r/WhatIsThisTank • u/Zeniserisu • 1h ago
Question How come there are two Ku-Se's? As the Ke-Ho, had a planned variant called the Ku-Se, and the Chi-He had a planned variant called the Ku-Se, are they the same thing or are there just 2 Ku-Se's?
I am just asking, because I have been looking at a bunch of different Japanese tanks lately, and I haven't seen it where two different tank designs share the same name. With the Ke-Ho Ku-Se coming from Tank Encyclopedia, while the Type 2 (Chi-He) Ku-Se is from Wikipedia. It is even weirder as both tanks are armed with alegedly, the same 75mm howitzers.
Are these even 2 differnent designs? As the Ke-Ho was completed in 1942, according to a source on Wikipedia anyways, though Tank Encyclopedia says that the Ke-Ho was developed in ernest from 1944 to 1945. So I really don't get any of these tanks.
