War Thunder - Proposed Japanese Tank Tech Tree - Medium tanks (Part 1)

In this next episode of the proposed Japanese tank tech tree, we look at the first 2 tiers of the Japanese medium tanks

Japanese tanks in this episode:
Type 1 Chi-He (Added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai")
Type 2 Ho-I (Added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai")
Type 89 I-Go (Added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai")
Type 97 Chi-Ha (Added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai")
Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha (Added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai")

Proposed Japanese Tank Tech Tree
Japanese Light Tanks: https://youtu.be/a4La6cIj3U8
Japanese Medium Tanks (Part 1): https://youtu.be/6ZT_JiN0lFY
Japanese Medium Tanks (Part 2): https://youtu.be/EQn_A3aWh8I
Japanese Heavy Tanks: https://youtu.be/QhMx05tIZC4
Japanese Amphibious Tanks: https://youtu.be/4_paUh-5U30
Japanese Tank Destroyers & Assault Guns: https://youtu.be/w0Xxw9F-xyk
Japanese SPAA: https://youtu.be/Oo0tpdRt9_k
Japanese Premium Tanks: https://youtu.be/OxPzgNZo1wI

Link to War Thunder Japanese ground forces forum:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/forum/191-japan/

Japan ground forces forum tech tree:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/200268-mai-waffentrager-japanese-ground-forces-tech-tree/

Information and picture citations/sources:
WWII: The Directory of Weapons
Weapons of World War II
New Vanguard. Japanese tanks: 1939-45
http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/
http://www.weaponsofwwii.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3130
http://www.ww2technik.de/sites/panzer/bewaffnung%20main.htm#kanone
http://forum.wotlabs.net/index.php?/topic/287-penetration-data-and-expectation-of-tank-guns-used-in-service-or-tested/
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/51183-japanese-tank-tree-guns-discussion/page__st__300#topmost
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/190952-japanese-tank-guns-and-statistics/#entry3656677

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_89_I-Go

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AType_89_Japanese_tank.jpg
By Japan newspaper Asahi Shimbun 朝日新聞 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
This photographic image was published before December 31st 1956, or photographed before 1946, under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. Thus this photographic image is considered to be public domain according to article 23 of old copyright law of Japan (English translation) and article 2 of supplemental provision of copyright law of Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_Ho-I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_ShinHoTo_Chi-Ha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_Chi-He

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AChi-Nu_depot.jpg
By US soldier [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One of the tank depots, created in Japan after the end of WWII, with Type 3 Chi-Nu and Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha on the foreground, Type 1 Chi-He, Type 97 Chi-Ha, Type III Ho-Ni III and other unidentified vehicles at background

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isshikityusensya.jpg
This photographic image was published before December 31st 1956, or photographed before 1946, under jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. Thus this photographic image is considered to be public domain according to article 23 of old copyright law of Japan (English translation) and article 2 of supplemental provision of copyright law of Japan.

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