Wheel tank destroyers to appear in Japan
With 2016, Japan plans to begin rebuilding the Self-Defense Forces tank park, which was created earlier to repel a Soviet attack from the north. Reports about it Military Parity with reference to Defense News.
Prototype MCV.
According to the publication, the main combat Tanks in Japan they will be replaced by the so-called "maneuver combat vehicle (MCV), which is a wheeled tank destroyer with a 105-mm gun." The Ministry of Defense intends to purchase about 300 of these machines and at the same time reduce the number of MBT in the troops from 740 to 300 units. Write-off of the main tanks is designed for about a decade.
New combat vehicles have a smaller mass (26 t) and high mobility, they can easily be transferred to any island, including the southern ones, which are threatened by China (their transportation is possible with promising Kawasaki C-2 aircraft).
The publication states that the development of the MCV prototype has been going on for several years (from 2008) and its testing will begin in the near future. The first vehicles must go to the troops in 2016. It is planned that 2017 units will be produced by the end of 99, and by the end of 2018, 300 will be produced. In this case, the author notes that "the number of cars produced may change."
It is reported that “MCV must have a power reserve of 400 km, the maximum speed of up to 100 km / h and will be armed with a 105-mm gun.” According to military expert Shinichi Kiyotani, the firepower of the gun "may be redundant in some combat situations, for example, in urban battles." He believes that "in urban environments, an 90 or 76-mm cannon is enough; the 40 or 35-mm automatic cannon may be enough."
In order to save the developers decided to abandon the automatic loader, so the crew will consist of 4-s people. “I believe that this is the wrong concept. MCV is just a cheap tank that will be easily hit from an RPG "- the expert expressed his opinion.
According to the publication, the main combat Tanks in Japan they will be replaced by the so-called "maneuver combat vehicle (MCV), which is a wheeled tank destroyer with a 105-mm gun." The Ministry of Defense intends to purchase about 300 of these machines and at the same time reduce the number of MBT in the troops from 740 to 300 units. Write-off of the main tanks is designed for about a decade.
New combat vehicles have a smaller mass (26 t) and high mobility, they can easily be transferred to any island, including the southern ones, which are threatened by China (their transportation is possible with promising Kawasaki C-2 aircraft).
The publication states that the development of the MCV prototype has been going on for several years (from 2008) and its testing will begin in the near future. The first vehicles must go to the troops in 2016. It is planned that 2017 units will be produced by the end of 99, and by the end of 2018, 300 will be produced. In this case, the author notes that "the number of cars produced may change."
It is reported that “MCV must have a power reserve of 400 km, the maximum speed of up to 100 km / h and will be armed with a 105-mm gun.” According to military expert Shinichi Kiyotani, the firepower of the gun "may be redundant in some combat situations, for example, in urban battles." He believes that "in urban environments, an 90 or 76-mm cannon is enough; the 40 or 35-mm automatic cannon may be enough."
In order to save the developers decided to abandon the automatic loader, so the crew will consist of 4-s people. “I believe that this is the wrong concept. MCV is just a cheap tank that will be easily hit from an RPG "- the expert expressed his opinion.
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