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Name Used by Notes Period used Type I Camouflage []. 1st Airborne Brigade, JGSDF Air Defense Artillery Groups : Also known as "Old Camo" or "Airborne Camo", it is the first camo scheme adopted by Japan after World War II.
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 16 maneuver combat vehicle (16式機動戦闘車, Hitoroku shiki kidō sentōsha) is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). The Type 16 MCV equips designated combat units.
JGSDF soldiers during a training exercise Disaster relief, JGSDF. The outer outline of specified quotas for personnel and equipment for each force that were deemed necessary to meet its tasks. Particular elements of each force's mission were also identified.
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.
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 ...
A Type 96 on display at JGSDF Camp Matsudo A Type 96 of the JGSDF's 15th Infantry Regiment fire the Sumitomo M2 HMG. The driver sits on the right side of the vehicle with the engine to his left, who also has its own hatch. [8] This position is fitted with three periscopes, the center of which can be replaced by a passive night vision periscope. [9]
The Type 61 tank (61式戦車, Roku-ichi Shiki sensha) is a main battle tank developed and used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Development started in 1955 and the vehicle was first deployed in April 1961. The type number follows the year of deployment.