This is a Japanese tank. Say something nice about it

>Give it a decade or two, and you might see them become a major power in the Pacific

Unlikely, they maxed their GDP-defense ratio already, but expandable with debt(they have a high debt to GDP ratio as is), with an ambivalent attitude to their defense along with an aging population that cannot sustain any significant military force.

The only thing they can sustain is R&D and procurement which is simply corporate welfare. They already pay astronomical prices for homegrown hardware as is but keeps people employed.

japan makes the strongest tanks and planes.

its made from glorious nippon steel and nothing penetrates it.

It'll never be destroyed in combat
Because it will never see combat

because nobody dares to try attack japan

Its hull is folded 1 million times

Can someone explain to me why the Chinese and Japanese use Type-X for a lot of their military equipment? Is there an historical reason for it or more of an autistic asian thing?

A piece of trash but at least its beats the chink tanks by a long shot

There's nothing in it really. The M in US stuffs stands for Model, which basically is the same thing.

It sounds cooler than T-xx or MxAx

I don't remember the details, but the word they use for "Type" actually means something closer to "Model" or something like that, but inaccurate translations from like the 19th century went with "Type" and the name just stuck ever since

But hell yeah it sounds way cooler than model though

For Japan's case the X represents the year the weapon is first deployed, though it's sometimes confusing as they've used three systems of counting years, that is, Christian era system (AD), Japanese regnal year system, and Imperial year system.
The JSDF uses Christian era (and Japanese era in the planning process), while the Imperial army used all of them, though later the Imperial era became the standard.

The JGSDF type 10 tank was designated so because it was introduced in 2010 AD.
The IJN type zero fighter was so because it was introduced in 2600 imperial year (1940 AD), which starts from the legendary regnal year of the first emperor of Japan in 660 BC (660+1940=2600).
The IJN type 26 torpedo was so because it was introduced in Meiji 26th year (1893 AD). This one basically represents the reign of each emperor. So, the Meiji 26th means the 26th year of reign of Emperor Meiji. After Meiji, Japan had Taisho, Showa (Hirohito) and Heisei eras, and is now in the first year of Reiwa, as the new emperor succeeded to the throne this year.

cheap knockoff

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Horrible bait

well the Chinese do copy just about everything

If the rumors about the automated targeting coordination system are true, it has a sort of proto-ATLAS fire control almost a decade before the US will.

He means the chink tank is the knockoff

sure thing pal. Pic related is the inferior export version.

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Very informative, thanks anons

>They’re currently in the process of rearming again.
No, they're in the process of modernizing. The JSDF is not putting itself to be in a position to be any more powerful than it was before, relatively speaking. They're simply doing what they need to do in order to remain up to date. Such is the burden of being a close ally of the US; If you want to play with those expensive toys, you have to make the investment. Pic somewhat related.

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i don't see the point of the meme that japan doesn't have a real military. if something like this didn't count as a real military, then most armed forces of the world wouldn't qualify either.

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