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Kyosho IF493 Front Lower Suspension Arm (LrMp9) – Metro Hobbies

Chikuma was a Japanese heavy cruiser the keel of which was laid in 1935, launched in March 1938, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in May 1939. The ship was 189 m long, 19.4 m wide, and had a full displacement of 15,400 tons. The maximum speed of the cruiser Chikuma was 35 knots. The main armament at the time of the launch was 8 203 mm guns in four turrets, two guns each, and the additional armament included: 12 127 mm guns and 12 610 mm torpedo tubes. Chikuma was the second and final Tone-class cruiser. Initially, units of this type were planned to be built based on the already proven project of the Mogami cruisers, but due to the withdrawal of Japan from the disarmament systems, and especially from the London Treaty of 1932, it allowed the