Japan Ground SDF pictures

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Infantry with type 64 assault rifle

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84mm Bazooka "Karl Gustav"

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Toyota High Maneuver Vehicle

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Rangers with type 64 assult rifle.

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Type 60 self propelled 106mm cannon
So called a "mini-tank", it has 2 of the 106mm cannon shown above.
Length 4.3m Width 2.23m
Height 1.59m
Weight 8 tons
Max. speed 55km/Hr
Engine liquid cooled 4 cycle diesel engine 150hp

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From the bush of Cherries in full bloom, out comes the type 74 and 61 tank. Photo taken in 1995 when the unit used both type 74 and 61.
Type 61 has now retired from service.

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Type 61 is the first tank developed in Japan after the WW2.
One of the design requirements included transportation by train.
This required the tank width to be narrow in order to pass through the tunnels.
Length 8.19m, Width 2.95m,
Height 2.49m
Weight 35 tons Crew 4
Engine Liquid cooled 2 cycle diesel engine
570 Hp
Armament 90mm Cannon, 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine gun

http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1504_lg.JPG

Type 74 is the successor to type 61 tank.
The hydraulic suspension control enables the turret to be horizontal during firing.
Length 6.7m, Width 3.8m,
Height 2.25m
Weight 38 tons Crew 4
Engine air cooled 2 cycle diesel engine
720 Hp
Max speed 53km/Hr.
Armament 105mm Cannon, 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine gun

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Type 87 scout vehicle
A 6 wheel armoured and armed vehicle designed for recon. mission.
Length 5.99m Width 2.48m
Weight 15 tons
Max. speed 100km
Armament 25mm machine cannon
Crew 5
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Type 82 command communications vehicle

It is supposed to be a command and communication center during combat, but I see this often on TV when there is a natural desaster.
Length 5.72m Width 2.48m Height 2.38m
Weight 13.6 tons
Max. speed 100km
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Jeep with Type 79 anti tank and vessel guided missile
An Infra Red semi-automatic wire- guided missile with a range of 4Km, speed 200m/sec and weight 33kg.
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Jeep with type 64 anti-tank guided missile
Missile length 1.02m, Weight 15.7kg
Speed 85m/sec, Range 1.6km
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35mm L-90 Anti Aircraft twin Cannon
Barrel bore 35mm
Firing speed 550 r.p.m. (per barrel)
Max Range 12.6km
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Type 73 armoured vehicle
This provided mobility to the infantry.
Max speed 60km/Hr, range 300km, crew 12, weight 13.6 tons
http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1304_lg.JPG

Type 89 mechanised infantry combat vehicle
No, its not a Bradley!
Length 6.8m, Width 3.2m
Height 2.5m
Max speed 70km/Hr, range 400km, 3 crew + 7 infantrymen,
weight 26.5 tons
Armament: type 79 anti tank and vessel guided missile, 7.62mm machine gun, 35mm machine cannon.

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Mitsubishi Jeep
Salute!
The jeep, with the base design same as WW2 Willis Jeep, is no longer in production.
JGSDF Jeep (type 73 small truck), is under licence from AMC (Now Chrysler) who made the original Jeep.

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Mitsubishi Montero based Jeep
The jeep, with the base design same as WW2 Willis Jeep, is no longer in production. JGSDF Jeep (type 73 small truck), is under licence from AMC (Now Chrysler) who made the original Jeep.

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Ｔype 75 Bulldozer
A bulldozer designed especially for the corps of engineers.
No armament but the driver's sear is armoured.

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Type 81 self propelled bridge
"A bridge over troubled water" - capable of instantlly providing a bridge length 10m per vehicle and width 2.85m.
May be joined for longer length.
The bridge is passible for type 74 tank (38 tons weight) but not the latest type 90 tank (50 tons weight)

http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1203_lg.JPG

Type 92 Mine sweeping vehicle
Used by corps of engineers.
Length 7.63m Width 3m Height 2.77m
Weight 25tons
Engine 300Hp
Max. speed 50km/Hr
Crew 2

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106mm Canon on Jeep
The ranbe is 7.7km, but to ensure effective damage against tanks, it must be fired at a distance of 1km or less.

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155mm howitzer FH-70
Originally developed by NATO.
Although normally towed by a truck like this photo, the gun has an aux. engine and can move a short distance.
Length 9.8m (towing)
Range Approx.30km
Weight 9.6tons
Firing Speed 6 rounds/min
Requires 9 crews

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Bike Scout with type type 64 assault rifle

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Type 87 scout vehicle

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Jeep with 12.7mm machine gun
A jeep may be used for recon.
Windshield is folded down to avoid the reflection on glass and to enable firing.

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Type 58 105mm howitzer
Barrel length 2.57m
Weight 2.3 tons
Max range 11160m
Firing speed 8 rounds/min

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155mm howitzer FH-70

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81mm Mortar M-1

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Type 73 Armoured vehicle

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Type 89 MICV Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle

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Infantry and Ranger with type 64 assault rifle

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Ufff... more: http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/index.html

[UoUo]

Nice pic's....

[Herrmannek]

Big Bayonets...inferiority complex? :)

[kinghk]

84mm Bazooka "Karl Gustav"


Nice pics Remov.

It is a "Carl Gustav" BTW.

[mustamato]

Is it just me or doesn´t everything just look so small? :)

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I liked this one. RCL´s are considered obsolete in many armies, but a 106 mm with modern ammunition would still probably be quite lethal. With modern ammunition it can probably pierce some 600 mm after ERA. (I assume that since the finnish 95 mm RCL with its new ammunition can pierce 500+ mm after ERA). Of course not enough against a Abrams or something like that, but could be enough against the russian T-series of MBT´s as used by North Korea, China and so forth.

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http://www.jda.go.jp/jgsdf/ftp/90tk02m.jpg
http://www.military-powers.com/photo/90/90-p3/90-p6-001.jpg
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Type 90 MBT

More: http://www.military-powers.com/photo/90/90-p1.htm

[Rantanplan]

Hahahaha, nice little Playthings p-)
http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/brainchat/pix/grabbag/godzilla.jpg

[Chris O`Crooh]

That guy on the motobike is some kind of modern ninja ;-)

[MolliG]

Pictures (scans) removed (hosting etc) :|... Sorry :(... REMOV has posted enough though ;).

:)

[Operation Ivy]

Sweet! woot

[Deuterium]

Now I understand why Godzilla always kicked their ass......... Waiting for the Japanese flames...

[maw]

they need to take that dancin' prancin' robot of theirs and hand it a rifle. ditch the built in mp3 player and download a fire control package instead.
they already got the thing doing tai chi, lookee here:
[/url]http://www.tokyodv.com/news/RoboDex2002SDR-3XSonybot.html

front row center. what's up with this guy. doesn't look japanese to me.
http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1601_lg.JPG

methinks they might need to accelerate their modernization program a tad.

[Jack Mehoff]

Japan has more than enough cash to supersize and modernize their armed forces but they are not allow to; their economy is huge along with their population.

[usa320]

nice pics.

:D

[Deuterium]

they need to take that dancin' prancin' robot of theirs and hand it a rifle. ditch the built in mp3 player and download a fire control package instead.
they already got the thing doing tai chi, lookee here:
[/url]http://www.tokyodv.com/news/RoboDex2002SDR-3XSonybot.html

front row center. what's up with this guy. doesn't look japanese to me.
http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1601_lg.JPG

methinks they might need to accelerate their modernization program a tad.

Some of those occupier genes we left.....

[Deuterium]

fourth column, third guy.... YOUR LEFT FOOT NUMBNUTS!!!!!!!! Frickin draftee.......

http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1601_lg.JPG

[MolliG]

Japan has more than enough cash to supersize and modernize their armed forces but they are not allow to...

They are, I see (and I expect many others) Type 90s, SiG P220s, F-15J/DJs, Type 89s (MICV and IW), Blackhawks, F-2s et cetera modern. Basicaly it's their constitution (and public) that just disallows the use of the Nihon Rikujyo Jieitai (JGSDF), Nihon Kaijyo Jieitai (JMSDF) and Nihon Koku Jieitai (JASDF) in 'offensive' means. See here (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/intro.htm) for more infomation.

:)

[GLax]

http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf4006_lg.JPG

anybody else find it interesting that theyre using an m1 garand, one of the very weapons that destroyed them, for ceremony?

[non-zero possibility]

Would it be the atom bomb that destroied them? your right they should be throwing atomic bombs

[MolliG]

Well I think I'm right in saying the M1 was the weapon of choice when the JSDF was formed, so there's nothing really 'interesting'.

:)

[MolliG]

anybody else find it interesting that theyre using an m1 garand, one of the very weapons that destroyed them, for ceremony?


Would it be the atom bomb that destroied them? your right they should be throwing atomic bombs

It didn't destroy them, it destroyed 'old and evil' Japan, not the new, 'fresh', peaceful post-1945 Japan...

:)

[maw]

deut wrote:
"Some of those occupier genes we left....."

oooh, thats cold. :lol: i appoint Deuterium as our liason for a new genetic research exchange program.

[SOG]

http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1404_lg.JPG

its sooo cute! i wanna take it home and love it, and squeeze it and......

great pics btw, fun and interesting to see, very compact looking bunch. great post 2! (lavishes digital love, 010001110010002 kaboom!)

[[AFSOC]]

they need to take that dancin' prancin' robot of theirs and hand it a rifle. ditch the built in mp3 player and download a fire control package instead.
they already got the thing doing tai chi, lookee here:
[/url]http://www.tokyodv.com/news/RoboDex2002SDR-3XSonybot.html

front row center. what's up with this guy. doesn't look japanese to me.
http://fortus.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tank/jgsdf1601_lg.JPG

methinks they might need to accelerate their modernization program a tad.


WAIT WAIT WHAT??? The JAPANESE need to accelerate their modernization prgraM?????

THE JAPANESE??? Just think about what you said....THINK ABOUT IT. Dunt think too hard might hurt;)

WOW.....the JAPANESE need to acclerate their modernization program....LoL WOW

[Vintendo]

How old are these pictures? I see a lot of the old camo.

The new Japanese Flecktarn is very cool.

[maw]

m14 wrote:
"WAIT WAIT WHAT??? The JAPANESE need to accelerate their modernization prgraM?????

THE JAPANESE??? Just think about what you said....THINK ABOUT IT. Dunt think too hard might hurt;)

WOW.....the JAPANESE need to acclerate their modernization program....LoL WOW"

are you trying to make a joke? 'coz yesiree bob they do indeed need to accelerate their modernization. the majority of their ordnance is seriously outdated. guys ricing around in jeeps with a recoiless rifle! :cantbeli:
agaisnst armor almost any atgm offers better range and penetration, agaist soft targets a 40mm mk19 will get you there easier. you could carry both for about the same weight as that cannon.
i know they've got the type90 (which has got to be the most unproven modern mbt out there), but the majority of their armor looks like '70's vintage. i could go on.
to get to the point, as another poster has already pointed out, japan's military is limited in scope and budget by it's post war constituion. there is a movement attempting to.... oh nevermind. here's a link:
http://www.yale.edu/iforum/Spring1997/JapanSpring97.htm

[Loco]

I´ve read they nippon navy is really modern and quite capable, only they don´t have nuke weapons or carriers.
I forgot to add in the recent N.Korea crisis, Japan made it clear to Kim Il Sung that could do a preventive strike if they realize NKorea missiles were pointed in any moment towards Japan. Although USA is a strong guarantee in the zone, it seems as Japanse now won´t wait for being defended by others.

[Seiyuuki]

The "Ohsumi," though class as a transport ship, it is basically an amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier.

http://www.jda.go.jp/JMSDF/data/equip/IMG/oosumi07_l.JPG

[Ghostwolf]

Here's another one:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/images/type-93_sam-01m.jpg
http://www15.tok2.com/home/lttom/military-powers_jgsdf/other/93sam/93sam-002.jpg
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http://www15.tok2.com/home/lttom/military-powers_jgsdf/other/93sam/93sam-001.jpg


Type 93 Close Range Surface to Air Missile System
Battalion level, low altitude mobile air defense system,
capable of firing 8 Type 91 SAM
Missile Length: 1.43m
Missile Diameter: 0.08m
Missile Weight: 11.5kg
Guidance Method: TV and IIR(Imaging InfraRed)
Warhead: High Explosive Fragmentation
Maximum Effective Range: 5.0km
Similar to: U.S. Avenger Low Altitude Air Defense System

[Andyman]

Actually did any of you guys know that next to the U.S Japan spends the second most amount of money per year on its military. Yes more money than any other nation in the world minus the U.S. I 2004 Japan spent somewhere in the range of $50 billion annually with the UK, and Russia and China all closely knitted in the next group.

here is a link to the 2004 annual military spending of selected countries however some of the info is wrong but all sources say the same **** that i checked out on the net. Russia and China's budgets have gone down since 2001 and the figures shown on the chart are from 2001 thus allowing Japan to take second place in military spending.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904504.html