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| 1s | [Music] |
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| 5s | after the defeat at the end of world war |
| 8s | ii japan was deprived of any military |
| 11s | capability the japanese had to get rid |
| 14s | of all tanks all aircraft were basically |
| 18s | all combat vehicles that they still had |
| 21s | but that's how things were right after |
| 24s | the war only five years passed and there |
| 27s | was a new war in the region the war on |
| 30s | the korean peninsula and it forced the |
| 32s | us to reconsider their stance they |
| 35s | decided that there was no reason to |
| 37s | continue keeping thousands of their |
| 39s | troops in the occupied country and after |
| 42s | some negotiations between two |
| 44s | governments japan was allowed to |
| 46s | establish their own japan self-defense |
| 49s | forces basically a de facto army which |
| 52s | legally wasn't considered one |
| 58s | as most combat vehicles that were once |
| 61s | used by japanese military were scrapped |
| 64s | or destroyed the tankers of the |
| 66s | fledgling army had to rely on american |
| 68s | shermans and chaffees |
| 71s | by the mid-1950s both tanks were |
| 73s | severely outdated but there was nothing |
| 76s | to replace them with the us suggested |
| 78s | that the japanese should buy m-47 patent |
| 82s | two tanks as a stop-gap measure local |
| 85s | military officials liked the tank's |
| 87s | configuration and its 90 millimeter gun |
| 90s | but its size and weight made the tank |
| 92s | unviable for use in japan |
| 95s | in the end mitsubishi was given a task |
| 97s | to develop a brand new mbt |
| 101s | [Music] |
| 104s | by the end of the decade there were |
| 106s | several prototypes of the future vehicle |
| 109s | the sta1 and the sta2 |
| 113s | shared quite a few similarities to the |
| 116s | m47 in their configuration shape and |
| 119s | armament choice |
| 121s | the transmission was on its left with a |
| 124s | major part of it directly behind frontal |
| 127s | armor the main difference between the |
| 129s | sta1 and the sda2 was their upper glacy |
| 133s | plate was angled at a different angle |
| 136s | and that the second vehicle had a taller |
| 138s | profile |
| 139s | the changes made to the st a3 were more |
| 143s | substantial including a new transmission |
| 146s | a slightly different gun of the same |
| 148s | caliber new optics and a new auto |
| 151s | loading system which after thorough |
| 153s | testing was deemed too unreliable and |
| 156s | too expensive |
| 158s | as a result the final prototype of the |
| 160s | new tank the sda4 |
| 163s | had no autoloader but it received a new |
| 167s | commander coppola and a few minor |
| 169s | improvements by 1961 |
| 173s | the sda4 was chosen as the production |
| 176s | model and entered the service as the |
| 179s | type 61. |
| 184s | [Music] |
| 186s | for that was around the time when the |
| 188s | soviets were already testing their t-62 |
| 192s | the british the chieftain |
| 194s | the french the amx 30 and the germans |
| 197s | the excellent leopard |
| 199s | all of those were next generation mbts |
| 202s | with new guns and more powerful engines |
| 205s | the brand new type 61 barely out of the |
| 209s | factory seemed outdated in comparison |
| 212s | and so the japanese turned to mitsubishi |
| 214s | once again to develop a more advanced |
| 218s | successor |
| 219s | the first prototype of the new vehicle |
| 222s | the stb-1 |
| 224s | was ready by the end of the 1960s |
| 226s | it was very much in line with global |
| 229s | trends with a stabilized british l7 |
| 233s | cannon |
| 234s | a 750 horsepower engine and also with a |
| 237s | locally designed hydro pneumatic |
| 240s | suspension |
| 241s | allowing the crew to change the ground |
| 243s | clearance on the fly the engineers also |
| 246s | intended to equip the tank with an auto |
| 248s | loader and a remote controlled anti-air |
| 251s | machine gun but both of those features |
| 254s | were eventually dropped to keep the |
| 256s | costs as low as possible |
| 262s | the final prototype of the tank was |
| 265s | accepted into service in 1974 |
| 268s | as the type 74 mbt and its variations |
| 273s | are still being used by the jsdf |
| 276s | in the 1990s the japanese developed the |
| 279s | last tanks of the series of the g |
| 281s | variant equipped with thermal sights and |
| 284s | a laser warning system but they never |
| 287s | made it into production sadly the type |
| 290s | 64 followed in the predecessor's |
| 293s | footsteps it was a decent tank all round |
| 296s | but it had a hard time keeping up with |
| 298s | technological advances of the world |
| 306s | while japan was busy catching up with |
| 308s | the previous generations of mbts other |
| 311s | nations were already testing new |
| 313s | vehicles equipped with composite armor |
| 315s | and modern smoothbore guns |
| 318s | but then |
| 319s | the japanese managed to close the |
| 321s | distance with a single mighty leap by |
| 324s | introducing the stc project |
| 328s | intended to replace the type 74. |
| 331s | the new vehicle which was in development |
| 333s | throughout the 1980s was an attempt to |
| 336s | integrate the best features of |
| 338s | contemporary western tanks into |
| 340s | something that was essentially a new |
| 342s | completely indigenous tank design |
| 345s | it had a hydropneumatic suspension |
| 348s | composite armor |
| 350s | a reinmetal 120mm millimeter smoothbore |
| 353s | gun a conveyor belt type autoloader an |
| 357s | advanced fcs |
| 360s | all in all it was an extremely advanced |
| 362s | vehicle |
| 363s | in 1992 the final prototype of the tank |
| 366s | was accepted into service as the type |
| 369s | 90. as it cost japan more than 8 million |
| 372s | to produce a single type 90 |
| 375s | they were never produced on mass |
| 377s | but the mbt is still in active duty with |
| 381s | the jsdf |
| 386s | in 2010 mitsubishi developed a vehicle |
| 388s | that was even cheaper lighter and more |
| 392s | modern all at the same time the type 10 |
| 396s | is armed with a powerful japanese gun it |
| 399s | has an improved armor arrangement and |
| 401s | features a c41 system that enables |
| 404s | sharing of information with other |
| 406s | branches of the jsdf as required by the |
| 409s | new military doctrine |
| 414s | even though the japan self-defense |
| 416s | forces were founded more than half a |
| 418s | century ago |
| 420s | their combat vehicles were never a part |
| 422s | of any large-scale conflict |
| 425s | in war thunder though all those mbts are |
| 428s | waiting for you at the highest ranks of |
| 432s | the ground forces tech tree |
| 434s | and these highly versatile vehicles are |
| 437s | more than capable of defeating rival |
| 439s | designs from other major players of the |
| 442s | global tank industry |
| 444s | what do you think about them |
| 446s | do you have any favorites |
| 448s | tell us come on guys in the comments |
| 450s | below |
| 451s | we'd love to find out |
| 478s | you |