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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 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]
In December 2019, the Japan Self-Defense Forces selected the Type 20 as a replacement for their earlier Howa Type 89. Orders: 12,907 planned with 2025 budget [19] 10,000 for JGSDF; 207 for JMSDF; 2,702 for JASDF; 9,927 ordered with 2024 budget [20] 8,577 ordered with 2023 budget [21] 2,928 ordered with 2022 budget [22] 3,342 ordered with 2021 ...
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.
The JSDF's self-defence system is known as Jieitaikakutōjutsu (meaning Japan Self-Defense Force Combatives or Self-Defense Forces martial arts.) The first system was adopted in 1959, based on the bayonet and knife techniques used during Imperial Army times with an added hand-to-hand combat curriculum based on Nippon Kempo and Tomiki-Ryu Aikido ...
The Komatsu light armored vehicle (Japanese: 軽装甲機動車; (kei-sōkō-kidōsha) is a Japanese military vehicle first produced in 2002. Currently used exclusively by the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF), it has seen use in the Iraq War. It is built by Komatsu Limited. Defense Systems Division in Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan. [3]