While Mitsubishi’s aluminum-based prototype would in the end be selected as the most suitable design and would thus form the basis for the subsequent production version of the Type 73 APC, it was also selected to conduct different tests. Both companies had to produce a version with steel armor plating as well as one made from aluminum. By 1967, the Defense Agency laid out the requirements for a new APC design and contacted several companies to produce different parts of the vehicle.įurthermore, four prototype versions were ordered for testing from Mitsubishi and Komatsu. As a result, in 1964 various Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, began work on addressing some of these drawbacks by conducting tests with experimental platforms. Namely, it was deemed that the vehicle had slightly poor mobility, lacked amphibious capabilities and had no NBC protection systems in place. The angular shape not only serves to protect the vehicle from being fired upon, but is also intended to keep the radar signature small and thus contribute to camouflage, Die Welt reported.Based on the influence of the Vietnam War as well as on the experiences from using the American M113 APC, the Japanese military concluded several drawbacks on their Type 60 APC. The Genesis can also act as an electrical filling station for other E-vehicles. This force can also be called up very quickly because the speed of the diesel engine does not have to be increased first. the moving force, is enormous at 15,622 Newton meters per wheel. Sensors also monitor grip, Die Welt reported. The “Genesis” tank is controlled by software, which directs the eight wheels individually.

The maximum speed is expected to be more than 100 km/h, as with modern wheeled tanks. “The only limiting factor in the march is the size of the tank,” said an FFG spokesman. In the diesel-electric drive at 60 km/h, the range is around 600 kilometers, FFG said. Using pure electric drive, the range at 40 km/h is about 150 kilometers. Abe’s legacy lives on in Japan’s foreign and security policies Genesis sits two people in the ultramodern cockpit, has space for ten infantrymen, as well as one soldier to operate the remote-controlled 30-millimeter cannon made by Norwegian firm Kongsberg.

Japanese modern tank prototypes