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A Komatsu LAV with Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group markings in Samawa. Komatsu LAV during demonstration in Yokosuka 2017. The Komatsu LAV was developed in 1997 to meet a JGSDF need for an armored wheeled vehicle that could provide armored protection since their Toyota High Mobility Vehicles and Mitsubishi Type 73 light trucks were not adequate to provide protection from small ...
Armoured vehicles Type 73 armored personnel carrier: Armoured personnel carrier Japan: 338 [54] Built by Mitsubishi: Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carrier [55] Armoured personnel carrier Japan: 400 [56] Built by Komatsu: Type 82 command and communication vehicle: Command and communication vehicle Japan: 197 Built by Komatsu.
The MCV was part of a new armored vehicle strategy that prioritized light air-transportable firepower. Originally the number of main battle tanks was to be reduced from 760 to 390, with most remaining tanks to be concentrated on the main Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu. Some 200–300 MCVs were to be procured and these would be ...
The Type 74 is a heavier, vehicle-mounted variant of the Sumitomo Type 62 machine gun. A M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun chambered in 12.7x99mm NATO is affixed to a pintle-mount on the roof, and can be crewed by the commander.
The Common Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (CTWV) is a family of wheeled armoured vehicles that are expected to be deployed by the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force. This vehicle is based on the same platform as the Type 16 manoeuvre combat vehicle , and four further variants have been developed, of which three will enter service.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 陸上自衛隊, Hepburn: Rikujō Jieitai), JGSDF (陸自, Rikuji), also referred to as the Japanese Army, [3] is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service branches.
The Type 73 armored personnel carrier (73式装甲車, nana-san-shiki-soukou-sya) is a tracked armored personnel carrier that entered service with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1973. [3] In 1996, the JGSDF adopted the wheeled Type 96 armored personnel carrier to supplement the Type 73 and eventually replace it.
The Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV (三菱89式装甲戦闘車, Mitsubishi 89-shiki sōkō-sentō-sha) (89 FV) is a Japanese infantry fighting vehicle that entered service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1989. There were 58 vehicles in service as of 1999 and a total of 120 produced by 2014