Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. Their main core are motorized and mechanized infantry units, which together have 8 active divisions. For example, the 4th Division stationed in the city of Kasuga consists of, among others, two squadrons of Type 10 tanks, three regiments of infantry, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion or an air unit. The basic types of heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry are currently Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carriers (KTO), Type 89 armored personnel carriers (IFVs), Type 16 wheeled tank destroyers or Type 87 reconnaissance vehicles. land forces do not have highly offensive weapons, although this state of affairs is slowly changing.
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. Their main core are motorized and mechanized infantry units, which together have 8 active divisions. For example, the 4th Division stationed in the city of Kasuga consists of, among others, two squadrons of Type 10 tanks, three regiments of infantry, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion or an air unit. The basic types of heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry are currently Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carriers (KTO), Type 89 armored personnel carriers (IFVs), Type 16 wheeled tank destroyers or Type 87 reconnaissance vehicles. land forces do not have highly offensive weapons, although this state of affairs is slowly changing.
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. Their main core are motorized and mechanized infantry units, which together have 8 active divisions. For example, the 4th Division stationed in the city of Kasuga consists of, among others, two squadrons of Type 10 tanks, three regiments of infantry, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion or an air unit. The basic types of heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry are currently Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carriers (KTO), Type 89 armored personnel carriers (IFVs), Type 16 wheeled tank destroyers or Type 87 reconnaissance vehicles. land forces do not have highly offensive weapons, although this state of affairs is slowly changing.
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. Their main core are motorized and mechanized infantry units, which together have 8 active divisions. For example, the 4th Division stationed in the city of Kasuga consists of, among others, two squadrons of Type 10 tanks, three regiments of infantry, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion or an air unit. The basic types of heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry are currently Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carriers (KTO), Type 89 armored personnel carriers (IFVs), Type 16 wheeled tank destroyers or Type 87 reconnaissance vehicles. land forces do not have highly offensive weapons, although this state of affairs is slowly changing.
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. Their main core are motorized and mechanized infantry units, which together have 8 active divisions. For example, the 4th Division stationed in the city of Kasuga consists of, among others, two squadrons of Type 10 tanks, three regiments of infantry, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion or an air unit. The basic types of heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry are currently Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carriers (KTO), Type 89 armored personnel carriers (IFVs), Type 16 wheeled tank destroyers or Type 87 reconnaissance vehicles. land forces do not have highly offensive weapons, although this state of affairs is slowly changing.
Japanese Self-Defense Forces (eng. The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF for short) was formed in July 1954, after the official end of the occupation of Japan by US troops. These forces consist of three elements: navy, aviation and land forces (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF for short, Japanese Rikujo Jieitai). The latter currently have around 150,000 soldiers. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces currently have 9 active divisions - 8 infantry divisions (implicitly motorized and mechanized) and 1 armored division. Currently, the basic Japanese infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is the Type 89, the tracked armored carrier - the Type 73, and the wheeled armored carrier (KTO) - the Type 96. A very interesting design (comparable to, for example, the Italian B1 Centauro vehicle) is the Type 16 wheeled tank destroyer. (Type 16 MCV) armed with a 105mm gun. It is worth adding, due to the island's location of the country, as well as its topography, dominated by mountains, Japanese armored vehicles must be highly mobile and maneuverable - it is perfectly visible on the example of the Type 16 MCV, but also the Type 10 MBT.