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10式戦車と次世代大型戦闘車 [Type 10 Tanks and Next-generation Heavy Fighting Vehicles]. Supplement to Japan Military Review (in Japanese). NCID AN00067836. McCormack, David (2021). Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare 1932–45. Fonthill. ISBN 978-1-78155-810-2. Ness, Leland (2002). Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles ...
ICV - Infantry combat vehicle Japan: Infantry combat vehicle: 42 + 1 prototype Based on the Type 16 (Common Tactical Wheeled Vehicle programme), first orders made with 2024 budget with delivery from 2027. An additional 18 were ordered in the 2025 budget. Up to 218 vehicles are planned in the 2025 budget. [68] Equipment: [69] [70] unmanned turret
The Type 10 (10式戦車, Hitomaru-shiki sensha) is a Japanese fourth generation main battle tank produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force. It entered service in 2012.
The Type 90 tank (90式戦車, Kyū-maru-shiki-sensha) is a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It was designed and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a replacement for the Type 61 and to supplement the then current fleet of Type 74 tanks, and entered service in 1990.
In all, the armored division had about 6,500 men, 230 tanks, about 350 Type 89 and Type 73 armored personnel carriers, 40 self-propelled howitzers, 48 mortars (81-mm and larger), 40 35-and 40-mm self-propelled air defense systems, along with other armament and support systems, making it the most well-armed Japanese division.
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.
The mounted infantry can fire their personal weapons from inside the vehicle, [8] seated at the rear with four seats each with four folding seats facing each other. [ 6 ] The Type 73 requires additional equipment to become amphibious and is propelled through the water by its tracks at a maximum speed of 7 kilometres per hour (4.3 mph). [ 8 ]
During the Korean War, the performance of the T-34 and M26 Pershing had made it clear that new Japanese tanks would require 90mm main guns. [3] Among the tank officers of the JGSDF there were two design plans for the new tanks. One was a 25-ton tank, to match the difficult terrain of Japan, with its paddy fields and weak ground.