Type 4 Chi-To medium tank

Type 4 Chi-To medium tank Height 2.87 meters Length 6.42 meters Width 2.87 meters Weight 30.48 metric tons / 30 long tons / 33.6 short tons Targets Godzilla Piloted by Multiple First appearance Godzilla Minus One

The Type 4 Chi-To medium tank (四式中戦車 チト,   Yonshiki chūsensha Chito, lit. "Type 4 medium tank Chi-To") was a class of medium tank developed by Japan during World War II. While it was one of Japan's most advanced tank designs prior to the establishment of the JSDF, only two were built by the end of the war and never saw use in combat. Four Chi-To tanks—two more than the total built in real life—appear in the 2023 Godzilla film Godzilla Minus One, where they are used in an attempt to defend Tokyo from Godzilla.

Name

Though "Type 4 Chi-To medium tank" is the vehicles' proper name, they are referred to as No. 4 tank (四号戦車,   Yongō sensha) in Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One.

History

Reiwa era

Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla rampaged through Tokyo's Ginza district unopposed until four Type 4 medium tanks positioned in front of the National Diet Building fired on him. Smoke from the shells obscured his form, causing the citizens below to wonder if he had been killed—until he emerged unscathed. Godzilla paused as his dorsal fins began to protrude from his back and emit a blue glow one-by-one. In a split second, his dorsal plates retracted and he thrust his head forward, firing a blue atomic heat ray from his mouth that obliterated the tanks and produced a nuclear explosion that flattened most of the surrounding area.

Weapons

Armaments

Type 4 Chi-To medium tanks are armed with a Type 5 75mm tank gun and two Type 97 heavy tank machine guns. In Godzilla Minus One, only the 75mm tank guns were used against Godzilla.

Books

• Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Comics

• Godzilla: 70th Anniversary (2024) ["In the Shadow of a God"]

"In the Shadow of a God"

Shortly after a girl recovered a trilobite from Godzilla's footprint as he rampaged through a Japanese city, a lone Chi-To rolled down the street in front of her and opened fire on the monster. Its shell harmlessly bounced off his hide. The tank tried to retreat, but Godzilla quickly advanced and stomped it.

References

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Bibliography

• Tomczyk, Andrzej (2005). Japanese Armor Vol. 4. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371676.
• Yamazaki, Takashi (8 November 2023). Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One. Shueisha. ISBN 978-4-08-680525-4.

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