Since the late 1990s, the imperialist Japanese army (Japan is a Constitutional Monarchy) has been training for war on the U.S. Army’s (USA) Yakima Training Center (YTC), in the state of Washington. It is officially called Exercise/Operation Rising Thunder.
Yakima Training Center, Washington, 2017. Photo via U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division.
Japan Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) use many different armored vehicles during the war games, including the Cold War era Type 74 (supposedly to be retired in 2024).
33rd Infantry Regiment, 10th Division, Type-74 on YTC, September 2015. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Schneider.
USA photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Schneider, September 2015.
I stitched together this video, recorded by Sergeant Vanessa Atchley, of Type 74 action on Yakima Training Center in September 2015:
Low-Rider tank of the 33rd Infantry Regiment, 10th Division, YTC, August 2015. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Schneider.
The Type 74 uses a modified 105 millimeter gun which can use NATO ammunition. It also has a collapsible suspension.
USA photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Schneider.
16th Regimental Combat Team, JGSDF, at Yakima Training Center during Operation Rising Thunder, September 2013. USA photo by Sergeant Bryan Spradlin.
USA video interview-explainer by Sergeant Bryan Spradlin, which includes Type 74 live fire, September 2013:
Type 74 live fire on YTC, September 2013. USA photo by Sergeant Austan R. Owen.
USA photo by Sergeant Austan R. Owen.
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Written by: Hutchins AAron on September 28, 2021.