Chi-Se

Chi-Se is a tier 8 heavy tank from Japan in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Chi-Se stats at a glance

The Chi-Se has 1240 hit points , 135mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 40 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.7:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.9:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Chi-Se compares to its peers

There are 102 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Chi-Se. Its 1240 HP places it in the top 51% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1249). Frontal hull armor of 135mm ranks in the top 50% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 40 km/h is faster than 56% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Chi-Se vs 110 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Chi-Se vs 112 FL — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Chi-Se vs 112 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Chi-Se vs 50TP pr. — tier 8 heavy tank from Poland
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 102 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

In 1943, a delegation of Imperial Japanese Army representatives attended a demonstration of the German Pz.Kpfw. Tiger Ausf. E heavy tank in Kummersdorf near Berlin. The Tiger seriously impressed the military, and so they decided to create a similar vehicle for the Japanese Army. The design called for using many technological solutions from the German school of tank-building, and the vehicle could have turned out to be quite successful. However, by 1945, the situation in the country had become extremely difficult and building the tank was problematic. For that reason, the fate of the last Japan...

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