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The upgrade Type 97s were designed to take on the Soviet tanks encountered in 1939...before the KVs and T-34 showed up in 1941. These tanks could also usually engage the usual American M3 Stuarts encounted early in the war. The few M3 Lees encountered were probably too much for them in SouthEast Asia and China while the M4 Shermans encountered in the islands was more than a match for anything the Japanese had until 1944 and 1945. The Type 1 Ho-Ni tank destroyer was probably the only armored unit they had in the field that could take out a Sherman at anything close to combat ranges. Everything else was either "not happening" or "at extremely close range".
Since an open top tank destroyer would be "unsafe" I doubt we've see any in Girls und Panzers. The Type 3 medium tank would do it, but it's already down for the count due to 88mm poisoning.
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