Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu

Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu is a tier 3 light tank from Japan in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu stats at a glance

The Type 98 Ke-Ni Otsu has 372 hit points , 16mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 50 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.3:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Ke-Ni Otsu can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.5:1. The Ke-Ni Otsu has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Ke-Ni Otsu compares to its peers

There are 37 tier 3 light tanks in WoT, including the Ke-Ni Otsu. Its 372 HP places it in the top 11% for hit points among same-tier light tanks (peer average: 342). Frontal hull armor of 16mm ranks in the top 86% for the class (peer average: 31mm). Top forward speed of 50 km/h is faster than 53% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Ke-Ni Otsu vs 10TP — tier 3 light tank from Poland
• Ke-Ni Otsu vs A7E3 — tier 3 light tank from UK
• Ke-Ni Otsu vs AMX 38 — tier 3 light tank from France
• Ke-Ni Otsu vs BT-5 — tier 3 light tank from USSR
• See full tier 3 light tank tier list — all 37 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

A modification of the Type 98 Ke-Ni light tank was developed by Mitsubishi in 1939. Unlike the original model, the vehicle featured the Christie-type suspension similar to the Soviet BT-7 tanks. Despite a relatively successful configuration, the vehicle did not see mass production. Only one prototype was manufactured.

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