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Japanese version of Kevlar PASGT helmet, replacing Type 66 helmet. Combat Bullet-Proof Vest Bullet-proof vest The first body armor to be fully introduced by the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1992. It is one piece of equipment adopted as part of the combat wear set, and is modeled after the US military's PASGT. Type 2 bullet-proof vest
Japanese produced variants of 1950 & 1951 patterns M-1956 load-carrying equipment: Uniform Japanese-produced All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment: Uniform Japanese-produced M1 and M1905E1 bayonets: Bayonet Japanese-produced M4 bayonet: Bayonet Japanese-produced M5 bayonet: Bayonet Japanese-produced C-rations: Rations D-rations ...
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.
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.
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. [4]
The Howa Type 20 Assault Rifle (20式小銃, ni-maru-shiki-shōjū), referred to as the Type 20 5.56mm Rifle (20式5.56mm小銃, ni-maru-shiki-go-ten-go-roku-miri-shōjū), [4] is an assault rifle developed for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force by Howa.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) acquired 203 F-15Js and 20 F-15DJs, of which 2 F-15Js and 12 F-15DJs were built by McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, Missouri. [9] Dubbed the "Peace Eagle" by the DoD FMS program, the first F-15J built in St. Louis was delivered to the United States Air Force for its first flight on 4 June 1980, and a ...
The Type 74 (74式戦車, nana-yon-shiki-sensha) was a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a supplement to the earlier Type 61.