Following Na-To tank destroyer, Japanese Army in
1943 developed another open-top tank destroyer, the Anti Tank SPG
Ka-To.
A 10cm Type 5 gun (penetration: 15 mm at 1000 metres with APHE, 17
5mm with AP) was mounted on a open top ATSPG. A 400hp diesel engine
was mounted at the front and driver seated between engine and gunner
position. This vehicle was built around the gun. Infact it had a thin
armor, 25 mm on front, 20 mm sides / rear and had a very high profile
(2.85 metres). The traverse of gun was 45° to each side and depression
/ elevation of -10°/+20°.
A chassis was almost completed at the end of war
(by Mitsubishi).
(Artist's view!)