Japanese Type 90 Main Battle Tank | OVERVIEW

Development of the Type 90 Japanese Main Battle Tank (MBT) commenced in 1976. It was intended to replace the Type 61 medium tanks in service with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF). The new tank was developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in cooperation with German Krauss-Maffei and MaK tank manufacturers. Consequently the tank has a number of external similarities with German Leopard 2. First prototype of the Type 90 was built in 1982. This MBT was officially adopted by the JGSDF in 1989 and the initial deliveries commenced in 1990. A full-scale production began in 1992. Production is now complete. The Type 90 is among the best MBTs in the world. Furthermore for a period of time it was the most expensive production MBT. Original Japanese army requirement was for 600 of these tanks, however only about 340 were built due to high unit price. This tank was never exported, as at the time Japan laws did not allow export of military equipment.
The Type 90 has an all-welded hull and turret. Its composite armor has superior resistance qualities. Half of the ammunition is stored in the turret bustle with blow-out panels. The Type 90 has a laser warning receiver, which can automatically trigger smoke grenade dischargers. Such protection system allows to reduce the chances of being hit by anti-tank missiles with semi-automatic laser guidance. The tank is fitted with NBC protection and automatic fire suppression systems.
This MBT is armed with German Rheinmetall Rh-M-120 120 mm smoothbore gun, which was produced in Japan under license by Japan Steel Works. It fires HEAT-MP and APFSDS-T rounds, but is also compatible with all standard NATO 120 mm tank ammunition.
This Type 90 tank is fitted with am autoloader. This feature permitted a three-man crew, as the loader was no longer needed. At the time presence of an autoloader was unusual feature. Before only Soviet tanks were fitted with automatic ammunition loading systems. Autoloaders were not used on contemporary Western tanks. However autoloaders of the Cold War era Soviet main battle tanks had one common problem as the ready-to-use ammunition was stored in the main compartment, rather than a separate compartment. In this case once the armor is penetrated it can trigger detonation of onboard ammunition. Japanese designers addressed this problem by relocating the autoloader in the turret bustle with blow-out panels. So ready-to-use ammunition is separated from the crew. Autoloader of the Type 90 tank holds 20 rounds, stored in the turret bustle that are ready to fire. The rest of ammunition is stored in front of the hull. The gun has to be depressed to 0 degrees to be loaded after each shot.
Fire control system of the Type 90 is reportedly more advanced than those used on the French Leclerc, German Leopard 2A5 and American M1A2 Abrams. Secondary armament consists of coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and 12.7 mm heavy machine gun mounted on top of the roof. Vehicle has a crew of three, including commander, gunner and driver. The Type 90 main battle tank is powered by Mitsubishi 10ZG diesel engine, developing 1 500 horsepower. This MBT has a high power-to-weight ratio of 30 hp/ton. Vehicle has a hydropneumatic suspension. It allows this MBT to "kneel", giving a number of advantages. A dozer blade or mine rollers can be mounted at the front of the hull. Recently a new Type 10 main battle tank was developed by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It entered service with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces in 2012. However it is smaller and lighter than the Type 90. Also it has inferior armor protection, but is very agile and can be briefly deployed. The main role of the Type 10 is to support infantry with its firepower rather than to combat enemy tanks. The Type 10 replaces the ageing Type 74 and supplements the Type 90 tanks.
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Japanese Type 90 Main Battle Tank | OVERVIEW

[@_Matsimus_]

Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well! STAY STRONG! We will get through this tough time in the world :-) If you could help me out with my channel by sharing this video on your own social media and media outlets I would really appreciate it!! Have a wonderful day and stay safe!

[@DreadGrimReaper]

Japanese tank with chinese music.

[@GBR9794]

You are using Chinese BGM on Japanese tank video. XD

[@jayusn-et2231]

Watch your vids when I can. Sorry this is my only Social Media outlet. Be Well Mat & God Bless.

[@pavelsincu5673]

Matsimus will you do a video about Romanias military?????

[@JohnSmith-qv6hp]

Are soe veddy good veddy much copy of European best tank

[@Helix597]

Chinese song and Japanese Tank. This has the manjuu written all over it.

[@CMDRFandragon]

Well to be fair, with how the Japanese and Chinese name everything "Type-XX", its almost confusing at times. Kinda like how the US uses M1 for everything.

[@TuanHoang-tb2xe]

Omegaking884 yep that’s one thing I’m uncomfortable about :(

[@AlvesJone]

Lol yuppie

[@Helix597]

Doom sadly there ain’t no Tank gatcha games. In azur lane I’m already building my dream team of ships. Wish I could do the same with jets or tanks. But again no tank or jet gatchas

[@Aes880]

@@Helix597 Ash Arm

[@adamc2378]

Matsimus googling intro song: *vaguely asian music*

[@fidziek]

instrumentation, scales... do you know what are you talking about? climate=atmosphere is what counts for illustrations purposes... Jees... Go to see your local Phiharmonic Orchestra to get your 'proper' prescription for your hearing influenza...

[@Euzuner41]

@@fidziek my english not enough for your comment -_-

[@somberflight]

@@fidziek It is STILL very Chinese-sounding music. Japanese music doesn't sound like this, they may have similar instruments but they're still very different.

[@soloflade2253]

@@fidziek Chinese Music is very stereotypical for the Continent.

[@AtomicFire1972]

I would've pissed myself laughing if he used an anime theme song or J-pop tune instead. People would scream in terror that they've been infected by the weeaboo. Heh.

[@yuugagazamee6020]

Lmao the intro music is Chinese-

[@MrBurgerphone1014]

Lol my first thought the moment I heard it.

[@humanbeing9079]

To be fair, traditional Japanese and Chinese music does share a lot of similarities with regards to instruments, chord progression, arrangement, etc. After all one preceded and heavily influenced the other.

[@alejandrorojas1423]

I'm willing to bet Mat used Chinese music on purpose to troll us.

[@hpwan2]

@@humanbeing9079 yeah.. they did share the music intrument and even music style back in 7th century, but not anymore (the intro music is kind of modernised version of "traidition Chinese music") 😂

[@_Matsimus_]

How the hell am I supposed to know that

[@chrisphoenix2825]

1:10 You know it's a japanese tank when it bows to you in respect, before blasting you to pieces.

[@bug1701]

... you might be onto something...

[@ritchesusanjason]

LMAO

[@lexcortez5812]

same as South Korean MBT's cuz of course we all know east asians bow as a form of greeting someone new but just like S Korea's terrain and geography Japan's terrain it's very steep and mountaneous so in order to make transport easy for the MBT's adjustable suspension was the answer to it

[@humanbeing9079]

4:40 "This German Japanese collaboration would turn out to be much more successful than the one four decades prior" LOL

[@davidhonfi2683]

EDGY

[@saintriley6702]

Ngl he got me good there

[@theeditingdepartment9421]

Laughs in moustache man.....

[@TheHelghast1138]

Ha! Lol.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

Human being do you mean the French German. Or the American German one.

[@stalkinghorse883]

"this German Japanese collaboration would turn out to be much more successful than the one of four decades prior"

[@Execue]

giggles at that moment

[@easternrebel1061]

As soon as I saw it , I figured that it was inspired by the leopard

[@Selvariabell]

The autoloader is Leclerc, so there is French in it

[@easternrebel1061]

@@Selvariabell man, now the tanks are gonna surrender without the crews consent.

[@xloltimex38]

@@Selvariabell sry to bust your bubble but the autoloader in the type90 is a japanese development. the only thing which is not japanese is the smoothbore canon. thats it. not even the gun mount or recoil system is from rheinmetall

[@neme9906]

Matsimus:German-Japanese collaboration Me: so its a Weebpard

[@lexcortez5812]

toyota mega cruiser : weeb humvee mitsubishi type 73 : weeb willys jeep

[@ronaldmacdonald8667]

Everyone roasting Matsimus for the Chinese intro and I'm just here thinking "hehe tank goes boom"

[@brinesilver405]

F in chat for the woman at 0:10 who uncovered her ears to do something, a split second before the tanks started firing their main cannons

[@psychoalpha2]

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[@patriotenfield3276]

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[@langweilerkanal7894]

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[@averagefilipino315]

Brine Silver F

[@pika757]

F

[@trojohn7032]

Other tanks: We are strong!! Type 90: Oh yeah but can you do this? *Kneels Back and forth to assert dominance*

[@TheHelghast1138]

Indeed 🎌

[@Marinealver]

Lowrider Tank

[@krondor74]

K-1 and K-2 of S.Korea can do Kneeling too.

[@khinwin633]

Don't forget about Strv-103B

[@krondor74]

@@khinwin633 before K-2 tank develope, S.Korea invided Sven Berge(Strv-74,Strv-103 designer) and leasten What he think about tank. : ) Sven Berge(Strv-74,Strv-103), Philip W. Lett(M48,M60,M1), Tal(Merkava), Iwao Hayashi(Type 90) are invited. and their advice helped to design What kind of Tank should be made for S.Korea.

[@khalilmqds4946]

"...and then the Sovyet collapsed..." China : "allow me to introduce myself"

[@meitynajoan5553]

@Tony Dinh the latest variant of Type-99A is pretty comparable to the modern battle tank

[@wigon]

@Tony Dinh Sorry dude... I actually own Chinese made firearms and they are definitely NOT shit. I also own a lot of Chinese made studio audio equipment and again, they are not shit and made increasingly to higher standards every year. QC is something that many Chinese industries are beginning to truly grasp especially when it comes to military hardware and hi-tech equipment. I also think that's bullshit that you saw a wheel come off. Any armored vehicle requires a number of restraining bolts on that wheel to keep it on. The chances of a failure of all of those bolts is very low if not next to impossible unless an entire mount is sheared off somehow on a huge rock or piece of concrete. BTW I served in the U.S. Army and have helped service a wide range of military vehicles out in the field. So I understand typical wear and tear on military vehicles and points of failure.

[@Aes880]

@Tony Dinh they whell fall off in tank bathalion race yet they still finish second only behind the Russian team in their T72B3

[@GuderII]

@Tony Dinh yep that's was moment hall of shame for Indonesian Navy , when our president Joko widodo who watch personally at that event completely disappointed . like Wtf man. that's wasted of indonesian tax money 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@meitynajoan5553]

@Tony Dinh "i saw one on an exercise or competition and the wheel fell off" and i saw a Japanese Type 90 lose their track during an exhibition and i saw a T50i golden eagle crash during an airshow, and i saw an M1 Abrams got it's engine burned due to overheating, and i saw a clueless T-14 driver accidentally hit the handbrake during victory days parade

[@mikiSS91]

China : hears anime song Type90 : omae wa mou shindeiru!!! China : nani!!!!!

[@acidkhmer]

OMG ,outrageous, Chinese song for Japan autodéfense forces!!! You'll going to start a new war, all your fault,shame on you!!!

[@barbatoslupusrex8712]

"We're going through unprecedented ti-" *hears a screeching Matsimus in the background*

[@Marinealver]

beat me to it

[@bug1701]

=D =D Damn! you beat me too it!

[@_Matsimus_]

For those who are mad at me for using a “Chinese song” for a Japanese tank, seriously? How the hell am I supposed to know that? I went into KZbin audio and listened to some music and it sounded cinematic. It doesn’t say “Chinese song”. Give me a break.

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

It is basically the equivalent of claiming that all asians look the same with all the added insult of Japan and China being historically less than friends. Try making a video on the Leclerc with the intro song being "God Save the Queen" and claiming "It sounds European enough".

[@_Matsimus_]

@@matejlieskovsky9625 Not really at all. But thanks for basically making me out to be a racist....??

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@_Matsimus_ I am not claiming you are a racist. You made (what apparently several people consider to be) a poor choice of intro music to a video. That's fine. I'm merely trying to explain why people feel the need to comment on it. I also don't see anyone being actually mad at you - they mostly appear to take it in good humour. Is there some backlash I am not seeing?

[@MrStasyan2013]

SJWs shouldn’t be able to survive on a military history channel, but the mistake is pretty funny

[@gregsmall5939]

There was music? I'm here for the tanks!

[@ihatecabbage7270]

Chinese song on a Japanese tank...... that's errrr HERESY!!!!

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Leopard 2, but anime

[@brianoneill2375]

The opening music was infected with carona xO

[@niuchajianfa6222]

have you no brain?

[@George-jg9sy]

Matt, you 've put Chinese music in the intro, not Japanese. :) The video was fantastic as always.

[@SpecterCat_]

Hey there Mat, thanks again for uploading content like this, especially on this fascinating AFV. Hope you're doing well out there. Here in Malaysia, the RMO was extended until 14th of April. At least, your video would keep me entertained. -Is there a possibility that there will be a video of the AV8 Gempita- Anyway, great content as always

[@23madrabbit]

Sign this Pedition to insert *Taiko Drums* in the beginning of the video.

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

Or an anime song....it's way more Japanese

[@michaeljosephdimaano2802]

you just put in Chinese music over a Japanese topic?

[@wasntprepared]

had to recheck title thought you were covering a chinese tank xD

[@pvtspartan]

"Googles Chinese people music for Asia man tank"

[@snn6262]

lmao chinese intro music, inb4 haha i was just trolling guys!!!!

[@TheHelghast1138]

So it's an Otaku-Leopard? Panzer Mark 90-Weaboo? Lol that comment about the German Japanese collaboration 😁 Also Chinese music in the into... 🤔🤔🤔 Awesome tank tho. Great video :)

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

A weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

[@Duraltia]

You know what is kinda hilarious? When I was like 12y/o I started reading the _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ Manga where the Type 74 still have some decent screen time. Somewhat later/parallel to this there was also the original Anime series where the then Type 90 had its introduction and now there's the, I think, 13y ongoing _Rebuild of Evangelion_ going on that started with the Type 90 and by now has introduced the Type 10. That show is taking too fuckin' long to come to a conclusion... But hey! 2020 appears to be the release date of the final movie soo... On a side note... Has Matsimus ever started a video with something like: _"What a piece of garbage!"_ instead of _"What a beast of a Tank"_ or _"What a glorious piece of tech!"_ ?

[@livingcorpse5664]

I grew up with Godzilla movies, so when I think tanks, the Type 90 is the first one to pop in my mind.

[@justsomedude7583]

using some CHINESE music there for a Japanese tank......

[@ВалераКапитан-у8ч]

Matsimus it's a japanese tank not chinese. And you insert a chinese music!

[@bakasheru]

Shows a Japanese tank with Chinese music, Matsimus Maximus Troglodytamus.

[@Vendell_23]

Wrong music bro that's Chinese

[@IgorP226]

why is there Chinese music at the intro of a Japanese tank lol

[@culturedman2757]

I beat Japan high school girl will driving it

[@PeenileCansir]

The type-90 defending the land of the rising sun from coronavirus

[@fidziek]

11:30 - oh, so you think there's no snow nor frost in Japan? Think again...

[@ethan-kr3ob]

You know this is chinese music?

[@oneMeVz]

Ugh, opening with Chinese music and then have half of the video pixelated. Needs a redo, Matt!

[@firma_quia_verum]

7:25 So that's how it feel to be targeted 🎯

[@KUNALBISWAS-NEWS-TECH-SHORT]

So Chinese music at beginning..

[@blt308]

I appreciate your effort to arrange the intro with an Asian theme but that music is Chinese and it's completely inappropriate for showcasing Japanese MBT.

[@AtomicFire1972]

How about an anime J-pop tune instead?

[@tonynavarro8375]

As the Type 90 will probably never need to enter actual combat unless the home islands are invaded, I thynk that it will jave a huge "home Court" advantage against even the Armata or Leopsrd 2 plus variants. I can even imagine both the Type 90 and T 10 working together to double team any adversary. In addition, any country tat invades Japan will have to keep in mind that they only know as mich of Japanese Defense Tech as the JSDF is willing to show or admit to. Any still hiffen, but already developed tech will naturally come as a nasty surprise.

[@dk418]

Playing Chinese music on Japanese tank overview... It's like playing Yankee doodle dandy song while introducing Russian T-90 tank. It's not wrong, but kinda hilarious.

[@AtomicFire1972]

The Type 10 isn't intended to replace the Type 90, but supplement the older tank and replace the Type 74. The Type 90 will continue to serve for the foreseeable future because of the high cost of the Type 10 (the same issue that plagued the Type 90 program, and the reason for the Type 74's long service life). I'm glad you pointed these facts out. Most people tend to overlook them, like so much about the JGSDF. Keep up the great work.

[@richierich1470]

Japan Needs the Best Tanks that they Can Afford because the japanese Armour was no match for Russian T34 or the Grant or Sherman in ww2 and paid the price for this so come on Japan Learn from your Mistakes Please Give Your Armed Forces the Best you Can for your War Fighters

[@XxPlayMakerxX131]

Chinnese?

[@pizzagogo6151]

The Japanese really have an almost unique view of cost v benefit and an exceptionally long term view of self- reliance on weapons development. Look at the Mitsubishi F2 - a massive amount of time and effort spent to develop what a “little bit” better version of what pretty much ended up a very!! expensive F16😏. With almost never any intention of recouping cost from export sale they just don’t seem to care about price, they just seem to want to give their industries something to do.😎

[@dyong888]

Hey Matt. I started your video and was confused. You probably have no feeling or appreciation for this but it is so so wrong to start a video about the Japanese tank and have Chinese music playing. Gosh.... It feels SO wong. It is definitely the wrong music to use. Also this piece is about peace and joy which makes it even more wrong.

[@weaselworm8681]

Thanks for posting so many videos recently. I’m going nuts watching president Trumps lying press conferences every day he is so poorly equipped for this pandemi, childish, churlish, and ignorant.

[@bassmith448bassist5]

Everybody gettin all gangsta about the intro. Me: Tank. Gun. Boom!!! Bows in samurai after obliterating it's opponents.

[@simonlind44]

9:30 I thought the Type 90 didn't have CITV capabilities. From what i've read, the commander only had passive night vision, not thermal vision.

[@oim8254]

I have no idea why Matsimus would put Chinese music in a video about Japanese stuff. It's as equally bad as putting French music in a video about British stuff.

[@andrews_lego_tanks_and_more]

Finally, I've been asking for this one for a while. Something about this vehicle I just love.

[@peachworks_en]

Yay, you made this quarantine much more worth it with a type 90, my favorite mbt

[@doodskie999]

Matsimus looking for music: Hmmm this sounds asiany, lemme put it on my japanese tank video *Puts chinese music over japanese tank lol

[@cherrypoptart2001]

@Matsimus you should do a collab with RedEffect where you both rate all MBTs in service and give your personal opinion on them. Kind of like a S,A,B,C,D,E F chart instead of a Top10

[@そなんですか]

The intro song is a massive insult to Japanese culture. Get rid of it. It is a Chinese theme, and it means a big middle finger to us Japanese. Just to clarify here, I am not a cultural stereotype or Chinese hating, but the intro song got me cringed so hard.

[@TerryTurner]

Matsimus stay human don't become one of those robot military channels. 👍😂

[@FortuneZer0]

The slow production is in part due to the japanese wanting to retain the know how. Unlike Switzerland which basicly blew out all capability in the 90s after licence production of the Leopard 2.

[@leakahoshi5049]

because, they knew if they bought offshore countries tank, the money will not be recycled inside the country and will increased inflation rate. that is however, before they economic became stagnant due to low inflation rate, kinda back fired.

[@johnporter847]

Japan would not go in Union with anybody in any new world war, they will strike and defeat any possible enemies if they attack them.

[@GunsNGames1]

Japan went from ridiculously bad tanks to ridiculously good tanks.

[@slime7136]

German - Japanese cooperation, now ain't that unheard of...

[@defencebangladesh4068]

hahaha

[@livingcorpse5664]

Maybe it's because I grew up watching Godzilla films and these got blown up a lot but when I think tanks, the Type 90 is what pops in my head.

[@FRIEND_711]

The Type-90 is a good tank but its really a shame that they are only stationed in hokkaido :,D

[@frikandelkroket9335]

Thumbs down 👎 for very wrong music choice. Research zero.

[@johnngochua6906]

Japanese tank on Chinese Background music? lol!!!

[@chrissoriano2668]

Why you're using chinese music on a Japanese topic is beyond me! LOL

[@charlesvallgarda477]

So basic Leo2 and Strv 103B gott a Child 🤭

[@vale.44peru]

Just one question, aren’t hydro pneumatic suspensions (and pretty much any type of suspensions able to change its geometry), super stressful to track tensioning?

[@c_o_n_t_e_n_t3420]

anyone with an opinion is delisted on youtube. all i get recommended is fox news, people unboxing soy toys and "10 amazing toothpick hacks you wont believe" (I watch literally none of this) I tried searching for some technical resources related to by job this week (youtube and google) and about 30 results down on youtube was cartoons and minecraft, google barely had that many results, half of them didnt contain the search terms i was looking for. I watch none of this, and downvote them out of spite when it comes on in my autoplay. this site is gone, the fire is out. your channel is one of the few smoldering embers.

[@c_o_n_t_e_n_t3420]

I should have realized, i wrote this rant because of the robot channels comment, then completely forgot about it. hopefully your pieced together that robots dont have opinions, they sperg about spreadsheet statistics as robots will do. and that is non-threatening. robots without opinions cant say bad things about advertisers.

[@sigmar2331]

Please do the Philippines Army's Simba battle taxi

[@EdTzani]

The intro is so chinese hahahahahahahah

[@beerlover1081]

The intro is Chinese folk music...not Japanese...

[@Holestic_Honesty]

A video on the Golan 1000 would be cool.

[@Maiiroshi]

I literally just watched the type 10 video as I got my type 90 on war thunder about 2 hours ago and then i see this. Amazing video though.

[@hazraz4195]

Been waiting for this tank to come up, but why that Chinese music tho 😂😂

[@iBOOM]

The intro music is perfect for the boom boom meditation lessions the tank crews are doing in the vid.

[@lanevo4603]

BGMが合ってないな 日本なら和太鼓と三味線だ

[@Tom-fk3bj]

Lan Evo4 それ、やっぱり西洋人には中国と日本の文化の違いは分からんよなぁ… まぁその逆もしかりなんだがw

[@lanevo4603]

@@Tom-fk3bj さん まぁ、日本人からみたら海外はﾍﾋﾞﾒﾀかｱﾝｸﾞﾗで通りますからね 例外として、ﾛｼｱの音割れ国歌かｱﾒｲｼﾞﾝｸﾞぐらいすかね

[@rhino1207]

search "Gagaku" to use japanese style music

[@sndsergiu1212]

Make a video about romanian tr 85 m1, please!

[@DarthContinent]

One note, some of the background music sounds more Chinese than Japanese. Maybe look for something using the Shakuhachi flute?

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Type 90 is a good looking tank but the Japanese need to give that thing armor package, maybe a arrow head, simple but cheap.

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

Matsimus ,Man you've been killing it man You're dropping videos like I drop the bomb in cs

[@joelfernandez2333]

That’s Chinese song not Japanese song!

[@rkadi6540]

Government : civilian must remain in the house and distancing each other Matt : spamming video review

[@frikandelkroket9335]

Chinese music intro for a Japanese tank.

[@hritikjuyal5484]

Please make a video on HAL LCH and Rudra Helicopters.

[@nunyabznss5866]

Ha, so nonchalantly went there when talking about them using the Rheinmetall cannon.

[@najkraemer3117]

That intro music sounded more chinese than japanese....

[@hueydevotedUH1]

Subscribed. Good content. I share with everyone I know that like military info. I DESPISE the garbage computer voice video's. LAZY PRODUCTION!!

[@tenzinnordenthinley7121]

Chinese Song?? 🤦🏻‍♂️ You lack choice of soundtracks. This is F**king bullshit 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Japanese traditional songs are far too awesome, rich and active. Especially Taiko Drum. 🇯🇵 🎌 I feeling it sh*t video from intro. THIS IS F*CKING DISGRACE 😡

[@zbigniewbiernacki3682]

What's with the Chinese music?

[@alexdunphy3716]

We have been blessed with more content! Matsimus be praised!

[@davorpavlov184]

Hey Mat, I am writing this to tell you that you are being followed and you got fans in Eastern sodding Europe, so next time you wanna whine about not getting the views, just remember, those who wanna find your videos will find them and also, read this I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS bcos you always pay your respect to everything you ever post on your channel. QUIT WHINING AND CRANK UP THE POSTING TO MAX! I`d like to get more videos and unfortunatelly, my Eastern European living standard means I cant afford to support you in any other way. Just keep up the good work, chap.

[@hendi1571]

Type-90 was not intended to replace Type-74, it was designed for Hokkaido, the least mountainous island of Japan. Therefore Type 90 are only deployed at Hokkaido (besides some army school units), while around 170 Type-74 are still in service. was a good if not great tank in the 90s, modern gun with modern round, modern fcs with commanders panoramic sight, thermal gunners sight and hunter killer capability, composite armor, laser warning receiver (automatically triggering smoke dischurgers, thus technically an soft kill system), hydropneumatic suspension and the best power to weight ratio of all western mbts at this time. Just great. The problem is: up to this day, it is stuck in the early 90s. It didn't receive any extensive upgrades. No commanders thermal viewer, no really up to date battle management system, no add on armor, no L/55 gun and no modern rounds either. Type 90 are still equipped with JM33 APFSDS (license produced DM33) and JM12A1 heat (license produced DM12A1). The latter is intended to act as a multi purpose round to be used against light armored vehicles, infantry and so on, but Germany has phased out the Heat munitions in favor of HE rounds. More problematic is the JM33, introduced in 1987 the DM33 was a good round and is used all over the world, but it's penetration is nowadays really lacking. The reason for the lack of upgrades may be the focus of the jsdf to improve their air force and naval capabilities as well as the the higher priority of protecting the whole mainland instead of Hokkaido after the collapse of the UdSSR (which means that procurement of Type-10 would be more important than upgrading Type-90). By 2028 the jsdf wants to have reduced the number of tanks from 600 to just 300. That means that not only the remaining Type-74 are going to be phased out, but a huge number of the 341 Type-90 as well.

[@neonmaple5259]

Me: YES a video on Japanese type 90 tank. Chinese music intro plays: 👁👄👁... Oh I'm sure its a simple mistake. I'm sure the fellow subscribers respectfully addressed this in the comment section. Subscribers: *Becomes overly Triggered over music*

[@timmy3822]

It's interesting looking at the Japanese procurement process, in many ways it seems so backwards. They spread out unit production over such long periods and make the thing costs two or three times more as a result. You said the same thing about the Type 89 IFV and as a result it costs more than the best IFV's out there but for dated equipment. Crazy! Let's hope they don't screw up the Type 10 and Type 16 MCV as bad. If they just build their required numbers in one or two batches (instead of over a decade or more) unit cost would be lower and they'd be able to buy MORE for the same financial cost. Speaking of which, Type 16 MCV or Type 75 soon Matt? The Type 75 in particular has so many variants it would be an interesting video, the MLRS and SPH are pretty cool vehicles :).

[@gooner72]

And we, the British, know all about the long and expensive tradition of designing, building, testing and evaluating and introducing home grown military hardware. Rest of NATO "Let's design and manufacture ammunition that is interchangeable so we can all work together." Great Britain "errrmmm....... let's not!"

[@sarjim4381]

I just knew this would bring out all the anime boys. The Japanese, maybe more so than any other major power, have never been much of a tank producing country. Their lack of even mediocre medium tanks in WW!! hurt them badly during fighting the the Pacific. They were forbidden to produce any kind of AFV after the war, and what was views as the minal defence needs of Japan was met by the US supplying Sherman and Chaffee tanks, both thought to be the most adaptable to Most Japanese terrain. It was only after the outbreak of the Korean war that Japan was given permission to produce an MBT and AFV. With a requirement to attempt to produce a Japanese designed and sourced tank. The Type 61 was the result. It didn't enter service until 1961, and the US T-48, which was the broadly similar US tank used as the basis for the Type 61, was already considered obsolescent at best as an MBT. It had a 90 mm gun at a time when almost all western MBT's had transitioned to the 105 mm gun. The Type 74 was another attempt to build a mostly Japanese sourced modern MBT, starting in 1962. IN an attempt to speed up design and production, the decision was taken to obtain a license to built the then ubiquitous Royal Ordnance L7 105mm cannon rather than repeat the same error made with the 90 mm gun of the Type 61. The JGSDF could have purchased the Leopard 1 or M60 Patton tanks in any numbers required, but the desire to produce a true Japanese MBT caused slow production and spiraling costs, and it took almost fourteen years to produce just 870 examples, far below the originally envisaged 2000 required. It was another Japanese MBT that was obsolescent by the time it entered service in numbers in the late 1970's. The Type 94 continued on this path, using a foreign 120 mm smoothbore gun but producing most the test of the components in Japan. While the result was a tank that at least wasn't obsolescent on entry to service, the usual spiraling costs combined with the Asian financial crisis and collapse of the Soviet Union, meant a mere 341 examples would be produced. It remains to be seen if the Japanese Type 10 will finally be the one produced at a small enough cost and with enough technology to break this downward spiral of Japanese tank design.

[@classicforreal]

@4:44 lel Dubya original axis of evil joke (that’s an SNL reference) also SOLITARY (that’s an Ace Combat reference)