The Mitsubishi Type-74, also known as the nana-yon was the main battle tank of the Japan Self-Defense Forces starting in 1975, but was supplanted by the more modern Mitsubishi Type 90 in 1990 and the Type 10 in 2012. While it was regarded as outdated even when it was first adopted, the tank is still in reserve service and is the primary tank sent the Special Region, where it proves devastating against the primitive armies of the Empire during the Second Battle of Alnus Hill.
Several type 74 MBT are used by the JSDF 1st Combat unit in the ground battle in Marais.
Type 74[]
The Type 74 is a tank used by 1st Combat Unit. They are outfitted with a British-designed Royal Ordnance L7A3 105mm rifled cannon with a redesigned breech and recoil mechanism. The Japanese version uses Type 93 armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds, Type 93 high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose (HEAT-MP) and can also use Type 75 high explosive-plastic-tracer (HEP-T) rounds for demolitions. In addition, the vehicle is equipped with a Browning M2HB .50 caliber heavy machine gun on the commander's hatch and a coaxial-mounted 7.62mm Sumitomo Type 74 general purpose machine gun.
Trivia[]
- While not shown in the anime or manga, the Type 74 is equipped with hydropneumatic suspension, similar to hydraulics in cars. This allows the Type 74 to adjust the hull's angle and allowing it to tilt to either the left, right, front or back. This can allow the Type 74 to increase its -6 degrees of physical gun depression to an effective -15 degrees by leaning the tank forward, making it much easier for the tank to fight from a hull-down position when firing over an upward incline.
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