
Type 97 Te-Ke
The Te-Ke was developed by Tokyo Gasu Denki to replace the outdated Type 94 light tank. Manufactured from 1937 through 1942. The vehicle was used for reconnaissance, communication, patrol duty, and infantry support. Served as an armored tractor. A total of about 600 vehicles were manufactured.
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Hull
All 15 plates
Turret
All 14 plates
Specifications
- DPM
- 900
- Damage
- 45
- Penetration
- 41 mm
- … at 500m
- 32 mm
- Reload time
- 3.00 s
- Rate of fire
- 20.00/min
- Aim time
- 2.20 s
- Dispersion
- 0.400 m
- … moving
- 0.240
- … tank traverse
- 0.240
- … turret traverse
- 0.120
- … after firing
- 3.5
- Damage vs. modules
- 50
- Caliber
- 37.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 685 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 205
- Potential damage
- 9,225
- Shell cost
- 14 cr
- Top speed
- 42 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 15 km/h
- Power/weight
- 13.66 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 44.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 36.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 42.0 km/h
- … medium
- 42.0 km/h
- … soft
- 34.1 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 44.0 °/s
- … medium
- 35.2 °/s
- … soft
- 22.0 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 20 °
- Gun depression
- 15 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 0.80
- … medium
- 1.00
- … soft
- 1.60
- Hull armor
- 12 / 10 / 8
- Turret armor
- 12 / 10 / 10
- Health
- 320
- Engine health
- 44
- … repaired
- 22
- Track health
- 50
- … repaired
- 40
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 80
- … repaired
- 55
- Fuel tank health
- 100
- … repaired
- 40
- Total weight
- 4,760 kg
- Stationary camo
- 14.75 / 6.54%
- Moving camo
- 11.05 / 4.90%
- View range
- 300 m
- Fire chance
- 15%
360° traverse
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Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
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Performance over time
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Population spread
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Top players
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Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
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Balance changelog
What changed for this tank between game versions
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