 135 examples between 1935 and 1943.