Self-Defense Forces of Japan will receive a new rifle and pistol

Japanese Self-Defense Forces begin rearmament on new models of small arms weapons. According to the press service of the Japanese Ministry of Defense, on May 18, 2020, a presentation of the new rifle and pistol was held.

The Japanese military department has chosen a new rifle for arming the Self-Defense Forces. Reportedly, the Howa Machinery HOWA 5.56 rifle, officially named the Type 20, won the tender for new small arms. It will replace the Howa type 89 rifle in service with the Japanese army.

The new rifle was selected in a competition that also featured the SCAR-L assault rifle from FN HERSTAL and the HK416 from HECKLER & KOCH. After conducting practical tests, the Japanese Ministry of Defense opted for a domestic manufacturer. According to the plans of the military department, the first batch of Type-2020 rifles in the amount of 20 pieces will be purchased in 3283. Nothing has been announced about further plans for the purchase.

In addition to the assault rifle, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces will also receive a new Heckler & Koch SFP9 self-loading pistol with a striker-type trigger (the official designation for the VP9 pistol in Europe). It will replace the SIG 220 pistol manufactured by MinebeaMitsumi in service with the Japanese army. The new pistol was recognized as the best in comparative tests, which also involved the Glock 17 and APX from BERETTA.

The Ministry of Defense plans to purchase the first batch of 323 Heckler & Koch SFP9 pistols this year.

Comments

[Operator]

5,56 mm - from empty to empty.

[AUTOHTON]

They will scare their inhabitants .. Without the US, they are nobody!

[carnifexx]

Without the United States, they are a country with the third GDP in the world, and it is without resources and territory like the Russian Federation. Have you heard about Japanese cars?

[Doctor]

5,56 mm - from empty to empty.

Like all "new" models of small arms, including ours.
All these Ak-12 and other perversions are just tuning.
An additional handle was considered as far back as the 50s - it was impractical.
The shutter lag is unprincipled from the word at all, the cutoff of three rounds is a perversion, we must generally be accustomed to firing single shots, and the turn is only in a very close battle.
Hence the accuracy will appear.
An optical sight, like a collimator on a combined-arms machine, is completely unnecessary stray, and Picatinny is generally harmful - just rip off her hands, cling to everything and collect dirt.
A new caliber, yes, in principle, but so far a big question.

[tanki tanks]

In addition to the assault rifle, the Self-Defense Forces of Japan will receive a new self-loading pistol

kit however

[novel66]

why Kalash did not participate in the tender ??? protectionism!!!!

[sabakina]

From the video, except for a quick "pulling out" of the store, I saw nothing. Our TT in general "threw out" the store itself. And the second thing. Tactical grip. Is this for the six-fingered monsters from Fukushima?

[AUTOHTON]

Quote: sabakina

From the video, except for a quick "pulling out" of the store, I saw nothing. Our TT in general "threw out" the store itself. And the second thing. Tactical grip. Is this for the six-fingered monsters from Fukushima?

They will still have the United States for this, a couple of hundred million will rip off, for "permission" to create and launch a small batch!

[Tank jacket]

Vyacheslav, welcome, the butt of a fighter in the photo rests on nowhere. After the shot, the sight will leave a fingal, the glasses would at least put on a sick ...
The pose looks unnatural-an uncomfortable rifle.

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Tank jacket

the butt of a fighter in the photo rests nowhere. After the shot, the sight will leave a fingal, I would at least put on glasses

Now it’s so fashionable.
https://militaryarms.ru/novosti/specnaz-ne-upiraet-priklad-v-plecho/

[Tank jacket]

So the Chinese are waiting for urban fighting ...

[Ural Cossack]

But the bayonet-knife Kalashovsky. Very similar to AKM.

[Knell wardenheart]

The Self-Defense Forces of Japan are intensively preparing to "self-defend" their country (and apparently the so-called Northern Territories) if something happens.

[madrobot]

Judging by the latest news, manufacturers of army riflemen all over the world (Russia is no exception, by the way) were greatly offended. Manufacturers of ships, aircraft, tanks, air defense / missile defense, electronic warfare, etc. they don’t get bored without money, but they began to completely forget about them.

[zwlad]

And there was nothing to make super-reliable small arms before. Then they would be right now in chocolate

[beeper]

Nothing so rifle, just for the Japanese "sharpened" - the balance, however, too (clearly visible from the oscillations of the sample in the hands of the demonstrator soldier) is shifted forward.
The forend of a Japanese rifle is the best of such "slotted" - together with side Picatinny rails, it sufficiently protects the shooter's hand from the red-hot barrel and leaves a lot of space for the circulation of cooling air, and, at the same time, will be easy (compared to similar ones, including and Russian "remakes" of AK, in which there are many, many small side slots) to clean from thick mud and clay that has accumulated "in the field".
I like the peculiar way of thinking of Japanese designers, something, but you won’t refuse practicality!
Although, in general, there is still work to do, but for the Japanese island conditions and the anthropometry of typical Japanese warriors, the rifle is normal! Moreover, in difficult times they support their arms manufacturers.
The German pistol, like the German pistol, does not stand out in any way among the Heckler & Koch pistols.
The single-cartridge output of a two-row magazine, in my opinion, is not optimal for a combat pistol, but if the customers are satisfied with such a solution, then it will do - "third grade - not a marriage".
Judging by the energetic idle click of the shutter, reset from the delay, the cartridges should be sent to the barrel. They didn’t show how the gun behaves in shooting, and they wouldn’t show it in an advertising demonstration of real problems.
Sights have optimal sizes and gaps, the front sight does not stick out up-hooks on equipment when quickly removed in a combat situation theoretically should be small.
The shutter guides are long (in the entire frame), which also contributes to its better stabilization and good manufacturability of the shutter on CNC machines. Tide locking of the chamber into the ejection window. The ejector is located optimally on the side and, visually, is wide enough in the hook. The Germans in the design of combat pistols (they have sports "rehash" of the Soviet design of Khaidurov-Razoryonov!) Pistols have long been eaten by the dog.
It is easier to clean in service such an open bottom shutter than a closed "Browning type".
Drummer trigger in a combat pistol is an amateur, I prefer self-cocking triggers. IMHO.
I didn’t understand why the Japanese, at least this time, couldn’t make their own pistol, probably, they didn’t want to bother too much with fine-tuning and putting into production for the sake of such an obviously small circulation ... ??!

[Region-25.rus]

Quote: Plague of the XNUMXst Century

Citizens of the Russian Federation have always had a prejudiced attitude towards other countries: Japan, even with or without the USA, will always surpass the skrepohols in terms of living !!!

You sir must have lived in the same Japan about five years .. well, or visited about a hundred times in different places .. like I, for example, watched the life of local Aborigines, who, what and how much they buy, who eats what, in what conditions they live, what there are salaries and most importantly what are the prices there .. Not .. weren't there? I thought so. You are probably 15 years old ... well, or an intelligence level corresponding to about that age

[Petrucho]

Just in Europe, this pistol is called SFP9, in my house it’s in a safe, and VP9 is the name for the USA. The gun is not bad of course, it’s comfortable in shooting, I really like how the magazine latch is implemented - it’s really convenient. It is also convenient to adjust the handle for yourself. That's just how he was able to get around glock 17 in trials, it is not clear.

[Tuzik]

323 pistols and 3,3 thousand rifles? Yes, Americans deliver tens of thousands to the Barmeley, what is this for the army? Probably many manufacturers did not appear at the tender at all, seeing the quantity.

[Jan]

well done japs! they themselves do not invent anything, but they use it to the full! everything is solidly made in Heckler and Koch, what a rifle what a gun!

[vkd.dvk]

Quote: Plague of the XNUMXst Century

Citizens of the Russian Federation have always had a prejudiced attitude towards other countries: Japan, even with or without the USA, will always surpass the skrepohols in terms of living !!!

If you are put in the conditions of living in a paper house, work 18 hours a day, have a vacation of 12 days a year, we will see how you can do without your piece of lard and vodka on Saturdays.



The picture shows that we are not much behind.
Look for your hohlomordi, she’s down there ....

[vkd.dvk]

Quote: Region-25.rus

Quote: Plague of the XNUMXst Century

Citizens of the Russian Federation have always had a prejudiced attitude towards other countries: Japan, even with or without the USA, will always surpass the skrepohols in terms of living !!!

You sir must have lived in the same Japan about five years .. well, or visited about a hundred times in different places .. like I, for example, watched the life of local Aborigines, who, what and how much they buy, who eats what, in what conditions they live, what there are salaries and most importantly what are the prices there .. Not .. weren't there? I thought so. You are probably 15 years old ... well, or an intelligence level corresponding to about that age

A compliment, however. This nonsense was never 15. He stopped at 5. Forever.