Although no complete examples were ever built, the IJA Type 5 Chi-Ri Medium Tank lives on in legend as the "Japanese Tiger Tank" that might have been. Still, the 37-ton tank was the largest, heaviest, best armored, and best armed Japanese tank, with 75mm armor up front, a 75mm main gun in the turret, and a 37mm gun mounted in the hull. Only an unarmed prototype was completed in 1945, with all development subsequently suspended.

Gum Ka's Type 5 kit is a veritable tour-de-force of multi-media modeling madness! Featuring super-sharp resin castings, injection-molded tracks and road wheels, cast white metal sprockets, suspension arms, and other detail parts, a comprehensive fret of photo-etched metal detail parts, plus beautifully turned metal 75mm and 37mm gun barrels, this kit from Gum Ka pulls out all the stops to give you an incredibly detailed model of the Type 5. As with previous Gum Ka kits, you'd better grab your Type 5 now, because when they're gone, they'll probably stay gone (like their legendary Type 89 tank kit)!