TYPE 1 HO-NI II MODELS

The most significant variants of the Type 1 and Type 3 Ho-Ni self-propelled guns, starting with the Type 1 No-Ni 1941 prototype

Ho-Ni SPG prototype 1941:

Japan’s first SPG used the 75mm Type-90 field gun on a Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis, but production was delayed until late 1942

Type 1 Ho-Ni I Model 1942:

Retaining the 75mm gun and doubling up as a tank destroyer with 50mm shield thickness, the hull machine gun was deleted for more ammo storage

Type I Ho-Ni II model 1943:

An improved and up-gunned Ho-Ni I equipped with the 105mm Type-91 army howitzer, designed solely for infantry support, not as a tank destroyer

Type 3 Ho-Ni III Model 1944:

The Type 3 was a development of the Type I tank destroyer, but with a 75mm Type-3 anti-tank gun in a fully-enclosed hull superstructure