![]() The Type 89 is the JGSDF’s only true Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). It is armed with a home-built 120mm Gun and retained the Hydropneumatic suspension of previous vehicles. It is one of the most technologically advanced main battle tanks with a connective net that allows all branches of the military to communicate together in battle. The Type 10 Hitomaru entered service in 2012, complimenting the still serving Type 90. It retained the feature of having hydropneumatic suspension and was armed with a license-built copy of the famous Rheinmetall L44 120mm Smooth-Bore Gun, as used on the German Leopard 2 and American M1 Abrams. The Type 90 Kyū-maru entered service in 1990, replacing the aging Type 61 and Type 74. Type 96 self-propelled mortar carrier or Gottohanma (24 built by Built by Hitachi and Howa). Actual production figures are 1855 vehicles. A versatile vehicle comparable to a lighter version of the Hummer. The only true Japanese IFV is the Type 89, conceived during the cold war (1980) as a Japanese “Bradley”. 365 are currently in service with the JSDGF. Inspired by the Swiss MOWAG Piranha and other fast wheeled APCs, Komatsu’s Type 96 are still produced today. The JSDGF’s own airforce operates 497 aircrafts in all as of 2014, the bulk being US-licenced transport helicopters. Anti-tank helicopters are the Fuji license-built Boeing AH-64 Apache (13) and Bell AH-1 Cobra (88), and the domestic scout Kawasaki OH-1 (38, 101 on order). The latter are carried by the Type 89 IFV. The grand total as of today is around armored 3940 vehicles.Īnti-tank missiles include the Type 01 Light Anti-Tank Missile (1,073 produced), the Type 79 Anti-Landing craft and Anti-Tank Missile, and the Type 87 Anti-Tank Missile. Another derived vehicle, the tracked Type 96 120mm Self-Propelled Mortar is also in service, as the only SPAAG, the Type 87 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun. ![]() There are also two types of ammo supply vehicles, the Type 87 and 99, both tracked. The bulk of ported artillery capabilities are provided by Mitsubishi’s Type 99 SPG and the license-built (by Hitachi) M110 Self-propelled Howitzer, while rocket firing tracked M270 MLRS (also license-built, by IHI Aerospace). In total, this represents around 2870 vehicles. Nissan Motors Aerospace was responsible for a series of MCV (mine-clearance vehicles) based on the Type 90. Komatsu and its subcontractors usually provide the wheeled vehicles, APCs like the Type 82 Command, Type 87 armored recce, Type 96 APCs, specialized Chemical and NBC recce vehicle, a light 4×4 armored scout. Previous MBTs like the Type 61 MBTs are now discarded. The tracked APCs Type 73 provided the bulk of the type with 338 machines. Outside a wheeled tank destroyer similar to the Italian Centauro, the only IFV today in service with the JSDGF is the Type 89 also produced by Mitsubishi (89). Most tracked vehicles are produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and their suppliers. Although both the Japanese and Chinese navy are mostly involved in recent territorial disputes, the growth of the Chinese Army and the ever-present threat of the conventional army of North Korea are sufficient to maintain a ground force ready to repel any invasion or intervene on a nearby disputed zone that imposes a quick reaction force… The JSDGF todayĪs of today, the armored forces have 280 Type 74 MBTs, 341 Type 90, and 53 Type 10 in service (674 total). China military power raised in a spectacular manner, and the level of potential threats (outside terrorism, an asymmetric menace) shifted south-west, towards Beijing. In effect, the economic growth of Japan triggered an unprecedented financial boom in the whole Asian Area, from Korea to Indonesia. With the end of the cold war and the Soviet menace the Northwest, there were some budget cuts, but not as severe as in the US and some European countries. Japan stuck to a strict non-interventionist policy, but assisted allied US Forces, in Korea and provided again support for the duration of the Vietnam War.
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