Hachi Isn't An Actual Tank Name.
Product: Battlefield V Hi, As A Japanese Tank Enthousiast I'm Kind Of Dissapointed Of The Naming Of The Chi-Ha With Rockets. Ofcourse It's Just A Game And Not Everything Has To Be 100% Historical...
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Good find and good explanation. If you google on Hachi almost nothing comes up too. On Chi-Ha pages full, so this is more likely the correct name. But where does the current name come from, might it have been a 'slang' word for the tank by eitherr US or JP troops?
info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha_medium_tank
@XTRA-Larsiano wrote:Good find and good explanation. If you google on Hachi almost nothing comes up too. On Chi-Ha pages full, so this is more likely the correct name. But where does the current name come from, might it have been a 'slang' word for the tank by eitherr US or JP troops?
info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha_medium_tank
Hachi Simply Doesn't Exist, Neither As A Japanese Nor American Slang.
Long Story Short, Japanese Tank Names Exist Out Of 2 Parts, Role, And Number. Chi = Medium Tank, Ha = 3rd Built Of A Medium Tank In This Case.
The Combination Of Ha-Chi Simply Does Not Exist During WWII. There's Examples Of Tanks Starting With Ha (Type 95 Ha-Go - Old Name System) And Ha-To, An Experimental 30cm Rocket Artillery Vehicle.
Ha-Chi Might Sound Like A Plaussible Name For A Japanese Tanks, But Simply Is Incorrect, Non Existent. Other Than The Ha-To, There's No Other Tank Known To Start With Ha (With New Naming Scheme) Known To Today.
And Looking At The "Rocket" Launchers, It Clearly Is Modeled After The The Special Chi-Ha GS Variant.
And To Go Further On Your Slang Theory, This Vehicle Wasn't Made Alot / Used That Americans Nicknamed It.
Edit: Full Name: Type 97 "Mine Clearing Tank GS"
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