Japan’s Type-74 battle tank was designed in the 1960s and produced in the 1970s and ’80s (during the Cold War). It is to remain active with the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) until 2024.
Camp Fuji, Japan, 16JUN2021, U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Scott Aubuchon.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Aubuchon, June 2021.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Aubuchon, June 2021.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Aubuchon, June 2021.
Camp Nihonbara, November 2020, USMC photo by Lance Corporal Tyler Harmon.
Camp Nihonbara, November 2020, USMC photo by Lance Corporal Tyler Harmon.
For the first time Japanese Type 74s invaded California’s Fort Irwin, in January 2014. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Chris McCullough.
U.S. Army video of Type 74 live-fire on Fort Irwin-National Training Center (NTC), California, January 2014:
NTC, California, January 2014, U.S. army photo.
NTC, California, January 2014, U.S. army photo.
Hijudai Maneuver Area, August 2012, USMC photo.
Mitsubishi Type 74 Main Battle Tank, Ojojihara Training Area, June 2001, U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Chance W. Haworth.
Ojojihara Training Area, June 2001, USMC photo by Lance Corporal Chance W. Haworth.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Chance W. Haworth.
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