Type 60 Armoured Personnel Carrier
Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier | |
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Armored personnel carrier | |
Place of origin | Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1960–2006 |
Used by | Japan |
Production history | |
Designer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Designed | 1956-1960 |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Komatsu Limited |
Produced | 1960–1972 |
No. built | 428 |
Specifications | |
Mass |
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Length | 4.85 metres (15.9 ft) torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 40 centimetres (16 in)[1] |
Fuel capacity | 250 litres (66 US gal)[2] |
Operational range | 230 kilometres (140 mi)[1] |
Maximum speed | 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph) (road)[1] |
The Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier (60式装甲車, roku-maru-shiki-soukou-sha) is an armored personnel carrier that entered service with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1960.
Development
Work began in 1956 on development of a fully tracked
Initial production orders were placed in 1959, and the type was standardised in 1960 as the Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier.[3] About 430 were built.[4]
Description
The Type 60 had a welded steel hull, with a sloped
The vehicle was powered by a 160 kilowatts (220 hp) Mitisubishi 8 HA 21 WT
Service
The Type 60 was superseded by the Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier from 1974, but only 225 Type 73s were built, and the Type 60 continued in large scale use until the 2000s.[8] Roles included training, with several Type 60s being modified to visually resemble the Soviet BMD-1 airborne infantry fighting vehicles.[6] 303 Type 60s were listed as in service in 1998,[9] with 33 remaining in service in 2005,[10] but none were listed as in service in 2006.[11]
Variants
- SU 60
- Basic Armored Personnel Carrier.[6]
- SV 60
- 81 mm mortar carrier. Carried a single 81 mm mortar with a range of 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) mounted in the back of the hull, with 24 mortar bombs carried and a crew of five. 18 built.[5]
- SX 60
- 107 mm (4.2-in) mortar carrier. Carried a 107 mm with a range of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) with a cut back rear hull. 8 mortar rounds carried. 18 built.[1]
- SY 60
- Prototype 105 mm self-propelled howitzer. No production.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Foss 1987, p. 347
- ^ "Type 60 Armored personnel carrier". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ a b Foss 1987, p. 345
- ^ Foss 2002, p. 160
- ^ a b Foss 1987, p. 346
- ^ a b c Foss 2002, pp. 160–161
- ^ Foss 1987, pp. 346–347
- ^ Foss 2002, pp. 158, 160
- ^ "UNROCA original report: Japan 1998". United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "UNROCA original report: Japan 2005". United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "UNROCA original report: Japan 2006". United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- Foss, Christopher F., ed. (1987). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1987–88. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0849-7.
- Foss, Christopher F. (2002). Jane's Tanks and Combat Vehicles Recognition Guide. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-712759-6.