The Japanese showed the main tank Type-10 in action (Video)
At the Higashi-Fuji training ground in Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) demonstrated the capabilities of fourth-generation combat vehicles.
The Type-10 main tank created by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the JGSDF is armed with a 120 mm L44 smoothbore gun, a 7.62 mm Type 64 machine gun and a 12.7 mm M2 HB machine gun. The body of the armored vehicle is protected by a modular ceramic composite armor, and by installing additional elements you can flexibly change the level of protection of the tank.
Type-10 is equipped with a 4-stroke 8-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 1200 hp. water-cooled, which allows you to reach a maximum speed of 70 km / h. The tank began to be developed in 2002, and was adopted by the Japanese army in 2012.
The main feature of Type-10 is called the C4I technology, which allows you to integrate an armored car into a common network of other tanks, as well as infantry, which makes it possible for crews and soldiers to exchange information about the situation on the battlefield, and the command to build tactics for conducting combat operations based on these data .
For 2020, according to the budget program of the Armed Forces of Japan, the JGSDF intends to get at least 12 more samples of the new tank.
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The Type-10 main tank created by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the JGSDF is armed with a 120 mm L44 smoothbore gun, a 7.62 mm Type 64 machine gun and a 12.7 mm M2 HB machine gun. The body of the armored vehicle is protected by a modular ceramic composite armor, and by installing additional elements you can flexibly change the level of protection of the tank.
Type-10 is equipped with a 4-stroke 8-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 1200 hp. water-cooled, which allows you to reach a maximum speed of 70 km / h. The tank began to be developed in 2002, and was adopted by the Japanese army in 2012.
The main feature of Type-10 is called the C4I technology, which allows you to integrate an armored car into a common network of other tanks, as well as infantry, which makes it possible for crews and soldiers to exchange information about the situation on the battlefield, and the command to build tactics for conducting combat operations based on these data .
For 2020, according to the budget program of the Armed Forces of Japan, the JGSDF intends to get at least 12 more samples of the new tank.
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