Type 74
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The Type 74 (74式戦車, nana-yon-shiki-sensha) is a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a supplement to the earlier Type 61. It was based on the best features of a number of contemporary designs, placing it in the same class as the US M60 Patton or German Leopard 1. Like these designs, it mounts the M68 rifled 105 mm gun. The design did not enter widespread use until 1980, by which point other Western forces had introduced more capable designs.
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Type 74 | |
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Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1975–2024 |
Production history | |
Designer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Designed | 1962 |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Unit cost | 350-400 Million Yen (~3.2 - 3.6 Million USD) |
Produced | 1975–1988 |
No. built | 873 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 38 tonnes (42 short tons; 37 long tons) |
Length | 9.41 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Width | 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in) |
Height | 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 189–195 mm (7.4–7.7 in)[citation needed] |
Main armament | 105 mm M68[lower-roman 1] rifled gun 55 rounds |
Secondary armament | M2HB 12.7 mm machine gun 660 rounds Type 74 7.62 mm machine gun 4,500 rounds |
Engine | Mitsubishi 10ZF Model 21, 10 cylinders diesel, 21.5 L 750 hp (560 kW) |
Power/weight | 19 hp/tonne |
Suspension | hydropneumatic |
Operational range | 300 km (190 mi) |
Maximum speed | 53 km/h (33 mph) |
It was followed by the heavier Type 90. Both the Type 74 and Type 90 are supplemented and will be eventually replaced by the new-generation Type 10 tank.