Type 89 I-Go medium tank Type 91 6.5 mm machine guns. One was located in the front hull and the other placed in a turret ball mount pointed towards the rear, a practice followed with most Japanese tanks. The Type 90 57 mm tank gun had a barrel length of (L14.9) el angle of fire of −15 to +20 degrees, AZ angle of fire of 20 degrees, muzzle velocity of , and could penetrate of 20 mm of armor at 500 m (0.8 in/550 yd). Rather than using soft iron armor, as on the earlier Chi-I, the designers chose to use steel plate armor developed
Nambu Type 90 than the Imperial Army's Type 10 for a few good reasons. First, they were made in lower numbers than the Army type. Second, they were usually issued to ships and Naval aircraft and were lost when they were destroyed or sank. Third, Soldiers and Marines who found flare guns on the battlefield often threw them away, as they were not seen as collectable as pistols, rifles, or knives. In Hollywood movies (like "Demolition Man (1993)" and "Waterworld (1995)"), the Type 90 is used erroneously as a stand-in for a futuristic shotgun pistol. Nambu Type 90 The Nambu Type 90 was